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Using targeted brain stimulation to change attention patterns for anxious individuals
Transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS is a painless treatment strategy that uses weak electrical currents to deliver targeted stimulation to the brain via electrodes placed on the scalp tDCS has shown promise in treating mood ... - Read MoreNASA Goddard instrument makes first detection of organic matter on Mars
The team responsible for the Sample Analysis at Mars SAM instrument suite on NASA's Curiosity rover has made the first definitive detection of organic molecules at Mars Organic molecules are the building blocks of all ... - Read MoreFuture batteries: Lithium-sulfur with a graphene wrapper
What do you get when you wrap a thin sheet of the wonder material graphene around a novel multifunctional sulfur electrode that combines an energy storage unit and electron ion transfer networks An extremely promising ... - Read MoreCarbon-trapping 'sponges' can cut greenhouse gases
In the fight against global warming carbon capture chemically trapping carbon dioxide before it releases into the atmosphere is gaining momentum but standard methods are plagued by toxicity corrosiveness and inefficiency Using a bag of ... - Read MoreThe simplest element: Turning hydrogen into 'graphene'
New work from Carnegie's Ivan Naumov and Russell Hemley delves into the chemistry underlying some surprising recent observations about hydrogen and reveals remarkable parallels between hydrogen and graphene under extreme pressures Their work is the ... - Read MoreNuclear should be in the energy mix for biodiversity
Leading conservation scientists from around the world have called for a substantial role for nuclear power in future energy generating scenarios in order to mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity In an open letter to ... - Read MorePromising new method for rapidly screening cancer drugs
Traditional genomic proteomic and other screening methods currently used to characterize drug mechanisms are time consuming and require special equipment but now researchers led by chemist Vincent Rotello at the University of Massachusetts Amherst offer ... - Read MoreNew way to diagnose brain damage from concussions, strokes, and dementia
New optical diagnostic technology developed at Tufts University School of Engineering promises new ways to identify and monitor brain damage resulting from traumatic injury stroke or vascular dementia in real time and without invasive procedures ... - Read MoreMyelin linked to speedy recovery of human visual system after tumor removal
An interdisciplinary team of neuroscientists and neurosurgeons from the University of Rochester has used a new imaging technique to show how the human brain heals itself in just a few weeks following surgical removal of ... - Read MoreKnees: Meniscus regenerated with 3-D-printed implant
Columbia University Medical Center researchers have devised a way to replace the knee's protective lining called the meniscus using a personalized 3D printed implant or scaffold infused with human growth factors that prompt the body ... - Read MoreMost Popular Articles
Released 3 11 2013 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom National University of Singapore more news from this source Mar 11 2013 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor ...
In the EU funded project MicroMilk European SMEs together with the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB have developed a novel method for pasteurization of milk with microwaves The system preserves the valuable components ...
All chefs know that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in ...
Released 10 11 2013 9 35 AM EDTEmbargo expired 10 13 2013 1 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom McMaster University more news from this source Oct 15 2013 Hamilton ON Oct 13 2013 Researchers at McMaster ...
A natural shift to stronger warm El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean might be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming recorded during the past 50 years according to new research at ...
Geochemistry analysis conducted by the U S Naval Research Laboratory of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas a ...
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New model to predict the thermal performance of vegetal façades
no picAfter years of monitoring different experimental buildings a group of researchers from the School of Architecture of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has developed a model that can estimate the thermal performance of vegetal façades regarding ... - Read MoreTheory details how 'hot' monomers affect thin-film formation
no picLike a baseball player sliding into third a hot monomer skids in a straight line along a cold surface until it's safely among its fellow molecules This is not what usually happens when scientists assemble ... - Read MoreEarly results indicate potential for focused ultrasound to treat OCD
no picA recently published report in the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry supports the potential of focused ultrasound to treat certain patients with obsessive compulsive disorder OCD In a study of feasibility safety and preliminary efficacy four ... - Read MoreStoring hydrogen underground could boost transportation, energy security
no picLarge scale storage of low pressure gaseous hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid scale energy applications offers several advantages over above ground storage says a recent Sandia National ... - Read MoreCancer therapy shows promise for nuclear medicine treatment
no picCancer therapy can be much more effective using a new way to customize nuclear medicine treatment researchers say in the December 2014 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine The process could also be useful ... - Read MoreImmunochemistry
New technique efficiently turns antibodies into highly tuned 'nanobodies'Antibodies in charge of recognizing and homing in on molecular targets are among the most useful tools in biology and medicine Nanobodies antibodies' tiny cousins can do the same tasks for example marking molecules for ...
Food Chemistry
Antiquity of dairying on Emerald Isle revealedAs dairy farmers across Europe anxiously await the lifting of EU milk quotas in April this year new research from the University of Bristol UK has revealed the antiquity of dairy farming in a region ...
