The tiny, autonomous craft — some fly, others dart under the waves — can spy on hurricanes at close range without getting blown willy-nilly, while sensors…
Though researchers have known for over a century that red blood cells infected with malaria parasites can kill their host by sticking to the sides of blood…
“Problems with memory and thinking are common for people as they get older. Our study shows that on average, problems with memory and thinking may start…
The mutation also serves as an Achilles heel, allowing doctors at the University of Colorado Cancer Center to prescribe a never-before-used, targeted…
“We found that the directions of smallest and largest resistivity within the conducting layers are significantly dependent on the composition of the compounds,…
WHAT: Untreated HIV infection destroys a person's immune system by killing infection-fighting cells, but precisely when and how HIV wreaks this destruction has…
A sophisticated on-board software system takes the thermal data recorded by the robot’s small infrared camera and maps it onto a 3D scene constructed from the…
The ORNL battery design, which uses abundant low-cost elemental sulfur, also addresses flammability concerns experienced by other chemistries. “Our approach is…
Stein and his team at the U of I have recently published results indicating that a new microbial phytase derived from the bacterium Aspergillus oryzae is…
Participants performed significantly better immediately after the yoga practice than after moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise for the same amount of time.The 30 study subjects were young, female, undergraduate students. The new findings appear in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health….
“More work has to be done before this approach finds practical application, but it does use technology that could integrate smoothly into the existing…
No problem. Just raise your hand, finger-swipe the air, and your lights will power down. Want to change the song playing on your music system in the other…
A paper published online in PLOS Biology by U-M Life Sciences Institute faculty member Bing Ye and colleagues shows that manipulating genes of the fruit fly…
Via a heating network, the Stadtwerke Crailsheim municipal utility company has used the opportunity to provide the new Hirtenwiesen housing estate with solar…
Psychosocial factors, such as words or how a person is received, can help to heal or bring relief. These findings are being presented by the Italian researcher…
MRI may be an effective way to diagnose mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, according to experts from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In a…