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New report identifies how to supercharge agriculture science in the US
(Burness) A new report issued today showed how US farmers -- facing a surge of weather events and disease outbreaks -- can increase production and revenues with innovations produced by federally funded agricultural research.
People 'hear' flashes due to disinhibited flow of signals around the brain, suggests study
(City University London) A synaesthesia-like effect in which people 'hear' silent flashes or movement, such as in popular 'noisy GIFs' and memes, could be due to a reduction of inhibition of signals that travel between visual and...
Microgels let medical implants fight off bacteria
(Stevens Institute of Technology) Joint replacement implants dipped in microgel flecks -- and then into a charged solution -- can release micro-doses of antibiotics when bacteria approach. The work could play a role in sharply reducing infection rate...
Illinois researchers to implement, study STEM program for high school, middle schools
(University of Illinois College of Engineering) As schools explore ways to encourage more underrepresented students to consider STEM fields, a team from the University of Illinois believes school counselors and year-round experiences are two of the k...
In the tree of life, youth has its advantages
(University of British Columbia) New research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows younger groups of organisms, on average, accumulate diversity much more quickly than older groups.
New 3-D printing approach makes cell-scale lattice structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A new way of making scaffolding for biological cultures could make it possible to grow cells that are highly uniform in shape and size, and potentially with certain functions. The new approach uses an extremely...
TGen physician-in-chief receives Distinguished Public Service Award from AACR
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff, Distinguished Professor and Physician-In-Chief for the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has been selected to receive the 2019 Disti...
VP Mike Pence sets 5-year deadline for landing Americans at moon’s south pole
Vice President Mike Pence addresses the audience attending a meeting of the National Space Council at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama with an American flag, space artifacts and rocket models in the background. (NASA via YouTube)
Vice P...
Droughts could hit aging power plants hard
(Duke University) Droughts will pose a much larger threat to U.S. power plants with once-through cooling systems than scientists previously suspected, a Duke University study shows. If surface waters warm 3oC and river flows drop 20 percent, drought-...
Researchers unlock the biomechanics of how the Ebola virus attaches to its host cell
(Lehigh University) Lehigh University engineers, working with microbiologists at the University of Iowa, have developed a simple model for virus-host cell interaction driven by Ebola's adhesion to cell surface receptors. The findings, published...