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Environmental Conservation

Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Polar Bear Populations

According to scientists from NASA and the Canadian Wildlife Service, these increased Arctic polar bear sightings are probably related to retreating sea ice…

Information Technology

Researchers reveal 'extremely serious' vulnerabilities in e-voting machines

“We have created and analyzed the code in the spirit of helping to guide public officials so that they can make wise decisions about how to secure elections,”…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Brown Engineers Create Plastic-Based Battery Innovation

Brown University engineers have created a new battery that uses plastic, not metal, to conduct electrical current. The hybrid device marries the power of a…

Life & Chemistry

Key Mutation Linked to Hypertension in Latest Study

The study appears in the September issue of Molecular Biology of the Cell.When myosin, a protein that is abundant in muscle and is necessary for muscle…

Health & Medicine

New Test Predicts Eye Cancer Spread to Liver Effectively

J. William Harbour, M.D., the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and associate professor of cell biology and molecular…

Life & Chemistry

New Biomarker Discovered for Early Prostate Cancer Detection

If they're right, the protein – an enzyme called human aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase, or HAAH – could ultimately help reduce the number of…

Physics & Astronomy

IAU Officially Names Dwarf Planet Eris (136199)

The dwarf planet formerly known as 2003 UB313 received the official designation (136199) Eris, or Eris in short, from the International Astronomical Union on…

Information Technology

Discovering Ancient Rock Carvings with Structured Light Technology

By Christina B. WingeThe technology that archaeologists and ICT researchers have recently adopted is called “structured light”. It is a method that quickly and…

Environmental Conservation

New launch date for Europe’s first polar-orbiting weather satellite

It will complement Europe’s already highly successful Meteosat satellites positioned in geostationary orbit and will form the European part of an integrated…

Health & Medicine

UK NHS Clinicians Divided on Smoking Ban in Healthcare Settings

A survey in the UK has asked 2574 NHS clinicians about their attitudes to health care settings as smoke-free environments. The results showed clear differences…

Information Technology

New Fingerprinting Method Enhances Art Authentication

FING-ART-PRINT, a 2.5-year project funded by the European Commission, undertaken by a consortium of European partners, aims to provide a means of uniquely…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers to build an artificial “bio-electronic” nose

Professor Hywel Morgan at the University’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) and Dr Peter Roach at the School of Chemistry and their team have…

Life & Chemistry

Poplar DNA code cracked – new possibilities for sustainable energy

The influence trees have on our daily life is enormous. Forests cover 30% of the world’s land area, accommodate two thirds of life on earth, and are…

Environmental Conservation

MIT Team Uncovers Unique Cloud Forest in Desert Ecosystem

In an area that is characterized mostly by desert, the trees have preserved an ecological niche because they exploit a wispy-thin source of water that only…

Life & Chemistry

New Polymer Membranes Improve Salt Removal from Water

However, the water can't be disinfected with chlorine because it degrades polyamid material. Now, researchers at Virginia Tech have created a new polymer…

Studies and Analyses

UH’s 24/7 Monitoring Boosts Texas Air Quality Study

University of Houston scientists are joining more than 200 researchers from 60 institutions in the Texas Air Quality Study-II (TexAQS-II), to help alleviate…

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