Extended lactation does not impair the quality or cheese-making property of milk
On average, a Danish dairy cow calve once a year. However, there are many indications that fewer calvings and extended milking periods have more advantages....
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Meta-lenses bring benchtop performance to small, hand-held spectrometer
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 9, 2017 -- A research team of physicists from Harvard University has developed new hand-held spectrometers capable of the same performance as...
Computer trained to predict which AML patients will go into remission, which will relapse
Credit: School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers have developed the first computer machine-learning model to accurately predict which patie..
Malaria mosquitos sensitive to horseradish
Credit: Picture: Sabeen Survery and Urban Johanson. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have taken an important step on the road to understanding the underlying...
Metamaterial: Mail armor inspires physicists
Credit: Photo: KIT The Middle Ages certainly were far from being science-friendly: Whoever looked for new findings off the beaten track faced the threat of...
Industrial maintenance is becoming knowledge work
Credit: Konecranes Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mobile social media will soon be part of everyday work for service technicians. VTT Technical Research...
IFT20 protein’s role in helping cancer cells to invade
Credit: Kobe University An international research team has discovered that the IFT20 protein helps some cancer cells to invade by facilitating the transportation of membranes...
Doctors create ‘MAGIC algorithm’ to predict bone marrow transplant patients’ risk of dying
(New York, NY - February 3, 2017) --Researchers at Mount Sinai Health System have discovered a way to predict whether blood cancer patients who received...
ESMO Summit Africa 2017 starts tomorrow
Lugano, Cape Town, Feb. 9, 2017 - ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the ESMO Summit Africa 2017,...
The firefly among fish
Credit: RUB, Marquard The researchers thus identified the purposes of bioluminescence in this fish species. The same question still remains open for many other glowing...
ANU scientists make new high-tech liquid materials
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have controlled wave-generated currents to make previously unimaginable liquid materials for new technological innovat..
SPbPU — first university to introduce computational computer code for Airbus
Credit: Photo provided by Airbus Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and Airbus collaborate on development and deployment of ASRP (Assembly Simulation of Riveting...
Most stretchable elastomer for 3-D printing
Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh K. Patel Due to its excellent material properties of elasticity, resilience, and electrical and thermal insulation, elastomers have been used in...
Genetic profiling can guide stem cell transplantation for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A single blood test and basic information about a patient's medical status can indicate which patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) are...
New study identifies organic matter composition as a critical factor controlling mercury methylation
The biological formation of neurotoxic methyl mercury is an enigmatic process underpinning mercury-related health and environmental hazards. Nevertheless, the exact mechanisms and the factors controll..
