New app could cut motorway pile-ups by 40 percent
According to the researchers from the University of Bologna (Italy) who designed it, a new automatic accident detection system could [...]
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Perfecting the meat of the potato
By honing in on the mysterious potato genome and its tuber – its edible portion – researchers are unveiling the [...]
Scientists discover first gonorrhea strain resistant to all available antibiotics
An international research team has discovered a strain of gonorrhea resistant to all currently available antibiotics. This new strain is [...]
New genetic clues for schizophrenia
De novo mutations – genetic errors that are present in patients but not in their parents – are more frequent [...]
Light propagation controlled in photonic chips — major breakthrough in telecommunications field
Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have built optical nanostructures that enable them to engineer the index of refraction and fully [...]
Indoor air pollution linked to cardiovascular risk
An estimated two billion people in the developing world heat and cook with a biomass fuel such as wood, but [...]
How memory can be preserved — and forgetting prevented
As any student who’s had to study for multiple exams can tell you, trying to learn two different sets of [...]
Researchers reprogram brain cells to become heart cells
For the past decade, researchers have tried to reprogram the identity of all kinds of cell types. Heart cells are [...]
Why EB Patients Suffer Extreme Pain
For patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a hereditary skin disease, even a gentle touch is extremely painful. Now Dr. [...]
Holes in fossil bones reveal dinosaur activity
New research from the University of Adelaide has added to the debate about whether dinosaurs were cold-blooded and sluggish or [...]
Mesenchymal stem cells protect and heal
A stem cell that can morph into a number of different tissues is proving a natural protector, healer and antibiotic [...]
Ironic effects of anti-prejudice messages
Organizations and programs have been set up all over the globe in the hopes of urging people to end prejudice. [...]
Teaching neurons to meditate
In the late 1990s, Jane Anderson was working as a landscape architect. That meant she didn’t work much in the [...]
Kids’ Personalities Linked to Their Chemical Response to Stress
Is your kid a “dove” – cautious and submissive when confronting new environments, or perhaps you have a “hawk” – [...]
Hypoallergenic dogs not less allergic than other dogs
Contrary to popular belief, so-called hypoallergenic dogs do not have lower household allergen levels than other dogs. That’s the conclusion [...]
Green energy investments up nearly a third to $211 billion
Wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe were largely responsible for last year’s 32% rise [...]
Electromagnetic energy plucked from the air
Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell [...]
New disparity in nursing homes: Whites leave, minorities enter
In the last decade, minorities have poured into nursing homes at a time when whites have left in even greater [...]
