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When most living creatures get hurt, they can self-heal and recover from the injury. But, when damage occurs to inanimate ...

Predicting extinction — with the help of a Yule tree

Credit: Mariolys Rivas Montreal, December 14, 2016 -- At this time of year, the words "Yule tree" may conjure images ...

University of Minnesota research shows people can control a robotic arm with only their minds

Credit: College of Science and Engineering Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a major breakthrough that allows people ...

European Geosciences Union meeting: Media registration now open

The 2017 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) provides an opportunity for journalists to hear about the latest ...

Genome sequence reveals why the whitefly is such a formidable threat to food security

Credit: USDA ITHACA, NY--Researchers have sequenced the genome of the whitefly (Bemisia tabici), an invasive insect responsible for spreading plant ...

Study shows nanoparticles could be used to overcome treatment-resistant breast cancer

CINCINNATI--Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have been able to generate multifunctional RNA nanoparticles that could ...

A hardware-based modeling approach for real world collaborative multi-robot tasks

Technological revolution means robots no longer are the song of the future. The Governor of the Bank of England predicts ...

Corn yield modeling towards sustainable agriculture

Credit: Image granted by Laila Puntel. With an innovative modeling approach, researchers set out to examine corn and soybean yields ...

Natural kill cell technology to stop cancer gets licensed

Credit: UCF College of Medicine Our bodies contain Natural Killer (NK) cells - an army that stops cancers and viruses ...

Laser R&D focuses on next-gen particle collider

Credit: Paul Mueller A set of new laser systems and proposed upgrades at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley ...

Indianapolis entrepreneur gives $30 million for IU School of Medicine immunotherapy center

Loading video... Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- One of the largest gifts ever to the Indiana University ...

Complex, interrelated global problems require broader ‘connect-the-dots’ science approach: UNESCO

The "business as usual" approach to scientific problem-solving -- characterized too often by narrow, disconnected, uni-dimensional research -- simply isn't ...

Measuring radiation damage on the fly

Cambridge, Mass. -- Materials exposed to a high-radiation environment such as the inside of a nuclear reactor vessel can gradually ...

Oregon researchers find bacterial protein that boosts insulin-producing cells in zebrafish

Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Hampton Hill EUGENE, Ore. -- Dec. 13, 2016 -- A newly discovered bacterial protein produced in ...

Studies probe value and impact of direct-to-consumer genetic testing

Despite being on the market for nearly a decade, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing continues to be controversial among experts and ...

NASA communications network to double space station data rates

Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Amber Jacobson, producer Life aboard the International Space Station depends upon massive ...

The delights of dirt

Credit: Springer Soil can be beautiful, odiferous, slimy or sublime. It provides simple pleasures, such as its rich earthy scent ...

Mutations acquired trans-Pacific may be key to changes in Zika severity

Credit: Daniel Janies The Zika virus remains a mystery. Isolated from macaque monkeys in the Ziika Forest in Uganda in ...

Hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel

Talking hands-free on a mobile phone while driving is just as distracting as a conversation using a hand-held phone, despite ...

New X-ray technique could improve bomb detection and breast cancer treatment