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UrduNew whale represents an intermediate stage between foot-powered and tail-powered swimming
(Noise-) less is more
Development of high precision 3D circuit simulator allows for electromagnetic noise-less circuit layout
The songwriter is creative — the singer, not so much
Study examines how Nashville songwriters co-write with stars
Shrinking of Greenland’s glaciers began accelerating in 2000, research finds
Satellite images show first 34-year record of ice melt on the island
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from smokestacks for cleaner industrial emissions
CORVALLIS, 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…
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
Fiber-optic cables capture thunderquake rumbles
Underground fiber-optic cables, like those that connect the world through phone and internet service, hold untapped potential for monitoring severe weather, according to scientists at Penn State. Researchers turned miles of cables under the University Park campus into thousands of…
Government regimes may be learning new Twitter tactics to quash dissent
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When protesters use social media to attract attention and unify, people in power may respond with tweeting tactics designed to distract and confuse, according to a team of political scientists. In a study of Twitter interactions…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
Pioneering nanotechnology cloud — nanoHUB — looks to future
A pioneering cloud and global gateway for nanotechnology research and education has received a National Science Foundation grant renewal, completing its 20-year mission while looking to the future to create new technologies. The cloud, known as nanoHUB, was developed through…
Princeton researchers listen in on the chemical conversation of the human microbiome
Princeton researchers have developed new computational and experimental tools to identify microbial small molecules encoded in clinical samples, allowing scientists to explore microbial-host interactions and to mine the human microbiome for drug discovery
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…
New study identifies barriers to conservation success
Inability to find or retain skilled staff and issues around local community buy-in are just some of the hurdles preventing conservation charities from achieving their goals, a ground-breaking new study has found. The research was the first of its kind…
Examining opioid prescribing after new Florida law
What The Study Did: Researchers compared opioid prescribing at discharge from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, across 25 procedures before and after a Florida law that mandated changes to opioid prescribing went into effect in 2018. To access the…
The right mouse model is crucial for Huntington’s disease drug development
Scientists evaluated mouse models used for developing new treatments for mood disorders associated with Huntington’s disease
A vaccine against chronic inflammatory diseases
Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis, are linked to abnormalities of the gut microbiota in humans and in animals. Patients generally present reduced bacterial diversity in their intestinal flora along with excessive levels of bacteria…
Modulation of proliferation factors in lung adenocarcinoma with an analysis of the transcriptional consequences of genomic EGFR activation
The cover for issue 65 of Oncotarget features Figure 7, ‘EGFR activated cases compared to pathway markers,’ by Kucherlapati, et al.
Increasing transparency in the healthcare sector: More might not be better
New research details how to properly work healthcare transparency and increase social welfare
New insights to major disease pathways
Chemical tool identifies hundreds of modified proteins
It’s time to explain country in indigenous terms
Australia’s First Nations people have unique ties to the land
American SASA thanks House Ways and Means Committee for its work to address surprise medical bills
Today, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) on behalf of its 54,000 members thanked the House Ways and Means Committee for its framework to address surprise medical bills. “We are committed to protecting patients from surprise medical bills and are…
APS tip sheet: Dark matter’s galactic emissions and game theory of vaccination
A Bright Day for Dark Matter December 11, 2019 – An abundance of mysterious gamma radiation exists in the center of the Milky Way, called the Galactic Center GeV Excess. Previous research determined that this enigmatic radiation likely came from…
A way to ‘fingerprint’ human cells
Researchers say a new method to analyse data from individual human cells could be a step-change for diagnosing some of the most devastating diseases, including cancer and autoimmune disease. By combining single cell analysis techniques with machine learning algorithms, a…
Paleontology: Experiments in evolution
A new find from Patagonia sheds light on the evolution of large predatory dinosaurs. Features of the 8-m long specimen from the Middle Jurassic suggest that it records a phase of rapid diversification and evolutionary experimentation. In life, it must…
Running research: Heel-toe or toe-heel?
New research from La Trobe University suggests there is no evidence that changing a runner’s strike pattern will help prevent injuries or give them a speed boost. In a bid to avoid shin splints, sore knees and other injuries, many…
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…
NASA’s Operation IceBridge completes 11 years of polar surveys
For eleven years from 2009 through 2019, the planes of NASA’s Operation IceBridge flew above the Arctic, Antarctic and Alaska, gathering data on the height, depth, thickness, flow and change of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. Designed to collect…
NASA finds Tropical Storm Belna’s heavy rainfall potential shrinks
Tropical Storm Belna weakened after it made landfall in northwestern Madagascar, and infrared imagery from NASA showed how the area of strong storms within had diminished. Cold cloud top temperatures can tell forecasters if a tropical cyclone has the potential…
NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenon
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on the NASA Parker Solar Probe revealed an asteroid dust trail that has eluded astronomers for decades. Karl Battams, a computational scientist in NRL’s Space Science Division, discussed the results from…
Mechanisms help pancreatic cancer cells avert starvation
A new study reveals the mechanism that helps pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation within dense tumors by hijacking a process that pulls nutrients in from their surroundings. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study explains how…
Vesicles released by bacteria may reduce the spread of HIV in human tissues
Findings may inform ways to reduce male-to-female HIV transmission
Efforts to end the HIV epidemic must not ignore people already living with HIV
Efforts to prevent new HIV transmissions in the United States must be accompanied by advances in addressing HIV-associated comorbidities to improve the health of people already living with HIV, National Institutes of Health experts assert in the third of a…
Researchers analyze artifacts to better understand ancient dietary practices
New research from anthropologists at McMaster University and California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), is shedding light on ancient dietary practices, the evolution of agricultural societies and ultimately, how plants have become an important element of the modern diet. Researchers…
Cheers! Maxwell’s electromagnetism extended to smaller scales
More than one hundred and fifty years have passed since the publication of James Clerk Maxwell’s “A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field” (1865). What would our lives be without this publication? It is difficult to imagine, as this treatise…
Unique data confirms why water turns brown
By analysing almost daily water samples taken from the same river from 1940 until today, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have confirmed their hypothesis that the browning of lakes is primarily due to the increase in coniferous forests, as…
Researchers to tackle the mysteries of the AI ‘black boxâ problem
Researchers are aiming to shed light into one of the most significant problems in artificial intelligence
Department of Energy to Provide $24 Million in EPSCoR Grants for Energy-Related Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a funding opportunity for up to $24 million for new grants under the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DOE EPSCoR).
Cosmic Ray Tool Repaired in Space
Astronauts are extending the life of the DOE’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer aboard the International Space Station.
Researchers create accurate model of organ scarring using stem cells in a lab
A team led by Dr. Brigitte Gomperts at UCLA has developed a “scar in a dish” model that uses multiple types of cells derived from human stem cells to closely mimic the progressive scarring that occurs in human organs. The researchers used this model to identify a drug candidate that stopped the progression of and even reversed fibrosis in animal models.
UCI impeachment expert – Matthew Beckman
Matthew Beckman, University of California, Irvine associate professor of polical science, studies Washington politics, particularly those involving the White House. He is an expert on the presidency, congress, interest groups, mass media & politics. He is author of “Pushing the Agenda”…
SLU Researchers, Partners Train Bystanders to Speak Up to Stop Child Mistreatment
Borrowing from an approach used to train bystanders to intervene to prevent sexual assault, a Saint Louis University-led team developed a strategy to give bystanders the skills to confidently defuse a challenging moment between a caregiver and a child.