21-Dec-2017
This new (and freely available) original research article presents a fast, robust and accurate methodology for correlating compound identity to CYP1A2 potency of inhibitors in metabolic mixtures. The methodology is centered around an at-line nanofrac... – SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) Journal of Biomolecular Screening Embargo expired on 21-Dec-2017 at 09:00 ET
Neurons are the basic computational building blocks that compose our brain. According to the neuronal computational scheme used for over a century, each neuron functions as a centralized excitable element. Using new types of experiments on neuronal ... – Bar-Ilan University Scientific Reports Embargo expired on 21-Dec-2017 at 05:00 ET
A global-scale analysis of human birth rate cycles co-led by Indiana University reveals that online interest in sex rises at Christmas and certain other holidays, with more babies born nine months later. – Indiana University Scientific Reports; National Institutes of Health; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Embargo expired on 21-Dec-2017 at 05:00 ET
Researchers at Wake Forest University say adults 60+ whose New Year’s resolution is to lose weight succeed with an inexpensive and accessible solution: classes at community fitness centers such as the YMCA. – Wake Forest University
Teng of the University of New Hampshire brings his research to design new types of nanostructured materials for energy conversion and storage applications to Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN). – Brookhaven National Laboratory 20-Dec-2017
New research has provided a deeper insight into emission line galaxies, used in several ongoing and upcoming surveys, to help us further understand the composition and fate of the Universe. – University of Portsmouth Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (published by Oxford University Press) Embargo expired on 20-Dec-2017 at 20:00 ET
A single treatment of a genome editing agent partially preserved hearing in mice with genetic deafness. The work could one day help scientists treat certain forms of genetic hearing loss in humans. – Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Nature, Dec-2017 Embargo expired on 20-Dec-2017 at 13:00 ET
A new discovery by scientists could aid efforts to clean up radioactive waste sites, and could also help protect military personnel, cancer patients, and astronauts. – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) (Defense Threat Reduction Agency, grant HDTRA-18774-M) Embargo expired on 20-Dec-2017 at 14:00 ET
A new model is required to explain the radiation from the collision of two neutron stars discovered by LIGO – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee journal Nature Astronomy Embargo expired on 20-Dec-2017 at 13:00 ET
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Real-time imaging shows how hydrogen causes oxygen to leave a buried surface, transforming an oxide into a metal.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science Nature Communications 8, 307 (2017). [DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00371-4]
Plants don’t sleep like humans do—but just like some people don’t rest well in the heat, some plants don’t either. The canola plant isn’t as productive if the temperature is high at nighttime, and scientists are trying to find out why. – American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings
Some secrets to repairing our skeletons might be found in the silky webs of spiders, according to recent experiments guided by supercomputers. Scientists involved say their results will help understand the details of osteoregeneration, or how bones r... – University of California San Diego Advanced Functional Materials Journal, September 2017
A dark exciton can store information in its spin state, analogous to how a regular, classical bit stores information in its off or on state, but dark excitons do not emit light, making it hard to determine their spins and use them for quantum informa... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) APL Photonics
“While interesting by itself, it more importantly shows scientists the tradeoffs that can exist across body parts,” said Christine Miller, a UF/IFAS associate professor of entomology and co-author of both new studies. “It also provides fundamen... – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Evolution; Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Silver nanoparticles are being used in clothing for their anti-odor abilities but some of this silver comes off when the clothes are laundered. The wastewater from this process could end up in the environment, possibly harming aquatic life, so resear... – American Chemical Society (ACS) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Sunil Agrawal, professor of mechanical engineering and of rehabilitation and regenerative medicine at Columbia Engineering, working with Movement Disorders faculty from the department of neurology at Columbia University Medical Center, find that a si... – Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science Scientific Reports Dec 19 2017  includes video
A pan-genome is a valuable resource for unlocking natural diversity. Having plant pan-genomes for crops important for fuel and food applications would enable breeders to harness natural diversity to improve traits such as yield, disease resistance, a... – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nature Communications
A shorter life may be the price an organism pays for coping with the natural assaults of daily living, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues in Japan. The scientists used fruit flies to examine the relatio... – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) PNAS; ZIAES080046; R01GM067761
Recently, CAVM partnered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) to develop a reusable Aircraft Explosive Testing Simulator that facilitates the explosive testing of new generation commercial aircraft. ... – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate
The findings point the way to targeting diseases where this protein is mutated. – Scripps Research Institute Nature, Dec. 2017; NS083174; DE022358; 1-S10OD021634
Simply applying a small voltage dramatically changes the atomic structure, vital to creating materials for advanced computer memory.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science Nature 550, 487-491 (2017). [DOI: 10.1038/nature24043]
Funded by $230,000 from NASA about three years ago, the Hi-Cal balloon with its barbeque-lighter ping have flown three experimental missions in a quest to better grasp Antarctica’s reflectivity to radio frequencies. – University of Kansas
A project led by an astronomer at The University of Alabama that includes amateur astronomers will use gaps in the schedule of the Hubble Space Telescope to get a better look at oddities found in the sky. – University of Alabama
A virologist involved in the debate over "gain of function" and dual-use infectious disease research reflects on the issue, in the wake of NIH action. – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
When Sam Webb teaches, he shows that science is a part of everyday life. For him, it’s important that students learn science does not need to be intimidating.
