The RapidScat instrument that flies aboard the International Space Station and measures surface winds gathered data that showed newborn Tropical Storm Noul…
It's called the Northern clingfish, and its small, finger-sized body uses suction forces to hold up to 150 times its own body weight. These fish actually hold…
“Computer vision and human vision each have their specific strengths, which combine to work well together,” said Ryan Kastner, a professor of computer science…
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have used exosomes — tiny bubbles of protein and fat produced naturally by cells — to bypass…
In a new paper published online by GSA Bulletin on 30 April, researchers Mark Richards and colleagues address the “uncomfortably close” occurrence of the…
In a study of how people interacted with avatars in an online game, women received less help from fellow players than men when they operated an unattractive…
UM Rosenstiel School researchers found coral species can buffer the effects of climate change by increasing feeding during stressful environmental conditions
The researchers used a new analytical technique on samples from the homes and found a chemical compound, 2-BE, and an unidentified complex mixture of organic…
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) possess the ability to grow into almost any kind of cell, which has made them dynamic tools for studying early human…
With the aid of extremely short and highly intense pulses of laser light, scientists have made great strides in their efforts to observe and control particle…
If someone has sustained a life-threatening brain injury, for example, they often need to be transferred to a specialist hospital. This hospital receives the…
Siemens will supply 65 wind turbines and 67 transformers for the Amazon Wind Farm (Fowler Ridge). The customer for this onshore project in Indiana is Pattern…
Considering geological time scales, the occurrence of biogenic shale gas in Sweden´s crust is relatively young. An international team of geoscientists (led by…
A receptor sits in the cell wall and extends a kind of arm out. If a particular molecule or protein, such as a hormone or neurotransmitter, floats past,…
Its efficiency and methodological rigour has now led the algorithm to be incorporated in the world’s most widely-used DNA-analysis software. This momentous…
Storms are capable of paralyzing entire cities. Only recently, in the first week of April, large parts of Germany were deprived of power due to hurricane-force…
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