Limited evidence that styrene causes cancer
Limited evidence that styrene, a high volume plastics chemical and animal carcinogen, causes cancer in humans In 2011, the styrene, a high volume plastics chemical...
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Seismicity in British Columbia and hidden continent called Zealandia
Double Issue of GSA Today Covers Seismicity in British Columbia and A Hidden Continent Called Zealandia Boulder, Colorado, USA - The science and information magazine...
NTU, JTC and SMRT to develop integrated transport solutions with joint research lab
Credit: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), JTC and SMRT Services Pte Ltd (SMRT) have joined forces to develop innovative solutions..
Technology puts ‘touch’ into long-distance relationships
Credit: SFU Long-distance couples can share a walk, watch movies together, and even give each other a massage, using new technologies being developed in Carman...
Children of patients with C9orf72 mutations: Greater risk of frontotemporal dementia/ALS
The most common genetic cause of the brain diseases frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a mutation in the C9orf72 gene. Researchers...
Biological experiments become transparent — anywhere, any time
Biological experiments are generating increasingly large and complex sets of data. This has made it difficult to reproduce experiments at other research laboratories in order...
A better way to swallow
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/John Altdorfer PITTSBURGH (February 14, 2017) ... Dysphagia, or swallowing disorders, affects nearly one in 25 adults, especially the elderly and...
Just press print: New study shows how 3-D printing at home saves big bucks
Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird Interested in making an investment that promises a 100 percent return on your money, and then some? Buy a low-cost,...
Graphene foam gets big and tough
Credit: Tour Group/Rice University A chunk of conductive graphene foam reinforced by carbon nanotubes can support more than 3,000 times its own weight and easily...
Two PNNL researchers elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering
Credit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. - Two researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been elected to membership in the prestigious National...
Ventura fault could cause stronger shaking, new research finds
Credit: Gareth J. Funning and Scott T. Marshall. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A new study by a team of researchers, including one from the University of...
A nanofiber matrix for healing
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS A new nanofiber-on-microfiber matrix could help produce more and better quality stem cells for disease treatment and regenerative therapies. A matrix...
Learning how to fine-tune nanofabrication
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Daniel Packwood, Junior Associate Professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), is improving methods for constructing ..
Radiation therapy continues to be gold standard to palliate painful bone metastases
ARLINGTON, Va., February 14, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently published an updated clinical guideline that underscores the safety and effectiveness...
Measuring entropy: Scanning-tunneling microscope gives glimpse of the mysterious property
Credit: J.C. Gehrig, EMPA New research shows that a scanning-tunneling microscope (STM), used to study changes in the shape of a single molecule at the...
