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UrduCORVALLIS, Ore. – An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better way to scrub carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions, which could be a key to mitigating global climate change. Published today in Nature…
Month: December 2019
Crucial collaboration: Expanding naval capability through ties with industry, academia
ARLINGTON, Va.–The secret sauce of successful naval acquisitions requires a vital ingredient: partnerships, particularly among government, industry and academia. To cultivate new partnerships and enhance naval capabilities–as well as bolster existing relationships–the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Technology Transfer (T2)…
There’s a new squid in town
Scientists find and classify species of bobtail squid in Okinawa
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification leading up to asteroid impact
NTU Singapore scientists convert plastics into useful chemicals using sunlight
Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste into valuable chemicals by using sunlight. In lab experiments, the research team mixed plastics with their catalyst in a solvent, which allows the…
Startup developing solar-powered crop-drying devices forms new partnership
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – JUA Technologies International, a Purdue University-affiliated startup developing solar-powered crop-drying devices, is partnering with BrazAgro Ltd., a supplier of Brazilian farm machinery, to distribute its solar-drying tray. Dehytray is a solar-drying solution for small and mid-size…
Site search: A digital approach to proteins and cancer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – What if scientists could create more effective drugs to treat cancers and other diseases by better targeting specific sites on proteins in the body? That’s the primary question researchers in the Purdue University laboratory of Carol…
How light a foldable and long-lasting battery can be?
With the launch of wearable devices and smartphones that require high capacity of electricity such as foldable phones and 5G phones, the interest in batteries are increasing and various battery types are developed. For example, flexible batteries embedded in the…
Elderly people should aim to keep up step count this winter
Just two weeks of inactivity increases body fat and harms muscles and bones
New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate-ready
Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that “penny-pinching” evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly and ivy, are more climate-ready in the face of warming temperatures than deciduous “big-spending” water consumers like birch and oak. As such, they are…
Print me an organ — Why are we not there yet?
SUTD leads in-depth review on the impending reality of 3D printed organs and analyses recent accomplishments, limitations and opportunities for future research.
Study to help manage shark populations in Pacific Panama
Sharks play a critical role in keeping oceans healthy, balancing the food chain and ensuring species diversity. However, the demand for shark derivatives has led to their exploitation, often without appropriate management strategies in place. In an assessment of Pacific…
SwRI tests fuel delivery device on Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle
NASA funding supports design to eliminate harmful vapor bubbles in spacecraft fuel tanks
A research team develop biotransistors able to hear small beats of live
Researchers at IBEC and ICMAB develop a flexible, cheap and biocompatible transistor platform able to record an electrocardiogram of cells and micro-tissues during long periods of time
US Feed the Future program reduces stunting of children in Africa, Stanford study finds
Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, has prevented 2.2 million children from experiencing malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found. The researchers, led by Tess Ryckman, a…
Stanford scientists pry apart party drug’s therapeutic, addictive qualities
Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have succeeded in distinguishing the molecular pathway responsible for an illicit drug’s abuse potential from the one behind its propensity to make people feel sociable. The discovery, described in a study to be published…
Alcohol, ‘Asian glow’ mutation may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease, Stanford study finds
A common mutation in a key enzyme involved in alcohol metabolism increases damage in cells from patients with Alzheimer’s disease and in mice, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. This mutation in aldehyde…
C. diff carriers are common source of infections in health facilities, study shows
Screening for carrier status should be considered as a possible prevention strategy
Scientists link decline of Baltic cod to hypoxia — and climate change
Fishes’ ‘internal logbooks’ show decline in valuable species is caused by loss of seawater oxygen
Artificial intelligence boosts MRI detection of ADHD
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence, can boost the power of MRI in predicting attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence . Researchers said the approach could also…
Virtual reality and drones help to predict and protect koala habitat
QUT researchers have used a combination of virtual reality (VR), aerial thermal-imaging and ground surveys to build a better statistical model for predicting the location of koalas and, ultimately, protecting their habitat. In the study, published in the journal PLoS…
Blood pressure drug could help problem drinkers: QUT research
A drug used to treat high blood pressure may alleviate anxiety induced by long-term heavy alcohol use, and also halt the damage such drinking can cause to the brain’s ability to grow new cells, research at the Queensland University of…
Real-time photoacoustic thermometry of tumors during HIFU treatment in living subjects
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment is a non-invasive method that removes unhealthy tissues and tumors by delivering high intensity ultrasound waves from outside of the body to the lesion. It does only a minimal damage to the normal tissues…
Revealing the physics of the sun with Parker Solar Probe
Nearly a year and a half into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned gigabytes of data on the Sun and its atmosphere. Following the release of the very first science from the mission, five researchers presented additional new findings…
Up to two-fifths of antibiotic prescriptions in the US could be inappropriate
Findings have important implications for antibiotic stewardship, say researchers
Novel respiratory cell changes identified from cigarette smoke exposure
Changes may result in therapies to prevent the development of lung cancer
BU finds concerns about other painkillers contributed to opioid crisis
Patients with chronic pain caught between cardiovascular concerns about non-opioid analgesics and addiction risks of opioids, likely causing significant unmet need for pain relief.
