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Medical Engineering

New Tech to Aid Stroke Patients’ Movement Rehabilitation

Researchers from the University’s School of Health Professions & Rehabilitation Sciences and the School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS). have developed…

Health & Medicine

Maternal Depression Linked to Increased Stress in Infants

These young mothers face many life challenges and they have an increased risk for becoming depressed. How might the behavior of these young mothers be related…

Physics & Astronomy

Neptune’s South Pole: Uncovering Its Surprising Warmth

An international team of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope has discovered that the south pole of Neptune is much hotter than the rest of the planet….

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Pigs Out-Pollute People: Insights from Global Experts in China

The report was the outcome of a meeting in Hangzhou, China where experts from all over the world met and discussed the perspectives of the Chinese food…

Studies and Analyses

New Universal Rule Explains Plant Population Equilibrium

The research project, whose results will appear in the next issue of the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, also concludes that the…

Life & Chemistry

Ecstasy’s Hidden Danger: How It Kills Brain Neurons

The work to be published in the Journal of Neuroscience[1] also reveals that a drug used in Parkinson’s disease is capable of prevent this damage. By showing…

Environmental Conservation

Unlocking Value: The Rise of Landfill Mining Innovations

These days, we in the developing world are encouraged to compost our garden and kitchen waste at home or dispose of it in our “green” bin for kerbside…

Life & Chemistry

UT-ORNL governor's chair unlocks secrets of protein folding

Using ORNL's Cray XT4 Jaguar supercomputer as well as computer systems in Italy and Germany, the team revealed a driving force behind protein folding involving…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Emissions to Mercury Pollution in Fish

A groundbreaking environmental study to be published in a prestigious American science journal proves that mercury atmospheric emissions will end up in fish in…

Studies and Analyses

Public Handwashing Declines: Key Findings from New Study

When it comes to washing with soap and water, some Americans seem be slipping up.In an observational study sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology…

Environmental Conservation

UT Researcher Reveals Insights on Hybrid Animals

What began more than 50 years ago as a way to improve fishing bait in California has led a University of Tennessee researcher to a significant finding about…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Target Discovered for Fragile X Syndrome

The research was led by Stephen T. Warren, PhD, Timmie professor and chair of human genetics in Emory University School of Medicine, and Gary J. Bassell, PhD,…

Information Technology

Smithsonian scientists help lead effort to 'barcode' world's species

This month, scientists are gathering in Taiwan for the Second International Barcode of Life Conference (Sept. 17-21). They will discuss potential applications…

Information Technology

Penn Engineers Create Nanoscale Memory for Faster Data Retrieval

Ritesh Agarwal, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and colleagues developed a self-assembling nanowire of germanium…

Health & Medicine

Cholesterol Byproduct Hinders Estrogen’s Heart Health Benefits

The results of the study, available online and in the October issue of the journal Nature Medicine, also may explain why hormone replacement therapy fails to…

Life & Chemistry

Brown Chemists Discover Source of Soil-Scented Geosmin

Brown University chemists have found the origins of an odor – the sweet smell of fresh dirt. In Nature Chemical Biology, the Brown team shows that the protein…

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