Who has better mental health: Public or private college students?
Using information gleaned from social media, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a mental health index for the nation's highest-ranked colleges and...
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UNH research finds seacoast roads under new threat from rising sea level
Credit: Rebecca Zeiber/N.H. Sea Grant DURHAM, N.H. - Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some roads, as far as two...
‘Expert in a suitcase’ cuts power bills 10 percent in small commercial buildings
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash./BERKELEY, Calif. - The knowledge and expertise of a seasoned energy efficiency professional has been packed into a high-tech...
Syracuse Alumnus instrumental in LIGO’s third detection of gravitational waves
An alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences has been instrumental in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)'s third detection of gravitational waves, demonstrating...
Social laughter releases endorphins in the brain
Finnish and British researchers have revealed how laughter releases endorphins in the human brain. The more opioid receptors the participants had in their brain, the...
Low cost, scalable water-splitting fuels the future hydrogen economy
Credit: Terrones Group/Penn State The "clean-energy economy" always seems a few steps away but never quite here. Fossil fuels still power transportation, heating and cooling,...
UH-based nanotech business expands nationally
A nanotech company created by a physicist at the University of Houston has signed a deal to expand its national reach. Integricote, which produces sealers...
First analysis of AACR Project GENIE data published
PHILADELPHIA -- The first analysis of nearly 19,000 de-identified genomic records from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) international data-sharing initiative known as AACR...
Looking forward to Graphene Week 2017
Credit: Graphene Flagship Graphene Week, the annual conference of the Graphene Flagship, features global leaders and experts in research and development of technologies based on...
Spanish software optimizes functioning of industrial warehouses
Credit: UC3M The software, which can be used in all types of industries, carries out advanced processing of data thanks to which future needs of...
VTT expands its bio and circular economy pilot centre
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland will expand the operation of the Bioruukki pilot centre located in Espoo, from thermochemistry to novel ways of biomass...
THE and PolyU co-host innovation & impact summit
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University More than 200 participants, including influential higher education and industry leaders, entrepreneurs and policy-makers around the globe, gather in...
Scopus CiteScore metrics integrated with Pensoft journals
Credit: Scopus Having long been indexed by the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature - Scopus, Pensoft journals published on the ARPHA journal...
New approach set to make peptide stapling widely available
Credit: University of Leeds UK scientists have created a new method to structure peptides, which they say will be cheaper and make the process of...
The gut microbiota plays a key role in treatment with classic diabetes medication
(University of Gothenburg) A clearer picture of how the classic diabetes medication metformin works has emerged. A recent study at Sahlgrenska Academy and University of...