Fractionation processes can improve profitability of ethanol production

The U.S. is the world’s largest producer of bioethanol as renewable liquid fuel, with more than…

Single discrimination events alter college students' daily behavior

Discrimination—differential treatment based on an aspect of someone’s identity, such as nationality, race, sexual orientation or…

Study of African animals illuminates links between environment, diet and gut microbiome

In recent years, the field of microbiome research has grown rapidly, providing newfound knowledge—and newfound questions—about…

Deep neural networks uncover what the brain likes to see

Researchers built deep artificial neural networks that can accurately predict the neural responses produced by a…

Lost trees hugely overrated as environmental threat, study finds

Cutting down trees inevitably leads to more carbon in the environment, but deforestation’s contributions to climate…

Micro-Electro-Fluidic Probe (MeFP) to isolate and pattern cells

Researchers have developed a dielectrophoresis (DEP) enabled MicroelectroFluidic Probe (MeFP) that has the ability to sequentially…

[Video] Astronauts invite educators and young Canadians to participate in the Junior Astronauts campaign

Canadian Space Agency astronauts Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and David Saint-Jacques, along with grade 6 student Hannah, invite…

Voyager 2 Illuminates Boundary of Interstellar Space

Five new research papers detail Voyager 2’s observations since it exited the heliosphere, or…

California's Kincade Fire Burn Scar Seen From Space

The extent of the damage wrought by the Northern Californian wildfire was imaged by…

IARU Reports Early Progress, Contention on Difficult Issues Mark First Week of WRC

The first week of World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) saw agreement reached on several issues on…