No need in supercomputers
A group of physicists from the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University, has learned to use...
‘Squishy’ motors and wheels give soft robots a new ride
Credit: Xiangyu Gong A small, squishy vehicle equipped with soft wheels rolls over rough terrain and runs under water. Future...
New electric mesh device gives the heart an electromechanical hug
BOSTON - A research team led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Seoul National University has...
New model predicts once-mysterious chemical reactions
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., June 28, 2016--A team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Curtin University in Australia developed...
Animals ‘inherit’ their social network from their mothers, Penn study shows
Loading video... Credit: University of Pennsylvania Dolphins, lizards and hyenas may not be on Facebook or Twitter, but, as social...
Thirty-one top scientific societies speak with one voice on global climate change
In a consensus letter to U.S. policymakers, a partnership of 31 leading nonpartisan scientific societies today reaffirmed the reality of...
International conference “Geo Bon” wants to close knowledge gaps in global biodiversity
Leipzig. At the beginning of July in Leipzig, several hundred international experts in monitoring biological diversity will advise how the...
Tiniest imperfections make big impacts in nano-patterned materials
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2016 -- A research team at Clarkson University reports an interesting conclusion that could have major...
Stanford researchers developing ‘electronic’ skin (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 27, 2016 -- The Speaking of Chemistry summer road trip continues through the...
Shape-changing enzyme suggests how small doses of anti-HIV drug might treat Alzheimer’s
For a promising pathway to treating Alzheimer's patients, "aim here." That's what National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) researchers...
Cross-respiration between oral bacteria leads to worse infections
Washington, D.C.--June 28, 2016--Researchers determined that two bacterial species commonly found in the human mouth and in abscesses, cooperate to...
Researchers identify new strategy for decreasing neonatal mortality
Washington, DC - June 28, 2016 - Researchers have discovered how the bacteria Group B streptococcus (GBS) avoids detection by...
ASHG honors James F. Gusella with William Allan Award
BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named James Gusella, PhD, Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics in...
World’s first successful artificial insemination of southern rockhopper penguin
DNA tests have confirmed that one of the three southern rockhopper penguin chicks born at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan between June...
Urban rabbits distance themselves more from their neighbors
FRANKFURT. What are the neighbours up to? The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) can tell from the smell of their latrines,...
Researchers find protein signatures for accurate noninvasive diagnosis of prostate cancer
Toronto (June 28, 2016) - Researchers at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and University Health Network (UHN) in...
Parsley and dill help fight cancer, research shows
A team of Russian scientists from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic...
A 2-in-1 punch for taking out cancer
For cancer therapy, treatment resistance poses a major hurdle. Even aggressive treatments such as immunotherapies or nanomedicines may fail to...
Could growing Internet use inspire more democratic uprisings?
COLUMBUS, Ohio - While events like the Arab Spring brought hope that the internet could inspire the growth of democracy...
Researchers use liquid biopsy biomarkers to identify prostate cancer before surgery
Loading video... Credit: University Health Network (TORONTO, Canada - June 28, 2016) - Prostate cancer researchers have discovered biomarkers using...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New findings on hair loss in men
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Tirzepatide more effective in blood sugar control and body weight loss than semaglutide, shows meta-analysis of 22 studies
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Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope
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Chromosome-scale genome sequence of Suaeda glauca sheds light on salt stress tolerance in halophytes
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ISSCR Kicks off São Paulo International Symposium today in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil