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Mosquito-Borne Disease Could Threaten Half the Globe by 2050
Environmental change, urbanization and human movement are helping mosquitos spread-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Chemical hydrogen storage system
(Wiley) Hydrogen is a highly attractive, but also highly explosive energy carrier, which requires safe, lightweight and cheap storage as well as transportation systems. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, have now developed a che...
Less-invasive procedure helps surgeons pinpoint epilepsy surgical candidates
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) A minimally invasive procedure to determine whether patients with drug-resistant epilepsy are candidates for brain surgery is safer, more efficient, and leads to better outcomes than the traditio...
Cell study reveals key mechanism linked to healthy development
(University of Edinburgh) Researchers have uncovered details of the role played by a key biological component involved in healthy cell development.
Green spaces can help you trust strangers
(University of Waterloo) Simple, inexpensive urban design interventions can increase well-being and social connections among city residents, finds a new case study from the Urban Realities Lab at the University of Waterloo.
Sensory tests suggest 'liking' wines made with native grapes a learned response
(Penn State) Consumer preference or aversion to wines made from native grapes -- such as Concord, Niagara and Catawba, which are grown in North America -- may depend on early exposure to the fruits' sweet, ultra "grapey" taste and aroma, accordi...
Engineered microbe may be key to producing plastic from plants
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) With a few genetic tweaks, a type of soil bacteria with an appetite for hydrocarbons shows promise as a biological factory for converting a renewable -- but frustratingly untapped -- bounty into a replacement for ubi...
Scientists find method to boost CRISPR efficiency
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Scientists have developed a method to boost the efficiency of CRISPR gene editing in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a study that could have implications for optimizing gene therapies for other disease...
How Alexa Learns
Researchers are finding new ways to help the voice service improve its performance-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Ultrasound for thrombosis prevention
(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) Researchers established real-time ultrasonic monitoring of the blood's aggregate state using the in vitro blood flow model. Based on collected data, computer automatically injected a thrombolytic drug...