UM announces creation of the Frost Institutes for Science and Engineering
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 23, 2017 - Recognizing the need to grow a global, interdisciplinary network focused on scientific discovery and solutions, the University of...
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Engineers eat away at Ms. Pac-Man score with artificial player
Loading video... Credit: Cornell University Using a novel approach for computing real-time game strategy, engineers have developed an artificial Ms. Pac-Man player that chomps the...
Strategies designed to reduce excessive body temperature during exercise are explored
Doing exercise in hot environments leads to early fatigue owing to a range of physiological factors in which high body temperature is a significant one....
Research leads to new treatment recommendations for a high-risk pediatric leukemia
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Tina Motroni Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has identified three genetic alterations to help identify...
TCGA study identifies genomic features of cervical cancer
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel genomic and molecular characteristics of cervical cancer that will aid in the subclassification...
Breast cancer drugs stop working when tumors ‘make their own fuel’
The early-stage findings, from an international team led by Imperial College London and the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, reveal some breast tumours evolve...
Study reveals new genetic mechanism driving breast cancer
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered 'hotspots' of mutations in breast cancer genomes, where mutations thought to be inactive 'passengers' in the...
How plant cells regulate growth shown for the first time
Researchers have managed to show how the cells in a plant, a multicellular organism, determine their size and regulate their growth over time. The findings...
Mainz University to collaborate with US research center Fermilab near Chicago
Credit: photo/©: Fermilab Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is expanding the range of its international research collaboration projects. During a visit to the world-famous Fermi...
The discrepancy between the results of a system of biological interest is resolved
Chemistry - A European Journal has rated as "hugely important" the research work conducted by the Microwave Group of the UPV/EHU's department of Physical Chemistry...
New crab species shares name with 2 ‘Harry Potter’ characters and a hero researcher
Credit: Jose C. E. Mendoza While not much is known about the animals living around coral reefs, ex-Marine turned researcher Harry Conley would often take...
Peruvian potatoes to join world’s largest banana collection in Belgium
Credit: © Bioversity International For 30 years, KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) has been home to an impressive collection of bananas that already contains...
Coral reefs grow faster and healthier when parrotfish are abundant
Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI Caribbean coral reefs have become biologically and economically degraded habitats. The relative weight of the big factors in this ecological catastrophe--pollution,...
Forests ‘held their breath’ during global warming hiatus, research shows
Global forest ecosystems, widely considered to act as the lungs of the planet, 'held their breath' during the most recent occurrence of a warming hiatus,...
New design strategy for longer lasting batteries
It's always exciting to bring home a new smartphone that seems to do anything, but it can be all downhill from there. With every charge...