Have we found the brain’s sleep switch?
In Massachusetts, building on research from two decades ago, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers have demonstrated that, at least in mice, a region...
Walnuts and the gut microbiome work well together
In Illinois, diets rich in nuts, such as walnuts, do play a role in heart health and in reducing colorectal cancer. According to the...
Breaking the low-cost, low-power, long-distance data transmission barrier
In Washington, University of Washington researchers have demonstrated for the first time that devices that run on almost zero power can transmit data across...
Streams are good regional environmental sensors
In Michigan, scientists at Michigan State University have shown that streams can be key health indicators of a region’s landscape. Using streams as sensors...
Deveron UAS Signs Contract with Thompsons Ltd for Drone Remote Sensing Data
In Canada, Deveron UAS Corp, an agriculture drone data services company, signed a multi-year deal with Thompsons Ltd, an ag retailer that is a...
Machine learning avatars detect signs of dementia with high accuracy
In Japan, a joint group of researchers from Osaka University and Nara Institute of Science and Technology demonstrated that it was possible to detect...
Plant-based chemotherapy complex kills cancer cells
In Washington, D.C., researchers led by Dr. Nicole Steinmetz at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland demonstrated that a complex consisting of tobacco...
Solving iron deficiencies with biofortified wheat
In Nebraska, biofortified wheat could make it easier to help some humans get proper nutrition. Unlike fortification, which might add a mineral like iron...
Estimating ancient air moisture using fossilized plant leaf wax
In the United Kingdom, new research coming out of the University of Birmingham outlined a new methodology for estimating ancient atmospheric water content based...
North American forests’ carbon capture potential is quantified
In California, University of California, Santa Cruz researchers calculated the capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon in a detailed analysis that, for...