Understanding Asteraceae: Validation of a Hyb-Seq probe set for evolutionary studies
Accurately reconstructing the relationships between different species requires analyzing the sequences of a judiciously selected, and preferably large, sample of different genes. Hybrid capture with high-throughput sequencing, or Hyb-Seq, is a powerful tool for obtaining those gene sequences, but must…
Single-cell analysis of the earliest cell fate decisions in development
Multi-omics analysis of the process establishing the mammalian body plan
Hyperactive FOXA1 reprograms endocrine-resistant breast cancer to become metastatic
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School has unveiled a novel mechanism that helps explain how endocrine-resistant breast cancer acquires metastatic behavior, opening the possibility of new therapeutic strategies. Published in the Proceedings…
Your genes aren’t the only factor dictating Alzheimer’s risk, says Baycrest-U of T study
The colour of our eyes or the straightness of our hair is linked to our DNA, but the development of Alzheimer’s disease isn’t exclusively linked to genetics, suggest recently published findings.
Financial infidelity: Secret spending costs couples and companies
With holiday shopping season in full swing, retailers may need to adjust for shoppers trying to keep purchases quiet
Composite to replace cast iron in harsh maritime environments
Inside the giant engines in the world’s largest ships are huge heat exchangers made of cast iron; for the first time, a new project is looking for an inexpensive composite substitute for the classical iron components, which can cost vast sums to maintain
Human consumption of fish antibiotics investigated in new study
Misuse may cause unintended drug resistance, adverse reactions in humans
$2.5 million to protect the brain from metabolic insult
More than 30 million Americans have diabetes, with the vast majority having Type 2 disease. Characterized by insulin resistance and persistently high blood sugar levels, poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes has a host of well-recognized complications: compared with the general…
Punching holes in opaque solar cells turns them transparent
Researchers in Korea have found an effective and inexpensive strategy to transform solar cells from opaque to transparent. Existing transparent solar cells tend to have a reddish hue and lower efficiency, but by punching holes that are around 100 μm…
Study of elephant, capybara, human hair finds that thicker hair isn’t always stronger
Despite being four times thicker than human hair, elephant hair is only half as strong–that’s just one finding from researchers studying the hair strength of many different mammals. Their work, appearing in a paper publishing December 11 in the journal…
Study finds enhanced role of pharmacists contributes to increase in patient satisfaction
New evidence shows pharmacists positively influence hospital care transitions
New material design tops carbon-capture from wet flue gases
Generally speaking, “flue gas” refers to any gas coming out of a pipe, exhaust, chimney etc as a product of combustion in a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler, or steam generator. But the term is more commonly used to describe the…
Immune outposts inside kidney tumors predict post-surgery outcomes
T cell infiltration => longer progression-free survival
Teams of microbes are at work in our bodies. Here’s how to figure out what they’re doing
Drexel researchers’ algorithm toolkit can identify microbe communities and their functions
New technique to determine protein structures may solve biomedical puzzles
‘Experimental evolution’ analyses can determine the interactions that proteins use to fold into functional three-dimensional shapes
Research confirms timing of tropical glacier melt at the end of the last ice age
Decrease in temperature differences may have forced warming at low latitudes
Studies show integrated strategies work best for buffelgrass control
WESTMINSTER, Colorado – DECEMBER 11, 2019 – Buffelgrass is a drought-tolerant, invasive weed that threatens the biodiversity of native ecosystems in the drylands of the Americas and Australia. Unfortunately, though, land managers trying to control the weed often experience mixed…
Refined carbs may trigger insomnia, finds study
NEW YORK, NY (Dec. 11, 2019)–An estimated 30% of adults experience insomnia, and a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons suggests that diet may be partly to blame. The study found that postmenopausal…
Nuclear freeze movement’s legacy on display at Cornell
Forty years ago this month, disarmament advocate and researcher Randall Caroline Watson Forsberg told peace activists assembled for Mobilization for Survival’s annual meeting that a bilateral nuclear arms freeze “could change the world.” Forsberg’s vision launched a powerful local- and…
Study sheds light on ‘overlooked’ bee species
Findings from ARU project could help to protect solitary, ground-nesting bees
Boosting the impact of consumer research in the world
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A window into the hidden world of colons
Combining a skin-level glass window with a gut-stabilizing magnet, researchers get a view into the colon of a live animal
Promising new approach to treating some of the worst types of leukaemia
MLL-r leukaemia claims the lives of many of those affected, while those who survive are often left with serious long-term effects