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UrduPULLMAN, Wash. – A breakthrough into splitting water into its parts could help make renewable energy pay off, even when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. Using solar and wind power when it is available for water…
Rice, know thy enemy: NSF grants $2.6 million to study weedy invader
Many farmers struggle with an enemy that looks like a friend. Agricultural weeds that are close relatives of crops present a particular challenge to farmers because their physical similarities to the desirable species make them difficult to detect and eradicate.…
Tax incentives for businesses could contribute to the decline of the middle class
A corporation announces it’s seeking bids from local governments to build a new warehouse or move its headquarters. Policymakers tend to swoop in with this mindset: Let’s entice that company with tax breaks to set up shop here. It’ll create…
Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation in humans
Three people and a robot form a team playing a game. The robot makes a mistake, costing the team a round. Like any good teammate, it acknowledges the error. “Sorry, guys, I made the mistake this round,” it says. “I…
Climate change at Mount Rainier to increase ‘mismatch’ between visitors, wildflowers
Spring is coming, and with it comes the promise of warmer weather, longer days and renewed life. For residents of the Pacific Northwest, one of the most idyllic scenes of this renewed life is the wildflowers that light up Mount…
Spending on experiences versus possessions advances more immediate happiness
Certain purchases are better than others at sparking people’s in-the-moment happiness, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. Lead author Amit Kumar, assistant professor of marketing, and his research team…
Squatting or kneeling may have health benefits
A new study of a hunter-gatherer community shows that how humans rest may affect their risk for heart disease and other health issues
Scientists create tool to detect genes associated with psychiatric, brain diseases
Led Hyejung Won, Ph.D., researchers created H-MAGMA, a computational tool that improves current technology used to link non-coding genetic variants to the genes associated with diseases through genome-wide association
Why do sea turtles eat ocean plastics? New research points to smell
One week is all it takes for a piece of plastic floating in the ocean to begin to smell like turtle food. New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that plastics floating in the ocean…
Two OU Engineering faculty to focus on decision support in grant renewal
Grant helps develop computer and field study tools, best practices and guidance that help local governments lessen the impact of extreme weather and other community hazards
Firearm violence solutions from a public health perspective
PHILADELPHIA (March 9, 2020) – While firearm violence is a major public health challenge in the United States, it has often been considered a law enforcement issue with only law enforcement solutions. An article by two University of Pennsylvania researchers…
Peggy Compton, PhD, selected for induction to the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
PHILADELPHIA (March 9, 2020) – Penn Nursing’s Peggy Compton, PhD, RN, FAAN, the van Ameringen Chair in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Health, will be honored by Sigma Theta…
New type of pulsating star discovered
Astronomers find one-sided pulsator with citizen scientists providing crucial clue
Research uncovers a new way of making chiral catalysts
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered a new way to create one hand of a chiral molecule by using a mechanical bond as a catalyst. Chiral molecules are two molecules that are mirror images of each other but…
Surrey wins award for Best University Work Placement Service 2 years in a row
The Employability and Careers Team at the University of Surrey has won the National Undergraduate Employability (NUE) Award for the Best University Placement Service (over 500 placements)
University of Surrey’s ‘SMART’ study awarded £426k to make multilingual content accessible
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, has awarded £426,000 to the University of Surrey to undertake a ground-breaking investigation into interlingual live subtitling via respeaking.
Sensory information underpins abstract knowledge
Our brains combine information from different categories of sensory information
Optimizing opioid prescribing after cesarean delivery: Study of pre- and post-discharge use
Predicting opioid use following discharge after cesarean delivery
Experts discover toolkit to repair DNA breaks linked to aging, cancer and MND
Experts discover a new ‘toolkit’ of proteins which can repair breaks in DNA.? An accumulation of DNA breaks can cause ageing, cancer and Motor Neurone Disease (MND).? The finding could also help repair DNA breaks caused deliberately during chemotherapy treatment…
Machine learning could improve the diagnosis of mastitis infections in cows
The new study, published today in Scientific Reports , has found that machine learning has the potential to enhance and improve a veterinarian’s ability to accurately diagnose herd mastitis origin and reduce mastitis levels on dairy farms. Mastitis is an…
SwRI supports commercial satellite servicing
Avionics for critical systems support first Mission Extension Vehicle, satellite docking
Sticky tape: A key ingredient for mapping artifact origins
Researchers at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science in Japan have demonstrated that combining a highly sensitive sulfur analysis technique with simple sulfur-free tape is an effective and harmless way to test extremely small samples of vermilion from artifacts…
A flexible brain for AI
Researchers at Osaka Univ. fabricate an energy efficient reconfigurable computing engine that can be rewired to optimize its performance for artificial intelligence tasks. This work may lead to inexpensive and eco-friendly custom machine learning hardware
Levels of sBTLA proteins as potential marker of overall survival of liver cancer patients
In the 2020 February 25 issue of Scientific Reports , a research group from the Department of Hepatology in Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan reported that levels of a circulating soluble immune checkpoint protein can be used…
NUS invention: Enabling battery-powered silicon chips to work faster and longer
Technological breakthrough enables silicon systems to flexibly adapt to varying performance requirements and power availability, conserving battery life during normal use and scale up performance on demand surpassing industry-standard voltage scaling
