16-Nov-2017
Did you know soil scientists are making your Thanksgiving dinner more sustainable? The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) November 15 Soils Matter blog explains research to make cranberries, poultry litter, and sweet potatoes better for the envir... – Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Embargo expired on 16-Nov-2017 at 09:00 ET
When a Cornell-led team of scientists analyzed two dozen environmental factors to understand bumblebee population declines and range contractions, they expected to find stressors like changes in land use, geography or insecticides. Instead, they foun... – Cornell University Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Nov-2017
Defect spins in diamond were controlled with a simpler, geometric method, leading to faster computing. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Physical Review Letters 119, 140503 (2017). [DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.140503]
Scientists use heat and mismatched surfaces to stretch films that can potentially improve the efficient operation of devices. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nature Communications 8, 608 (2017). [DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00516-5]
A research team from National University of Singapore has developed a soft, flexible and stretchable microfibre sensor for real-time healthcare monitoring and diagnosis. The novel sensor is highly sensitive and ultra-thin with a diameter of a strand ... – National University of Singapore Advanced Materials Technologies; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
WCS, WWF, and BirdLife International today launched the Trillion Trees programme, a 25-year initiative to help implement and scale global forest commitments and spur greater ambitions towards protecting and restoring one trillion trees by 2050—the ... – Wildlife Conservation Society 15-Nov-2017
LED light bulbs are getting cheaper and more energy efficient every year. So, does it make sense to replace less-efficient bulbs with the latest light-emitting diodes now, or should you wait for future improvements and even lower costs? – University of Michigan Environmental Research Letters Embargo expired on 15-Nov-2017 at 19:00 ET
Although many scientific journals try to provide more details about author contributions by requiring explicit statements, such contribution statements get much less attention than authorship order, according to new findings from a Georgia Tech-Unive... – Georgia Institute of Technology Science Advances Embargo expired on 15-Nov-2017 at 14:00 ET
A new study has revealed a chain mail-like woven microstructure that gives parrotfish teeth their remarkable ability to chomp on coral all day long – the structure could serve as a blueprint for designing ultra-durable synthetic materials. – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ACS Nano, Oct. 20, 2017 Embargo expired on 15-Nov-2017 at 09:00 ET includes video
In some parts of Africa, farmers intercrop sorghum – a grain – and peanuts. But they face a major information gap. There hasn’t been much research on optimal levels of fertilizer use for intercropping sorghum and peanuts in these areas. A new s... – American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Agronomy Journal, September 7, 2017 Embargo expired on 15-Nov-2017 at 09:00 ET
Sometimes during catalytic hydrogenation, the partially hydrogenated products become volatile, melting and evaporating away before they can bind to more hydrogen atoms. Now, researchers have explored how and why this volatility varies during hydrogen... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) The Journal of Chemical Physics Embargo expired on 15-Nov-2017 at 11:00 ET
The first study on prognostic health indicators in the endangered African Penguin provides invaluable information to preserve and rehabilitate this seabird. Competition with fisheries, oil spills, climate change, diseases and predators are all contri... – Florida Atlantic University Journal of Wildlife Diseases
A los científicos del Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Texas) les han otorgado una beca por parte del National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Institutos Nacionales de Salud) para llevar a cabo un estudio pr... – Texas Biomedical Research Institute R56DK114703
A research team at The University of Texas at El Paso is one step closer to developing an effective human vaccine for cutaneous leishmaniasis, a tropical disease found in Texas and Oklahoma, and affecting some U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan and... – University of Texas at El Paso PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
As any wine enthusiast knows, the “legs” that run down a glass after a gentle swirl of vinocan yield clues about alcohol content. Interestingly, the physical phenomenon that helps create these legs can be harnessed to propel tiny motors to carry ... – American Chemical Society (ACS) Langmuir includes video
Someday, left-over toner in discarded printer cartridges could have a second life as bridge or building components instead of as trash, wasting away in landfills and potentially harming the environment. One group reports in ACS Sustainable Chemistry ... – American Chemical Society (ACS) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
A University of Washington team is trying to make poplar a viable competitor in the biofuels market by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently — after only two or three years — instead of the usual 1... – University of Washington ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering includes video
By binding photosensitive dyes to common plastic membranes and adding water, chemists at the University of California, Irvine have made a new type of solar power generator. The device is similar to familiar silicon photovoltaic cells but differs in a... – University of California, Irvine Joule
New research from the Research Triangle suggests that variants in a gene called ankyrin-B – carried by millions of Americans – could cause people to put on pounds through no fault of their own. – University of North Carolina Health Care System PNAS
The unparalleled liquid strength of cartilage, which is about 80 percent water, withstands some of the toughest forces on our bodies – University of Michigan Advanced Materials
One of the saltiest bodies on Earth, an analog to how water might exist on Mars, shows signs of being one piece of a larger aquifer. – University of Washington Earth and Planetary Science Letters
New research could boost the development of a more potent vaccine against the global killer. – Scripps Research Institute PNAS, Nov. 2017
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering faculty and graduate students, global health experts and technology specialists will receive $100,000 to further develop a phone-based system enabling mothers in remote villages to spot serious health problems dur... – Johns Hopkins University
