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Life & Chemistry

Northeastern Biologist Receives $5.5 Million NIH Grant to Study Tolerant Bacteria

The five-year project, part of the NIH Director’s Transformative Program (T-R01), will focus on three types of disease-producing bacteria to determine how…

Process Engineering

University Lab Demonstrates 3-D Printing in Glass

A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects…

Event News

Major Conference on the Science of Sound Convenes in San Antonio, October 26-30

How does video game sound trigger panic attacks? Can beams of ultrasound energy prevent kidney stones? What is science telling us about the voices of teachers,…

Physics & Astronomy

Deep Impact and Other Spacecraft Find Clear Evidence of Water on Moon

“The Deep Impact observations of the Moon not only unequivocally confirm the presence of OH/H2O on the lunar surface, but also reveal that the entire lunar…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Muon catalyzed fusion for energy production

Teiichiro MatsuzakiDirectorRIKEN Facility Office at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based ScienceThe nuclear fusion…

Life & Chemistry

Replicating the biosynthetic pathways in plants for the production of useful compounds

Toshiya MuranakaSenior Visiting ScientistMetabolic Diversity Research TeamMetabolic Function Research GroupRIKEN Plant Science CenterPlants biosynthesize a…

Life & Chemistry

Pores for thought

A porous coordination polymer (PCP) that strongly adsorbs methanol, a model guest molecule, has been prepared by Masakazu Higuchi from the RIKEN SPring-8…

Life & Chemistry

Solving the riddle of the turtle shell

The long-standing mystery of the evolution of the turtle shell has been resolved by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe. The…

Physics & Astronomy

Lotus-Inspired Coating Keeps Space Gear Clean and Clear

Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are developing a transparent coating that prevents dirt from sticking in the same way a…

Business and Finance

Streamlining Financial Aid Boosts College Access for Low-Income Students

The new study, conducted by Stanford University Associate Professor Eric Bettinger, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Bridget Terry Long, and…

Information Technology

First Evolutionary Branching Discovered in Bilateral Animals

The researchers determined that the flatworm group Acoelomorpha is a product of the deepest split within the bilateral creatures — multicelled organisms that,…

Science Education

Web-Based Training Demands New Skills for Professionals

Mona Nilsen from the Department of Education and Didactics, University of Gothenburg, has analysed continued professional development within the food…

Communications Media

Digital Tech Transforms Newspaper Industry Business Relations

A decrease in sales and advertising income are pressing the newspapers to expand in digital technology. Internet, mobile services, e-paper and phenomena such…

Life & Chemistry

Reactive Oxygen Levels in Fruit Flies Act as a Cell Signaling Mechanism for Immune Response

Research at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has raised that question.It has been known for decades that reactive oxygen species (ROS) – ions or very…

Environmental Conservation

The Impact of Regional Aerosols in China

A heavy concentration of aerosols — tiny airborne particles of soot, dust, sulfuric acid and organic matter — can affect rainfall, air quality and the amount…

Earth Sciences

Water Ice Discovered in Fresh Meteorite Craters on Mars

“We knew there was ice below the surface at high latitudes of Mars, but we find that it extends far closer to the equator than you would think, based on Mars'…

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