The first low-cost system for splitting carbon dioxide
A promising avenue for the future of clean energy is to store it in the form of carbon-based fuels produced from renewable sources, effectively enabling...
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Revolutionary new materials for troubled carbon times: Super filters the world can afford
Credit: iCeMS / Sivaniah Lab Around 2800BC, the ancient inhabitants of Ur, Mesopotamia made a discovery that was to change civilization. They learned that if...
Fixing the role of nitrogen in coral bleaching
Credit: © 2017 Christian Voolstra Excess nitrogen is shown to disrupt coral-algae symbiosis, triggering bleaching even in the absence of heat and light stress. With...
Newly discovered DNA sequences can protect chromosomes in rotifers
Credit: Michael Shribak, Irina Arkhipova WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Rotifers are tough, microscopic organisms highly resistant to radiation and repeated cycles of dehydration and rehydration....
Research reveals new insights into why the heart does not repair itself
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Heart muscle is one of the least renewable tissues in the body, which is one of the reasons that heart...
Maternal-fetal transmission of Zika virus and therapeutic approaches to prevent it
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 5, 2017--The devastating effects of Zika virus on the brain of the developing fetus during...
Forensic technique uses forehead X-rays to assess age of juvenile remains
Credit: Ann Ross Forensic anthropology researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that can provide an approximate age for juveniles and young...
Study addresses misconceptions about electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has long had a stigma of being a painful and barbaric method of treatment, but a new study found that patients undergoing...
Breeding pairs of birds cooperate to resist climate change
Credit: Juan. A. Amat Most bird chicks need parental care to survive. In biparental species the chicks have greater chances of success if both parents...
Pictorial warning labels on tobacco products could help improve communication of risks to smokers
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - In recent years, smoking rates among adults in America have steadily declined; yet tobacco use remains the largest preventable cause...
IU and Regenstrief studying decreasing dementia after delirium for older ICU survivors
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are developing and testing the nation's first...
Brain development and aging
The brain is a complex organ--a network of nerve cells, or neurons, producing thought, memory, action, and feeling. How does this complex system change from...
PET/MR shows arterial CO2 as potent vasodilator for cardiac stress testing
Credit: Rohan Dharmakumar. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center RESTON, Va. -- More than 5 million cardiac stress tests performed annually in the U.S. employ injectable forms of...
What motivates parents to protect children from cell phone addiction?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 5, 2017--A new study examined the role parental mediation can play in protecting children from...
Simple step to protect people with type 1 diabetes against heart disease
One additional injection of insulin three hours after eating has been shown to protect people with type 1 diabetes from cardiovascular disease - the leading...