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and ORNL are using neutrons to study what happens when cyanobacteria cell samples are starved for nitrogen. They are especially interested in how this process affects phycobilisomes, large antenna p... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Whether carbon comes from leaves or needles affects how fast it decomposes, but where it ends up determines how long it's available. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Biogeochemistry 134, 5-16 (2017). [DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0345-6]
Monoterpene measures how certain forests respond to heat stress.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science Plant, Cell & Environment 40, 441-452 (2017). [DOI: 10.1111/pce.12879]
More frequent storms turn forests from carbon source to sink.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science Environmental Research Letters 12, 025007 (2017). [DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa583c] 14-Nov-2017
It takes less than one-tenth of a second — a fraction of the time previously thought — for the sense of smell to distinguish between one odor and another, new experiments in mice show. – NYU Langone Health Nature Communications; R01 DC013797; R01 DC014366 Embargo expired on 14-Nov-2017 at 05:00 ET
Soft magnetic core engineering plays a key role in high-efficiency electric motors, but for higher-frequency applications, soft magnetic composites are also promising. Each stage of motor construction affects the material’s microstructure, and unde... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) AIP Advances Embargo expired on 14-Nov-2017 at 11:00 ET
NitroSynapsin is intended to restore an electrical signaling imbalance in the brain found in virtually all forms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). – Scripps Research Institute Nature Communications, Nov. 2017; P01 HD029587; R01 NS086890; R01 AG056259; DP1 DA041722; P30 NS076411; R43 AG052233; R43 AG055208; R21 AG048519... Embargo expired on 14-Nov-2017 at 05:00 ET
In motors, generators and similar electric machines, the electrical current that powers them generates magnetic fields that magnetize some of the metallic components. Choosing the right magnetic material is crucial for designing efficient machines, s... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) AIP Advances Embargo expired on 14-Nov-2017 at 11:00 ET
Is more always better? Researchers in Kyoto, Japan, sought to find out if that was the case for measuring magnetic field strengths. Their paper, appearing this week in AIP Advances, from AIP Publishing, examines whether a double H-coil method or a si... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) AIP Advances Embargo expired on 14-Nov-2017 at 11:00 ET
In search of new plant enzymes? Try looking in compost. Researchers at JBEI have demonstrated the importance of microbial communities as a source of stable enzymes that could be used to convert plants to biofuels. This approach yields robust enzymes ... – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nature Microbiology, Nov 2017
A faster collision detection algorithm could enable robots to work more fluidly in the operating room or at home for assisted living. The algorithm, dubbed “Fastron,” runs up to 8 times faster than existing collision detection algorithms. It uses... – University of California San Diego Conference on Robot Learning Annual Meeting, Nov-2017
WCS has released heartbreaking footage of rescued African gray parrots from the Republic of Congo where thousands were destined for the illegal pet trade. – Wildlife Conservation Society includes video
In the future, new designer alloys for aerospace applications can be manufactured using the 3-D laser melting process (Additive Manufacturing). Pioneering work in this field was provided by Empa researcher Christoph Kenel, who works today at Northwe... – Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
On Nov. 14, scientists with the California Institute of Technology, the University of Washington and eight additional partner institutions announced that the Zwicky Transient Facility, the latest sensitive tool for astrophysical observations in the N... – University of Washington
DHS S&T hosted a week-long 2017 First Responder Electronic Jamming Exercise (JamX 17) at Idaho National Lab (INL) in Idaho Falls, Idaho where nearly 100 federal, state, and local public safety and private organizations gathered to test tactics and te... – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate 13-Nov-2017
Although estimates vary, scientists believe that 50 to 64 percent of the risk of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) is inherited. One way to identify this risk is through a person’s subjective response to alcohol. This study investigated the effects of t... – Research Society on Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Embargo expired on 13-Nov-2017 at 10:00 ET
New research from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute is building a bridge from nature's chemistry to greener, more efficient synthetic chemistry. – University of Michigan Nature Chemistry Embargo expired on 13-Nov-2017 at 11:00 ET
Wistar researchers discovered a novel form of crosstalk among tumor cells and other cell types in the tumor microenvironment, elucidating the mechanism of action of an immunotherapeutic strategy that inhibits tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and i... – Wistar Institute Cancer Cell Embargo expired on 13-Nov-2017 at 12:00 ET
Astronomers around the world will have immediate access to early data from specific science observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which will be completed within the first five months of Webb’s science operations. These observing pr... – Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Embargo expired on 13-Nov-2017 at 10:00 ET
New observations with ALMA have uncovered the never-before-seen close encounter between two astoundingly bright and spectacularly massive galaxies in the early universe. – National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astrophysical Journal, Nov-2017 includes video
A novel computational method allows researchers to parse how multiple organs contribute to a disease over time, giving a more holistic view of disease and potentially revealing new avenues for intervention. – Thomas Jefferson University PLOS Computational Biology
In new research presented at the HFES 2017 International Annual Meeting, a team of human factors/ergonomics researchers discussed how a supplemental Web-based driver training approach using realistic scenarios and visual effects could help reduce the... – Human Factors and Ergonomics Society HFES 2017 International Annual Meeting
