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How Climate-Friendly Would Flying Cars Be?
Flying electric cars would have lower emissions over long trips than standard electric vehicles-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Characterization of 'hidden' dioxins from informal e-waste processing
(Ehime University) The composition of mixed brominated/chlorinated dibenzofurans (PXDFs) and diphenyl ethers in soils from an e-waste site in Ghana suggests a formation of PXDFs through condensation of the flame retardant PBDEs and subsequent bromine...
Unexpected properties uncovered in recently discovered superconductor
(Tokyo Metropolitan University) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that crystals of a recently discovered superconducting material, a layered bismuth chalcogenide with a four-fold symmetric structure, shows only two-fold symmet...
'Superbugs' found on many hospital patients' hands and what they touch most often
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) For decades, hospitals have worked to get staff to wash their hands and prevent the spread of germs. But a new study suggests they may want to expand those efforts to their patients, too. Fourteen percent...
BU scientists find electrostimulation can improve working memory in people
(Boston University) In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Neuroscience, Boston University researchers demonstrate that electrostimulation can improve the working memory of people in their 70s so that their performance on memory tasks is indis...
Novo Biosciences achieves major milestones in moving trodusquemine into clinical trials
(Novo Biosciences ) Novo Biosciences Inc., has achieved several major milestones in its mission of bringing its breakthrough drug candidate, trodusquemine (aka MSI-1436), to market as a potential regenerative medicine treatment for heart disease and...
DOE's Science Graduate Student Research Program selects 70 students to pursue research at DOE labs
(DOE/US Department of Energy) The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science has selected 70 graduate students from across the nation for its 2018 Solicitation 2 cycle for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.
Artificial intelligence singles out neurons faster than a human can
(Duke University) Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed an automated process that can track and map active neurons as accurately as a human can, but in a fraction of the time. This new technique, based on a deep learning algorithm, a...
We now know how insects and bacteria control ice
(University of Utah) in a paper published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society University of Utah professor Valeria Molinero and her colleagues show how key proteins produced in bacteria and insects can either promote or inhibit the...
Scientists develop artificial chemical receptor to assist viral transduction for T cell engineering
(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) A research team, led by Prof. CAI Lintao at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other collaborators developed a 'safe, efficient and universal&#...