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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

An exciting X-ray imaging technology has been successfully developed to the point where it is now ready for translation into ...

Scientists move step closer to solving fusion plasma dilemma

Credit: UNIST A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST claims to have made yet another step towards finding a solution ...

Rapid and mass production of graphene, using microwaves

Credit: UNIST Graphene, a material that could usher in the next generation of electronic and energy devices, could be closer ...

Researchers explain why feather shafts change shape when under stress

Credit: UC San Diego Researchers at the University of California San Diego for the first time have revealed why the ...

How does water melt? Layer by layer!

Credit: © MPIP Mainz, Dec. 12, 2016 - we all know that water melts at 0°C. However, already 150 years ...

UVA, Virginia Tech Carilion partner to fund cross-university neuroscience research

Credit: Virginia Tech The University of Virginia-Virginia Tech Carilion Neuroscience Research Collaboration today announced more than a half-million dollars in ...

Fighting world hunger: Researchers use nuclear methods to study pest-resistance in corn

Credit: Joseph Spencer, Illinois Natural History Survey. COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to estimates, the current global population is more than ...

UK steel production to benefit from efficiency innovation

Credit: WMG/University of Warwick WMG research to make UK steel production cheaper, and cut energy consumption by 300% Belt casting ...

Rings around young star suggest planet formation in progress

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 12, 2016) - Rice University astronomers and their colleagues have for the first ...

New heart imaging test identifies improved outcomes in patients with amyloidosis

(Boston) -- Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have reported that a new heart imaging test can determine whether cardiac ...

Spinning black hole swallowing star explains superluminous event