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Hunting molecules to find new planets

June 19, 2018

Merging two different malaria vaccines could decrease cases by 91 percent

June 19, 2018

Scientists discovered the neurons that rewrite traumatic memories

June 15, 2018

Artificial blubber protects divers in frigid water

June 19, 2018

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A new computer chip, smaller than a U.S. dime and shown here with a quarter for scale, helps miniature drones navigate in flight. Image courtesy of the researchers.

Technology

Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate

June 20, 2018

Health

New technique fine-tunes treatment for severe epilepsy cases

June 19, 2018

At left, a tiny bead struck by a laser (at the yellowish spot shown at the top of the image) produces optical modes that circulate around the interior of the bead (pinkish ring). At right, a simulation of how the optical field inside a 5-micron (5 millionths of a meter) bead is distributed. (Credit: Angel Fernandez-Bravo/Berkeley Lab, Kaiyuan Yao)

Technology

Continuously emitting microlasers with nanoparticle-coated beads

June 18, 2018

A scanning electron microscope image shows spherical particles in type C fly ash used by Rice University engineers to make cementless binder for concrete. Courtesy of the Multiscale Materials Laboratory

Invention

Cementless fly ash binder makes concrete ‘green’

June 18, 2018

Hip, knee and ankle joints analysed by the JSM algorithm Credit: Tom Turmezei

Technology

New 3D imaging analysis technique could lead to improved arthritis treatment

June 18, 2018

Science

Triple perovskites, high-performance electrocatalysts for oxygen electrode reactions

June 18, 2018

TECHNOLOGY

MIT researchers describe a machine-learning algorithm that can register brain scans and other 3-D images more than 1,000 times more quickly using novel learning techniques.

Faster analysis of medical images

June 18, 2018

Engineers developed smart power outlet

June 15, 2018

Quantum transfer at the push of a button

June 14, 2018

Novel micro-embossing equipment for precision optical microstructures

June 14, 2018

MIT engineers configure RFID tags to work as sensors

June 14, 2018

SCIENCE

Victor Segura and Rita Serda/NIH T cells (pink) scanning host cells (green) for evidence of infection.

Fetal T cells are first responders to infection in adults

June 15, 2018

The molecules that energize babies’ hearts

June 14, 2018

Scientists found a new way to create designer human proteins

June 14, 2018

The true power of the solar wind

June 13, 2018

Scientists discovered a new part of sperm that contributes to infertility

June 12, 2018

SPACE

ALMA discovers trio of infant planets around newborn star

June 13, 2018

Icy dunes on Pluto reveal a diverse and dynamic dwarf planet

June 9, 2018

39-Year old mystery of Jupiter’s lightning has been solved now

June 7, 2018

NASA’s Hi-C launches to study Sun’s corona

June 5, 2018

Collective gravity, not Planet Nine, may explain the orbits of ‘detached objects’

June 5, 2018

HEALTH

Beautiful Young Woman Suffering From Neck Pain

Studies provide new insights into the role of sleep in chronic pain

June 15, 2018

Rates of depression and anxiety may correlate with disease activity in early rheumatoid arthritis

June 15, 2018

Obesity in childhood and adulthood shown to increase risk of knee and hip osteoarthritis

June 15, 2018

Pre-delivery risk factors associated with C-section infections

June 14, 2018

Scientists identifies lipids as signatures of health and disease

June 14, 2018

INVENTION

Popular rice variety gets extra gene power to fight bacterial attacks

June 16, 2018

New microplate 3D bioprinting platform for the engineering of muscle and tendon tissues

June 13, 2018

New material could regenerate dental enamel

June 1, 2018

New tool to improve fishing efficiency and sustainability

May 31, 2018

Novel water-absorbing gel that harnesses air moisture for practical applications

May 28, 2018

LIFESTYLE

The study found that men often receive a wage boost when they become fathers—even if they’re not necessarily working harder.

Dads often earn more, even if they’re not harder workers

June 15, 2018

Spending more time in education causes myopia, study

June 7, 2018

Different outdoor professions carry different risks for skin cancer

June 6, 2018

People who wear glasses more likely to be intelligent, study

May 31, 2018

Recycled electrical products lead to hazardous chemicals appearing in everyday items

May 30, 2018

ENVIORNMENT

A research team from the National University of Singapore discovered that nanoplastics are easily ingested by barnacle larvae and they can accumulate in thebodies of the larvaeover time. Mr Samarth Bhargava(left) and Ms Serina Lee(right) are members of the research team.

Nanoplastics accumulate in marine organisms and may pose harm to aquatic food chains

May 31, 2018

Kicking the car(bon) habit better for air pollution than electric cars

May 30, 2018

Twin satellites map 14 years of freshwater changes

May 23, 2018

Sterol-producing bacteria that may change the way geologists interpret the rock record

May 22, 2018

Climate-threatened animals unable to relocate properly

May 17, 2018

INSPIRATION

Studying outdoors is better, research suggests

February 6, 2018

Bad news? No worries for those we like, study suggests

February 1, 2018

Applying economics to energy technology

January 30, 2018

New resources to shield children when sentencing mothers

January 30, 2018

Inherited IQ Could Accelerate in Early Childhood

January 18, 2018

This fully automated device includes an image-guided robot for drawing blood from veins, a sample-handling module and a centrifuge-based blood analyzer. Photo: Max Balter

Robotics

Automated robotic device for faster blood testing

June 13, 2018

Health

Test can identify patients in intensive care at greatest risk of...

June 13, 2018

Purdue University researchers developed a series of continuous-flow photoreactors to effectively remove chemical products and compounds from water supplies. (Image provided by Reynaldo Barreto)

Technology

New technique helps remove pharmaceuticals, chemical contaminants from public water systems

June 13, 2018

Technology

Ultra high-speed IC capable of wireless transmission of 100 gigabits per...

June 13, 2018

Technology

New 28-GHz transceiver paves the way for future 5G devices

June 13, 2018

Kerri Rodriguez, human-animal interaction graduate student (left), and Maggie O’Haire, assistant professor of human-animal interaction in the College of Veterinary Medicine, look at cortisol samples. Cortisol was one of the measurements used in a new study that shows how veterans with PTSD may benefit physiologically from using service dogs. (Purdue University photo/ Kevin Doerr)

Health

Physiological and behavioral benefits may be experienced by veterans with PTSD...

June 12, 2018

Immune cells that ingested spider silk nanoparticles (in green). The endosomes - the part of the cell in which the nanoparticles release the vaccine - appear in blue. (Illustration © Laboratoire Bourquin – UNIGE.)

Health

Scientists developed a new vaccine based on spider silk microcapsules

June 12, 2018

Dr. Stephen Nimer and Gloria Mas Martin in the lab.

Technology

Targeting CARM1 inhibits AML and spares normal cells

June 12, 2018

Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff from the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at UNIST.

Technology

New method to determine mechanical stiffness and strength of centimeter-scale atom...

June 12, 2018

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