Advance furthers stem cells for use in drug discovery, cell therapy

Using an automated screening test, researchers have invented an all-chemical replacement for the confusing, even dangerous…

Females with autism show greater difficulty with day-to-day tasks than male counterparts

Women and girls with autism may face greater challenges with real world planning, organization and other…

Helping robots learn to see in 3-D

While it's relatively straightforward for robots to 'see' objects with cameras and other sensors, interpreting what…

Banks hired risk officers to mitigate risk in years before collapse. It didn’t go so well

A significant number of national and international American banks hired new Chief Risk Officers to mitigate…

No more queueing at the ladies’ room

Two queueing theorists investigated why queues at restrooms are invariably longer for ladies than for men.…

Climate change: Biodiversity rescues biodiversity in a warmer world

Climate change leads to loss of biodiversity worldwide. However, ecosystems with a higher biodiversity in the…

Fluorine grants white graphene new powers

Fluorination of hexagonal boron nitride, a common insulator, turns it into a magnetic semiconductor. That may…

New transistor concept developed

Transistors, as used in billions on every computer chip, are nowadays based on semiconductor-type materials, usually…

First genomic biomarkers in extracellular vesicles in veterinary patients

Important biomarkers have been found in extracellular vesicles in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease and…

Ecological underpinnings of rural poverty

A first-of-its-kind effort to examine the ecological drivers of rural poverty combines economic, ecological and epidemiological…