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January 23, 2017

Credit: Chuanlong Lin and Guoyin Shen, Carnegie Institution Phase transitions surround us--for instance, liquid water changes to ice when frozen ...

E-cigarettes are expanding tobacco product use among youth

January 23, 2017

E-cigarettes - thought by some to be responsible for a decline in youth cigarette smoking - are actually attracting a ...

New low-cost technique converts bulk alloys to oxide nanowires

Credit: Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech A simple technique for producing oxide nanowires directly from bulk materials could dramatically lower ...

Study: Technological progress alone won’t stem resource use

Are humans taking more resources from the Earth than the planet can safely produce? The answer lies partly in whether ...

Creating atomic scale nanoribbons

Credit: Adrian Radocea, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Silicon crystals are the semiconductors most commonly used to make ...

Digital assay of circulating tumor cells may improve diagnosis, monitoring of liver cancer

Use of an advanced form of the commonly used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method to analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) ...

USDA invests $13.6 million in citrus greening research

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...

Study discusses model for understanding nutrition and brain development

Credit: Photo courtesy of University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. -Pediatric nutrition research has sh own the important effects of early-life ...

USDA announces $18.9 million available to support agricultural education at 1890s land-grant institutions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...

NIFA announces $1.85 million for potato breeding research

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...

Motors matter: From DVD players to robotic surgeons

The same mechanical principles underlie whether the DVD player skips and whether the most advanced surgical robot will rotate its ...

Accelerating fuel-efficient car production with disruptive 3-D print process

Credit: University of Nottingham Engineers at The University of Nottingham are developing lightweight automotive components using new additive manufacturing processes ...

Precision medicine advances pediatric brain tumor diagnosis and treatment

Credit: Dana-Farber/Boston Children's BOSTON (January 19, 2017) -- Precision medicine - in which diagnosis and treatments are keyed to the ...

Blood-repellent materials: A new approach to medical implants

Credit: Kota lab/Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - Medical implants like stents, catheters and tubing introduce risk for blood ...

UCSF, Intel join forces to develop deep learning analytics for health care

UC San Francisco's Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI) today announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation to deploy and validate ...

Soft robot can help a heart to pump

Wednesday, 18 January, 2017: An innovative soft robotic sleeve which can help a heart to beat has been developed by ...

Traffic jam in empty space

Credit: University of Konstanz With these results, the researchers from the field of ultrafast phenomena and photonics build on their ...

Molecule shows ability to thwart pathogens’ genetic resistance to antibiotic

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers have developed a new weapon in the battle against antibiotic-resistant germs - a ...

Toward a ‘smart’ patch that automatically delivers insulin when needed