Study finds biomarker for lung cancer detection in the nasal passages of smokers
(Boston)-- A new nasal test may allow patients suspected of having lung cancer to undergo a simple swab of their nose to determine if they...
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Greater prairie chickens cannot persist in Illinois without help, researchers report
Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- An iconic bird whose booming mating calls once reverberated across "the Prairie State" can survive in Illinois...
Blind matchmaking for more efficient wireless networks
Loading video... Credit: © 2017 KAUST A network management scheme developed by KAUST allows users from different network providers to pair up to make better...
Sandia uses confined nanoparticles to improve hydrogen storage materials performance
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Sometimes, you have to go small to win big. That is the approach a multilab, interdisciplinary team took...
Archeologists at the vanguard of environmental research
The history of people and landscapes, whether natural or cultural, is fundamentally connected. Answering key historical questions about this relation will allow us to approach...
New standards for better water quality in Europe
Credit: UFZ / André Künzelmann The European Water Framework Directive has been in force since 2000. Its purpose is to ensure that rivers, lakes, coastal...
PolyU & CASIL signed collaborative research framework agreement to advance aerospace engineering
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and China Aerospace International Holdings Ltd. (CASIL), a public-listed subsidiary of China Aerospace...
New use for paper industry’s sludge and fly ash in plastics
PRESS RELEASE: New use for paper industry's sludge and fly ash in plastics VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland examined, as part of the EU's...
Let it glow
Credit: Sarah Wong Chemical compounds that emit light are used in a variety of different materials, from glow-in-the-dark children's toys to LED lights to light-emitting...
Materials that emit rainbows
Credit: Youhei Takeda Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in their environment, like pressure and temperature. To date, most...
Pregnancy-specific β1-glycoproteins
Development of new strategies and novel drug design to treat trophoblastic diseases and to provide pregnancy success are of crucial importance in maintenance the female...
A sustained and controllable insulin release system
Credit: Dr. Hidetoshi Arima The prevalence of diabetes has grown around the world over the past three decades. In 2016, the World Health Organization estimated...
Getting rid of the last bits of sulfur in fuel
Credit: Polina Nesterova Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds from gas and...
Sound-shaping super-material invented
Credit: Interact Lab, University of Sussex, copyright © 2017 A super-material that bends, shapes and focuses sound waves that pass through it has been invented...
Brain imaging headband measures how our minds align when we communicate
Credit: Drexel University Great ideas so often get lost in translation -- from the math teacher who can't get through to his students, to a...
