Eureka! Kitchen gadget inspires scientist to make more effective plastic electronics
One day in 2010, Rutgers physicist Vitaly Podzorov watched a store employee showcase a...
Research on vitamins could lead to the design of novel drugs to combat malaria
New research by scientists at the University of Southampton could lead to the design of...
SUMO-snipping protein plays crucial role in T and B cell development
HOUSTON - When SUMO grips STAT5, a protein that activates genes, it blocks the healthy...
Diagnostic brain tumor test could revolutionize care of patients
DALLAS – Jan. 26, 2012 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed...
Rice, UCSD scientists probe form, function of mysterious protein
HOUSTON -- (Jan. 26, 2012) -- Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein...
What really happened prior to 'Snowball Earth'?
MIAMI – Jan. 27, 2012 – In a study published in the journal Geology, scientists at the...
New lung cancer test predicts survival
This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. In the two largest...
Detecting detrimental change in coral reefs
Over dinner on R.V. Calypso while anchored on the lee side of Glover's Reef in Belize,...
NASA infrared satellite instrument sees tropical storm Iggy growing in strength
The AIRS infrared instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua satellite has been providing...
NASA satellites see cyclone Funso exiting Mozambique Channel
Powerful Cyclone Funso is now beginning to exit the Mozambique Channel, and NASA's Aqua...
Visual nudge improves accuracy of mammogram readings
In 2011 -- to the consternation of women everywhere — a systematic review of randomized...
Researchers show how viruses evolve, and in some cases, become deadly
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- In the current issue of Science, researchers at Michigan State...
Scripps research scientists illuminate cancer cells' survival strategy
LA JOLLA, CA -- A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has discovered...
How seawater could corrode nuclear fuel
Japan used seawater to cool nuclear fuel at the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant...
Rap music powers rhythmic action of medical sensor
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a...
Scientists link evolved, mutated gene module to syndromic autism
A team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine...
Overgrazed grasslands tied to locust outbreaks
While residents of the United States and much of Europe think of locust plagues as...
UMass Amherst ecologists among the first to record and study deep-sea fish noises
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one...
Making sense of sensory connections
PASADENA, Calif.—A key feature of human and animal brains is that they are adaptive; they...
Does antimatter weigh more than matter?
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Does antimatter behave differently in gravity than matter? Physicists...
Berkeley Lab researchers discover critical rotational motion in cells
In a study that holds major implications for breast cancer research as well as basic cell...
Viruses con bacteria into working for them
MIT researchers have discovered that certain photosynthetic ocean bacteria need to beware...
Does antimatter weigh more, less or the same as matter?
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Does antimatter behave differently in gravity than matter? Physicists...
Mutated Kras spins a molecular loop that launches pancreatic cancer
HOUSTON — Scientists have connected two signature characteristics of pancreatic cancer,...
System to deliver organ transplant drug -- without harmful side effects
A new system for delivering a drug to organ transplant patients, which could avoid the...
Cosmology in a Petri dish
Scientists have found that micron-size particles which are trapped at fluid interfaces...
Tsunami debris survey launched northwest of Midway
The tsunami that followed on the heels of the March 11, 2011, earthquake in Japan...
How the Big Three forgot Accounting 101
EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Big Three were so driven by short-term profits that they forgot...
Asthma rate and costs from traffic-related air pollution are much higher than once believed
AMHERST, Mass. – A research team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst resource...
Middle-age risk factors drive greater lifetime risk for heart disease
DALLAS – Jan. 25, 2012 – A new study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine reports...
Vesta likely cold and dark enough for ice
Though generally thought to be quite dry, roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is...