Babies born prematurely can catch up their immune systems, study finds
Researchers from King’s College London & Homerton University Hospital have found babies born before 32 weeks’ gestation can rapidly acquire some adult immune functions after birth, equivalent to that achieved by infants born at term. In research published today in…
‘Primitive’ stem cells shown to regenerate blood vessels in the eye
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully turned back the biological hands of time, coaxing adult human cells in the laboratory to revert to a primitive state, and unlocking their potential to replace and repair damage to blood vessels…
A new method to improve tropical cyclone intensity forecasts
In numerical weather forecasting research, how to improve short-term forecasts of tropical cyclone intensity is a challenging problem that has long plagued meteorologists and operational forecasters, despite meteorologists having greatly increased the accuracy of the initial field through increasing observations.in…
FierceMedTech names Insilico Medicine as one of its ‘Fierce 15’ companies of 2019
9th of March, 2020, 9:00 AM ET –Insilico Medicine today announced that it has been named by FierceMedTech as one of 2019’s class of Fierce 15, designating it as one of the most promising private medtech companies in the industry.…
Study finds athletes who play indoor sports at risk of vitamin D deficiency
George Mason University and Mayo Clinic Health System study assesses vitamin D status and supplementation of college athletes
Rain, more than wind, led to massive toppling of trees in Hurricane Maria, says study
Surprising conclusion signals a hidden threat to forests in future hurricanes
Scientists propose new method for large-scale production of thermally stable single-atom catalysts
A research group led by Prof. QIAO Botao from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a new method for large-scale production of thermally stable single-atom catalysts (SACs) with high metal loading. Their findings were…
Safety zone saves giant moons from fatal plunge
Numerical simulations showed that the temperature gradient in the disk of gas around a young gas giant planet could play a critical role in the development of a satellite system dominated by a single large moon, similar to Titan around…
Is your coffee contributing to malaria risk?
Deforestation for consumer products increases malaria transmission
Lack of information impedes access to food pantries and programs in Utah
Utah residents who have difficulty keeping their families fed could be missing a key ingredient: information. A University of Utah Health study finds that poor communications in at least 22 Utah communities could be hampering efforts to connect those in…
Looking outside the fiber: Researchers demonstrate new concept of optical fiber sensors
Optical fibers enable our era of the internet, as they carry vast amounts of data all around the world. Fibers are also an excellent sensor platform. They can reach over hundreds of kilometers, simply embedded within structures, and can be…
March/April 2020 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Facilitating Safe Intermittent Fasting for Muslims With Diabetes During Ramadan Most Muslims who have diabetes engage in intermittent fasting during Ramadan, yet there are concerns regarding how to safely manage diabetes while fasting. A study of fasting adults with type…
Facilitating safe intermittent fasting for Muslims with diabetes during Ramadan
Efficacy and safety of use of the fasting algorithm for Singaporeans with type 2 diabetes (FAST) during Ramadan: A prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial
Differences between self-identified general practitioners and board-certified family doctors
General practitioners in US medical practice compared with family physicians
Comparing the safety and efficacy of two types of blood thinners in a primary care setting
Anticoagulants’ safety and effectiveness in general practice: A nationwide prospective cohort study
An online tool to aid in the advance care planning process shows promise
Effect of an interactive website to engage patients in advance care planning in outpatient settings
Anticholinergic burden is associated with adverse outcomes in a middle-aged population
Assessing risks of polypharmacy involving medications with anticholinergic properties
Closing in on liver fibrosis: Detailing the fibrosis process at unprecedented resolution
A new technology to investigate the cellular processes as they change during fibrosis development
Cute monkeys perceived as safer, but in reality dominant animals get closer to humans
People say they are more willing to approach cute-looking monkeys in the wild, but in reality end up getting closer to dominant monkeys they believe could pose more risk, according to new research. Researchers at the University of Lincoln, UK,…
UNIST and JDC sign MoU for research collaboration
The signing ceremony of MoU between UNIST and Jeju Free International City Development Center took place on January 15, 2020.
New study unveils the mechanism of DNA high-order structure formation
A joint research team, led by Professor Ja Yil Lee (School of Life Sciences, UNIST) and Professor Ji-Joon Song (Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST) has unveiled the structure and mechanism of proteins that are highly overexpressed in various cancers and…
New study presents stretchable and colorless solar cells, using Si microwire composites
As solar cells become more transparent, you may now add transparent panels of solar cells on windows of buildings and electronic devices to generate electricity. Furthermore, in adding flexibility to this, its product range will be even expanded to assure…
New study presents neutral-colored transparent crystalline silicon photovoltaics
Researchers are rushing to introduce transparent photovoltaic technologies. It won’t be too long before building windows or car sunroofs are being served as a battery element. A research team, led by Professor Kwanyong Seo in the School of Energy and…
Cell biology — maintaining mitochondrial resilience
Mitochondria cannot autonomously cope with stress and must instead call on the cell for help. Molecular geneticists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have identified the long-sought signaling pathway which enables the organelles to do so. Mitochondria are membrane-bounded intracellular organelles…
New findings of chemical differences between PM1 and PM2.5 might reshape air pollution studies
Current air pollution studies largely rely upon aerosol mass spectrometers, most of which can only measure submicron aerosol (PM1) species–particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 1 μm. In many studies, PM1 aerosol species are therefore used to validate those…