Webb is a staff scientist at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Argonne research has shown how hybrid nanomaterials may be used to convert light energy more efficiently for applications in photocatalysis, photovoltaics and ultrafast optics. – Argonne National Laboratory Nature Communications, Oct-2017 19-Dec-2017
The scientists hope understanding how immune cells adapt as they enter different tissues will spur the design of better, more specific, medicines. – Scripps Research Institute Immunity, Dec. 2017; R21AI119728; 5R01DK099076-07 ; P01DK071176; 422515; 3786; 26971; IBD-0389R Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2017 at 12:00 ET
In new research, scientists at the University of Minnesota used a first-of-its-kind device to demonstrate a way to control the direction of electrical current generated by light, called photocurrent, without deploying an electric voltage. – University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Nature Communications, Dec-2017 Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2017 at 08:00 ET
When ionizing radiation passes through living tissue, it interacts with molecules present in the cells, stripping away electrons and producing charged species known as ions. Ionizing radiation used for cancer treatment includes gamma rays, X-rays and... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) The Journal of Chemical Physics Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2017 at 11:00 ET
Wistar researchers have found that combining PARP inhibitors, recently approved for the treatment of BRCA-mutant ovarian cancer, with another small molecule inhibitor was effective to treat ovarian cancers without BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. – Wistar Institute Cell Reports Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2017 at 12:00 ET
The combined effects of pesticides and a lack of nutrition form a deadly one-two punch for animals, new research shows for the first time. Researchers studied how honey bees fared with exposure to pesticides and limited nutrient sources, scenarios fo... – University of California San Diego Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Dec-2017 Embargo expired on 19-Dec-2017 at 19:05 ET
A new x-ray beam technique tracks atomic-level changes under real-world operating conditions.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science Science 356, 739-742 (2017). [DOI: 10.1126/science.aam6168]
A newly hatched sea turtle should be able to crawl from its nest to the ocean in a couple of minutes if everything goes as nature planned. Speed is key and their survival depends heavily on their ability to swim. Disoriented hatchlings who eventuall... – Florida Atlantic University Journal of Experimental Biology includes video
Understanding that divergence, University of Notre Dame researchers say, is a starting point to determining whether there are non-biting genes in other species that could be manipulated in order to reduce transmission of vector-borne diseases. – University of Notre Dame Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
To make modern-day fuel cells less expensive and more powerful, a team led by John Hopkins chemical engineers has drawn inspiration from the ancient Egyptian tradition of gilding. – Johns Hopkins University Nano Letters, May-2017; DMR-1410175
In Nature Genetics, a team led by JGI researchers assembled a catalog of bacterial genomes to identify and characterize candidate genes that aid bacteria in adapting to plant environments, specifically genes involved in bacterial root colonization. – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nature Genetics
In today’s “internet of things,” devices connect primarily over short ranges at high speeds, an environment in which surface acoustic wave devices have shown promise for years. To obtain faster speeds, however, SAW devices need to operate at hi... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Applied Physics Letters
Gravitational wave observations combined with optical and gamma-ray data confirm earlier predictions, offer insights into how the galaxy produces lead, mercury, and other elements.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science Nature 551, 80-84 (2017). [DOI: 10.1038/nature24453]
International collaborators advance physics basis for tokamak plasma confinement at low rotation, potentially benefiting a fusion reactor. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nuclear Fusion 55, 123025 (2015); Physics of Plasmas 22, 055904 (2015). [DOI: 10.1063/1.4921152]; Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 57, 025020 (2015); Physics of Plasmas 23, 062511 (2016) [DOI: 10.1063/1.4948724]...
Scientists map electrical currents emanating from the boundary of a tokamak plasma, providing new information for reactor design. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nuclear Fusion 57, 086035 (2017). [DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/aa75ea]
Microwave heating significantly alters Alfven waves, offering insights into the physics of the waves themselves. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Nuclear Fusion 56, 112007 (2016). [DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/56/11/112007]
Santa’s winter workshop might be in space, as University of Warwick researchers are exploring whether snowy moons over a billion kilometres away from Earth are potentially habitable.
