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Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA, CA--(October 18, 2019) A team of Salk scientists led by Professor Martyn Goulding has been awarded $14.3 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a…

Six American universities will work with government and industry to thwart efforts by hackers, counterfeiters and terrorists to exploit security weaknesses in computer chips and other electronics.Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services…

Alleviating food insecurity is often seen as one of the fundamental roles a country should fulfill. In some cases, this is encapsulated into a constitutionally formalized "right to food". In other cases, including the U.S., the right to…

The annual conference takes place in New Orleans this year, where thousands of pediatric medical experts will converge to attend and present educational seminars, exhibits and presentations. NEW ORLEANS, La. - More than 15,000 people -…

Nitrogen from agricultural production is a major cause of pollution in the Mississippi River Basin and contributes to large dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. Illinois and other Midwestern states have set goals to reduce nitrogen load…

Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided night-time and infrared views of developing Tropical Storm Nestor in the Gulf of Mexico and found over-shooting cloud tops and gravity…

URBANA, Ill. - Wind energy is increasingly seen as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, as it contributes to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. It is estimated that by 2050, wind turbines will contribute more than 20% of the…

Researchers outlined immune dysfunction in mice that leads to more severe respiratory infections in those with diabetesCredit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Since the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus…

New approach for studying neural circuits offers advantages over both microelectrodes and fluorescence-based optical techniques that require genetic modificationsCredit: Carolyn Lagattuta Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed…

The assay has a clinically relevant 5-day turnaround time and can be conducted on as little as 20 ng genomic DNA with a batch size of up to forty samples in a single runCredit: Sean T. Glenn, [email protected] The assay has a…