Neurochemistry
New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living thingsOpening new doors for biomedical and neuroscience research Elizabeth Hillman associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering and of radiology at Columbia University Medical Center CUMC has developed a new microscope that can image ...
- Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables
- Small molecule acts as on-off switch for nature's antibiotic factory: Tells Streptomyces to either veg out or get busy
- Fluorescent sensor developed for detecting nitric oxide, a molecule related to many diseases
- Ketamine acts as antidepressant by boosting serotonin
- Scientists decode serotonin receptor at room temperature
Chemical Kinetics
The gold standard: Affordable catalyst for energy and environmental applicationsPrecious elements such as platinum work well as catalysts in chemical reactions but require large amounts of metal and can be expensive However computational modeling below the nanoscale level may allow researchers to design more ...
- A green transformation for pharmaceuticals
- A new piece in the high-temperature superconductivity puzzle: 'Dressing' in superconductors
- Switching clicks in polymers: Thermoset materials acquire thermoplastic properties with the aid of triazolinediones
- Water Leads to Chemical That Gunks Up Biofuels Production
- Water-cleanup catalysts tackle biomass upgrading
Chemistry Education
Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girlsA study recently published in the Journal of Environmental Health provides evidence the female hormones estrogen and estradiol may help ward off the effects of lead exposure for young girls explaining why boys in greater ...
- Esther Conwell, Pioneering Professor of Chemistry, Dead at 92
- Do cycle lanes increase safety of cyclists from overtaking vehicles?
- Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Should 'Spark Imagination of Would-Be Scientists Everywhere,' Says Cornell Chemist
- Researcher Available to Discuss Work That Won 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Run, cheetah, run: New algorithm enables cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass
Chemical Physics
Scientists set quantum speed limitUniversity of California Berkeley scientists have proved a fundamental relationship between energy and time that sets a quantum speed limit on processes ranging from quantum computing and tunneling to optical switching The energy time uncertainty ...
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Graphene enables all-electrical control of energy flow from light emitters
- Shining a light on quantum dots measurement
- Improved interface for a quantum internet
- Physicists observe light-matter interaction of two atoms for the first time
Bioorganic Chemistry
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapesMIT biological engineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three dimensional DNA shapes ever produced including rings bowls and geometric structures such as icosahedrons that resemble viral ...
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Solving a case of intercellular entrapmentOptogenetics which uses light to control cellular events is poised to become an important technology in molecular biology and beyond The Reich Group in UC Santa Barbara's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has made a ...
- That smartphone is giving your thumbs superpowers
- Optogenetics: Identifying new targets for intervention
- Complementary light switchable proteins and superresolution reveal moving protein complexes in live cells at single molecule level
- Quantum mechanical calculations reveal the hidden states of enzyme active sites
- The dodo: New insights into an old bird
Environmental Chemistry
Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme wintersResearch at the National Oceanography Centre NOC may help to predict extreme winters across Europe by identifying the set of environmental conditions that are associated with pairs of severe winters across consecutive years Pairs of ...
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Giant atmospheric rivers add mass to Antarctica's ice sheet
- Atmospheric rivers, cloud-creating aerosol particles, and california reservoirs
- Peat fire emissions may shed light on climate change
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- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
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- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Path to artificial photosynthesis? Manganese catalyst's electronic states characterized
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
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- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- New conductive coatings for flexible touchscreens
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
- Transparent artificial nacre: A brick wall at the nanoscale
- Graphene brings quantum effects to electronic circuits
- New Research Unlocks How Melanoma Can Resist Newly Approved Drug Combo Therapy
- New decontamination tool expected to help Fukushima cleanup
- Drugs from dirt: Scientists develop first global roadmap for drug discovery
- Giant atmospheric rivers add mass to Antarctica's ice sheet
- Hierarchically-porous polymers with fast absorption
- Graphene enables all-electrical control of energy flow from light emitters
- Anti-microbial coatings with a long-term effect for surfaces
- Oils, fats innovation: Use of nanotechnology in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
- Many antennas, multiple benefits: Can handle cellular traffic more reliably
- New 'microcapsules' have potential to repair damage caused by osteoarthritis
- A contractile gel that stores light energy
- New signal amplification process set to transform communications, imaging, computing
- Portable stimulator being tested on Parkinson's patients
- Melting glaciers have big carbon impact
- Voyage from Earth's crust to its mantle and back again
- New composite protects from corrosion from high mechanical stress
- Shining a light on quantum dots measurement
- Team enlarges brain samples, making them easier to image
- New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living things
- Self-destructive effects of magnetically-doped ferromagnetic topological insulators
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