According to Dr David Brown, and colleagues at Warwick’s Centr... – University of Warwick
Solder isn’t the first thing that comes to mind as essential to a nuclear weapon. But since weapons contain hundreds of thousands of solder joints, each potentially a point of failure, Sandia National Laboratories has developed and refined computer... – Sandia National Laboratories
The University of Delaware and Nuvve Corporation will partner on developing technology that drives vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology forward and breaks new ground in producing clean energy and efficient, responsible transportation systems. – University of Delaware
Data on soils, crop and livestock performance and environmental parameters, such as greenhouse gas emissions, will help convince producers to try cover crops in their rotation plans. – South Dakota State University
Large-scale simulations of quarks promise precise view of reactions of astrophysical importance.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science Physical Review Letters 119, 062002 (2017). [DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.062002]; Physical Review Letters 115, 132001 (2015). [DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.132001]
In Shortsville, New York, about 30 miles east of Rochester, reindeer brothers Moose and Little Buddy call a little farm home. Their owner, Mike Schaertl, was looking forward to Little Buddy’s first holiday season, but last month the 5-month-old rei... – Cornell University 18-Dec-2017
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have led worldwide investigations into a mysterious object that passed close to Earth after arriving from deep interstellar space. – Queen's University Belfast Nature Astronomy Embargo expired on 18-Dec-2017 at 11:00 ETincludes video
Researchers at UCLA and the University of Wisconsin–Madison have confirmed that microscopic fossils discovered in a nearly 3.5 billion-year-old piece of rock in Western Australia are the oldest fossils ever found and indeed the earliest direct evid... – University of Wisconsin-Madison PNAS Dec. 18, 2017 Embargo expired on 18-Dec-2017 at 15:00 ET
We tend to overstate our negative feelings and symptoms in surveys, shows a new study by a team of psychology researchers. This bias wears off over time, but the results point to the possibility that measurements of health and well-being, which are v... – New York University Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Embargo expired on 18-Dec-2017 at 15:00 ET
Small bacterial infections that may go unnoticed and which the body easily clears without treatment, such as occurs during mild food poisoning, nevertheless can start a chain of events that leads to chronic inflammation and potentially life-threateni... – Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Embargo expired on 18-Dec-2017 at 10:00 ET
Focused x-ray beam revealed structural changes from laser heating, pinning down elusive melting point.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science Nature Communications 8, 14562 (2017). [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14562]
Measured strong coupling of vibrations and electrons could lead to controlled magnetism and electronic properties. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Science 357, 71 (2017). [DOI: 10.1126/science.aak9946]
Climate change and predator-prey dynamics with wolves make for smaller moose. Ecologists compared skull measurements spanning four decades gathered at Isle Royale National Park and found a 16 percent decrease in moose skull size. – Michigan Technological University Global Change Biology, Dec-2017; National Park Service; USDA McIntyre-Stennis Grant
The latest resupply mission to the International Space Station delivered hundreds of seeds to the spacefaring research lab Sunday, Dec. 17, to test how plants grow in the stressful environment of zero gravity. This is the fourth plants-in-space exper... – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Observations and measurements of a neutron star merger have largely ruled out some theories relating to gravity and dark energy, and challenged a large class of cosmological theories. – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Physical Review Letters, Dec. 18, 2017 includes video
The larvae of the fish that live in coral reefs look alike, making it difficult for marine biologists to study reef populations. Now, Weizmann's Prof. Rotem Sorek found a way to “barcode” 80% of fish species known to visit the reefs in a Red Sea ... – Weizmann Institute of Science Nature Ecology & Evolution, Dec-2017
An international group of researchers have designed new anti-viral nanoparticles that bind to a range of viruses, including herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, respiratory syncytial virus and Dengue and Lentiviruses. Unlike other broad-spectr... – University of Illinois at Chicago Nature Materials
Researchers have found genetic explanations for why most mosquitoes in one species favor nectar over blood. This work could one day lead to strategies to prevent mosquito-borne illness. – Ohio State University PNAS
In a study published online in the journal eLife, the researchers identified a molecular signature of approximately 1300 genes differentially expressed in an aggressive subset of migrating neural crest cells termed as “trailblazers” in a vertebra... – Stowers Institute for Medical Research eLife
Scientists videotape spiders spinning webs in hopes of unlocking secrets of behavior: how is it shaped by genetics, how is it a response to surroundings? – Johns Hopkins University includes video
A pilot project by DHS S&T resulted in the successful remediation of potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in mobile applications (apps) used by the nation’s public-safety professionals, supporting the creation of an on-going mobile app-testing p... – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate
Accelerator experts at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are developing ways to make the most powerful X-ray laser better than ever. They have created the world’s shortest X-ray pulses for capturing the motions of el... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
An interdisciplinary research team led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has recently discovered a unique panel of urine biomarkers that could accurately diagnose nephrolithiasis, also commonly known as kidney stone. – National University of Singapore
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has announced its 2017 Rare Disease Research Grant recipients and Dr. D. Scott Merrell, professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, is among... – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
It’s hard to say which sounded sweeter to Professor Paul Nissenson, the cacophony of his students’ voices as they worked together solving engineering problems or the audience’s applause when he and six other Cal Poly Pomona faculty members rece... – California State Polytechnic University Pomona
The American Physiological Society (APS) is honored to announce a new $50,000 grant from The Hearst Foundations in support of the APS undergraduate summer research fellowships (UGSRF) program that will be used to fund immersive laboratory research ex... – American Physiological Society (APS)
The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) is pleased to announce the winners for best paper in Risk Analysis: An International Journal, best posters for 2017 and the inaugural Images of Risk Competition. – Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
With a three-year $681,343 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a team of Ohio State scientists plans to develop a widely applicable system for assessing watershed health and determining when a crisis is looming.
– Ohio State University
Recently, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $20 million in funding for 15 projects that will develop a new class of sensor systems to enable significant energy savings via reduced demand for heating and cooling in reside... – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | 
