New avenue for anti-depressant therapy discovered
Credit: Turku Centre for Biotechnology Finnish researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery revealing new molecular information on how the brain regulates depression and anxiety. They...
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Sci-fi holograms a step closer with ANU invention
Credit: Lei Wang, ANU Physicists from The Australian National University (ANU) have invented a tiny device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved,...
Finding new cancer drugs in the neighborhood
Credit: Dezs? Módos Cancer is caused by an accumulation of genetic changes in a cell, that overcome the normal checks and balances leading to uncontrolled...
New project to boost sat-nav positioning accuracy anywhere in world
A project exploiting Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to establish the blueprint for the world's most accurate real-time positioning service is to run at The...
Nanocavity and atomically thin materials advance tech for chip-scale light sources
Credit: University of Washington When an individual uses Facebook or searches Google, the information processing happens in a large data center. Short distance optical interconnects...
UTA electrical engineering professor earns society’s highest honor
Credit: UT Arlington J.-C. Chiao, a University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering professor, has been named a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for...
Berkeley launches RISELab, enabling computers to make intelligent real-time decisions
Credit: UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley today launched the RISELab, the successor of AMPLab, and the latest in its series of five-year intensive research labs in...
New insights into the forms of metal-organic frameworks
Credit: UNIST The accurate interpretation of particle sizes and shapes in nanoporus materials is essential to understanding and optimizing the performance of porous materials used...
Researchers report new understanding of global warming
Credit: University of Houston Researchers know that more, and more dangerous, storms have begun to occur as the climate warms. A team of scientists has...
News media registration open for ENDO 2017: The 99th Annual Meeting & EXPO in Orlando, FL
Washington, DC--Members of the media can now register to cover the latest advances in hormone health and science at ENDO 2017, the Endocrine Society's 99th...
Don’t smile too big to be effective in online marketing ads, study funds
Credit: Journal of Consumer Research LAWRENCE -- If you're seeking investments through online marketing or crowd-funding websites, be sure to smile in your profile photo...
Synthetic chemicals: Ignored agents of global change
Credit: © The Ecological Society of America (Millbrook, NY) Despite a steady rise in the manufacture and release of synthetic chemicals, research on the ecological...
Monash awarded grant to lead global slum revitalisation research
Credit: CRC Water Sensitive Cities A global charitable foundation has awarded an AUD $14 million grant to an international research consortium led by Monash University....
Scientists discover 6-million-year-old giant otter fossil in China’s Yunnan Province
Credit: Art by Maurcio Antón A paper in Journal of Systematic Paleontology, published by Taylor & Francis, reveals the discovery of one of the largest...
From tiny phytoplankton to massive tuna
Phytoplankton are the foundation of ocean life, providing the energy that supports nearly all marine species. Levels of phytoplankton in an ocean area may seem...