New free Scopus metrics to assess academic journal quality
Amsterdam, December 8, 2016 - Information products and services provider Elsevier has launched CiteScoreTM metrics in Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database of...
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German Research Foundation extends funding for basic research in the neurosciences
The German Research Foundation (DFG) will be providing financial support to the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1080 on "Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal homeostasis"...
Jefferson Lab-NVIDIA collaboration uses Titan’s to boost subatomic particle research
Credit: Joanna Griffin, Jefferson Lab Public Affairs Scientists are only beginning to understand the laws that govern the atomic world. Before the 1950s the electrons,...
Keeping electric car design on the right road
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Sniffing out your dinner in the dark
Credit: iTZiT Visual Techonology/NIOO-KNAW Tiny predators in the soil can literally sniff out their prey: soil bacteria, which communicate with each other using scent. A...
Protection against Zika just as important during winter
New Orleans, LA - Just because temperatures are cooling down as winter approaches, it's no time to let your guard down when it comes to...
Radiation therapy may increase complications in breast cancer patients receiving implants
SAN ANTONIO -- Radiotherapy increased complications and impaired patient-reported satisfaction with reconstructed breasts in breast cancer patients who received implant reconstruction but not in those..
More complications, less satisfaction in breast cancer patients who get radiation, implants
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Many breast cancer patients who have a mastectomy will consider breast reconstruction. But for a...
2017 Brupbacher Cancer Research Prize for Adrian Bird, Guido Kroemer & Laurence Zitvogel
The prize, donated by Frédérique Brupbacher in memory of her husband, Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher, will be awarded for the thirteenth time in February 2017. Endowed...
EEG reveals information essential to users
Credit: Khalil Klouche In a study conducted by the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) and the Centre of Excellence in Computational Inference (COIN), laboratory...
Uncertainties related to climate engineering limit its use in curbing climate change
Climate engineering refers to the systematic, large-scale modification of the environment using various climate intervention techniques. However, a new study by VTT and the Finnish...
Researchers building flow battery prototype to augment grid
Credit: Bob Savinell Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are scaling up a prototype iron-flow battery to provide cleaner and cheaper power when renewable energy...
Scientists can now better diagnose diseases with multiple genetic causes
Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Genetics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Texas Children's Hospital are combining descriptions of...
UA Steele Children’s Research Center receives $1.73m to study autoimmune disease triggers
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Arizona Steele Children's Research Center has been awarded a five-year, $1.73 million grant...
Researchers create hidden images with commercial inkjet printers
Credit: Ajay Nahata, University of Utah WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a way to use commercial inkjet printers and readily available ink to print hidden...
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