When hit by a powerful shock wave, materials can change their shape – a property known as plasticity – yet keep their lattice-like atomic structure. Now scientists have used the X-ray laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerato... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory C.E. Wehrenberg et al., Nature, 26 October 2017 (10.1038/nature24061)
An international researcher team used neutron analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, x-ray crystallography and other techniques to study chlorite dismutase, an enzyme that breaks down the environmental pollutant chlorite into harmless byproducts.... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory ACS Catalysis
A UW–Madison lab has made a molecule that gains magnetic strength through an unusual way of controlling those spins, which could lead to a breakthrough in quantam computing. – University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry – A European Journal
A study published in PNAS details a new “landscape portfolio” theory that is based on Markowitz’s “portfolio theory” in economics, melded with ecological landscape theory to predict population growth of living things. – Stony Brook University PNAS
Livermore researchers conducted the first Livermore-designed “criticality” experiment in 40 years. It was one in a series that aims to help ensure plutonium operations – which are key to assessing the U.S. nuclear stockpile without testing – ... – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory includes video
Whether they’ve faced problems with pests, pathogens, soils, water or natural disasters, growers have turned to scientists at the UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center for answers for the past 100 years. – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences 100th anniversary, Nov. 29
A quest to help the systems software community work on very large supercomputers without having to actually test on them has spawned an affordable, scalable system using thousands of inexpensive Raspberry Pi nodes. – Los Alamos National Laboratory
S&T supports its wide range of research and development projects by providing researchers, businesses and organizations in the cybersecurity community multiple pathways to partnership. – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate
Prehistoric polar forests were built for survival, but were not hardy enough to live in ultra-high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. A UWM geologist is studying the tree fossil record in Antarctica from a mass extinction 250 million years... – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee NSF 1142749
The Royal Government of Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration (FiA), WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS), and the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) announced today the release of 25 Royal Turtles into their natural hab... – Wildlife Conservation Society includes video
A group of researchers is building a portal of genetic information to help doctors detect, diagnose and treat cancer optimally in each of their patients. The goal: Someday, oncologists will pull up this data on a tablet and use it to guide treatment ... – University of Delaware
The Association for Molecular Pathology, the premier global, non-profit molecular diagnostics professional society, today published 17 consensus recommendations to help clinical laboratory professionals achieve high-quality sequencing results and del... – Association for Molecular Pathology The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
Researchers are developing a first-of-its-kind bioengineered robotic hand that will actually feel and adapt to its environment. This “living” robot will have its own peripheral nervous system directly linking robotic sensors and actuators. – Florida Atlantic University includes video
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to announce the 2017 cohort of ASCB Fellows. The honor of being named an ASCB Fellow is bestowed to ASCB members by their peers. Fellows are recognized for their meritorious efforts to advance c... – American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
Penn State researchers are using DARPA funding to teach computers how to generate original design ideas and then determine if those ideas are feasible in the real world.
– Penn State College of Engineering includes video
Fiery supernovae, delicate rings of ice, planet-hopping comets – visitors to Fuertes Observatory have seen them all. For 100 years, Fuertes Observatory has opened a window to the cosmos for the Cornell and Ithaca communities. – Cornell University
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego received two key HPCwire awards for 2017, recognizing the use of its Comet supercomputer in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) research and the life sciences. ... – University of California San Diego
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) has been selected by NASA to lead a multi-institutional project to better understand the health risks related to radiation exposure from missions in deep space. – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Argonne National Laboratory has been recognized in the annual <em>HPCwire</em> Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented at the 2017 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC17), in Denver,... – Argonne National Laboratory Embargo expired on 13-Nov-2017 at 20:00 ET
Globus, the leading research data management service, today announced general availability of Globus for ActiveScale. This new premium connector for the Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) ActiveScale™ object storage system enables researcher... – Computation Institute
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced 55 projects with high potential for accelerating discovery through its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program. The projects will share 5.95 bil... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A team of computer scientists and engineers from Sandia National Laboratories and Boston University recently won the Gauss Award at the International Supercomputing conference for their paper about using machine learning to automatically diagnose pr... – Sandia National Laboratories High Performance Computing
Article describes PPPL's presentation of 2017 Kaul Prize and Distinguished Engineering Fellow awards. – Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Helen Quinn, a professor emerita at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, will receive the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics – one of eight prestigious Franklin Institute Awards that will b... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory includes video | 
