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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!

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