Scientists argue current climate change models understate the problem
A new study on the relationship between people and the planet shows that climate change is only one of many inter-related threats to the Earth's...
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Recycling yogurt waste to produce electricity, nutrients and more dairy foods
America's appetite for Greek yogurt has skyrocketed over the past decade. But for every container of Greek yogurt consumed, you could fill two or three...
CWRU researcher finds fish uses sneaking behavior as stealth mating strategy
(Case Western Reserve University) A Case Western Reserve University researcher found and recorded the Cuatro Ciénegas cichlid, a rare fish by the scientific name of...
Compound from deep-water marine sponge could provide antibacterial solutions for MRSA
Loading video... Credit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute A compound extracted from a deep-water marine sponge collected near the Bahamas is showing potent...
Digital relay baton enables remote crowd cheering of athletes
Credit: Dr Franco Curmi The loneliness of the long distance runner could soon be a thing of the past as new technology allows crowds to...
Sheet bulk metal forming research gains EUR 4.7 million in funding
An outstanding success for Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) - the German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended the Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TRR 73 which will be funded..
Towards equal access to digital coins
Scientists at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg have developed an important mathematical algorithm called "Equihash". Equihash...
New design tools bring large-area LED products on the market with speed, quality and lower costs
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland develops novel LED light sources based on large, flexible and transparent substrates in collaboration with the Finnish companies Flexbright...
Pure iron grains are rare in the universe
Credit: Kimura Y., et al., Pure iron grains are rare in the universe. Science Advances, Jan. 18, 2017. Pure iron grains in interstellar space are...
UNIST students receive 2017 Samsung HumanTech Paper Awards
Credit: UNIST Eleven UNIST students have been recognized for their excellence in academic and research work at the 23rd Annual International Samsung Human-Tech Paper Awards,...
BMBF funding for diabetes research on pancreas chip
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will be funding the new 'PancChip' consortium...
New evidence in favor of dark matter: The bars in galaxies are spinning more slowly than we thought
Credit: Daniel López/IAC. Why do the majority of astronomers believe in dark matter: matter whose composition is unknown but which seems to make up 80%...
Surprising spin behavior at room temperature
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology The field of spintronics focuses on spin transport behavior in magnetic metals, and the major findings in this area have...
UA hosts conference on science diplomacy
Join renowned scientists, engineers, policy advisers and public health experts at "Science Diplomacy and Policy with Focus on the Americas" a conference at the University...
Stanford research shows that anyone can become an Internet troll
Internet trolls, by definition, are disruptive, combative and often unpleasant with their offensive or provocative online posts designed to disturb and upset. The common assumption...
