Teen crash risk highest during first three months after getting driver's license
(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Teenage drivers are eight times more likely to be involved in a collision or near miss during the first three months after getting a driver's license, compared to the previous three months on a learner's permit, suggests a study led by the National Institutes of Health.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/nksn-tcr070218.php
Artificial intelligence helps Stanford researchers predict drug combinations' side effects
(Stanford University) Millions of people take upwards of five medications a day, but testing the side effects of such combinations is impractical. Now, Stanford computer scientists have figured out how to predict side effects using artificial intelligence.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/su-aih070918.php
From corn to flake: Health-promoting phenolic acids lost during food processing
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) For many Americans, highly processed foods are on the menu for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Even when the raw materials -- grains, for example -- are high in vitamins and health-promoting phenolic compounds, processing can rob the final product of these nutrients. In a set of recent studies, University of Illinois scientists reveal what happens to cancer-fighting phenolic acids in corn when it is processed into cornflakes.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoic-fct070918.php
PPPL diagnostic is key to world record of German fusion experiment
(DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) Article describes measurement by PPPL spectrometer that contributed to W7-X world record fusion product for a stellarator.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/dppl-pdi070918.php
Electrochemically-produced ammonia could revolutionize food production
(Lehigh University) Steven McIntosh wants to transform the way ammonia is produced. He hopes to create a viable alternative to the conventional method, which uses massive amounts of energy and emits harmful carbon dioxide. He's exploring a sustainable electrochemical method to efficiently drive the chemical reaction that produces ammonia.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/lu-eac070918.php
Biosensor chip detects single nucleotide polymorphism wirelessly, with higher sensitivity
(University of California - San Diego) A team led by the University of California San Diego has developed a chip that can detect a type of genetic mutation known as a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and send the results in real time to an electronic device. The chip is at least 1,000 times more sensitive at detecting an SNP than current technology. The advance could lead to cheaper, faster and portable biosensors for early detection of genetic markers for diseases such as cancer.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoc--bcd070918.php
Space: Tribology's final frontier
(Lehigh University) NSF CAREER Award supports Lehigh University partnership with Sandia National Labs to explore the science of friction.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/lu-stf070918.php
NASA sees a well-organized typhoon Maria
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Maria appeared as a well-organized storm on infrared NASA satellite imagery on July 9. Maria has fluctuated between typhoon and super typhoon strength and was a typhoon when NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/nsfc-nsa070918.php
New patch boosts brightness in medical diagnostic tests
(Washington University in St. Louis) A multidisciplinary team from Washington University in St. Louis and the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has developed a high-tech fix that brings some medical diagnostic tests out of the dark and into the light.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/wuis-npb070918.php
NASA gets infrared view of Carolina Chris, the tropical storm
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm Chris was strengthening when NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the US Eastern Seaboard on July 9. Aqua analyzed Tropical Storm Chris in infrared light.Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/nsfc-ngi070918.php
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