Month: January 2020

Blood and organ donors are thin on the ground but maybe better marketing could help: QUT researchersCredit: Image by Sabin ...

F1000 Research joins Taylor & Francis Group

Credit: Taylor & Francis and F1000 Research Ltd. Leading specialist academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group, part of Informa plc, ...

Antibiotics could be promising treatment for form of dementia

Credit: Mark Cornelison | UK Photo LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 10, 2020) -- Researchers at the University of Kentucky's College of ...

Response to fire impacts water levels 40 years into future

Credit: Photos courtesy of USDA Forest Service. Salvage logging and re-seeding a forest after a wildfire helps reduce flooding and ...

An 18-carat gold nugget made of plastic

Credit: ETH Zurich Lovers of gold watches and heavy jewellery will be thrilled. The objects of their desire may someday ...

Team led by NUS avian researcher discovered 10 new bird taxa in Wallacea

Understanding of Quaternary land connections and knowledge of historic collection gaps were crucial in identifying remote regions likely to harbor ...

Explosion or collapse?

Experiment on beta-decay sheds light on fate of intermediate-mass starsCredit: Picture: X-ray: NASA/CXC/NCSU/M. Burkey et al.; Optical: DSS A group ...

Global warming is the kindling that caused extensive wildfire

Credit: Jong-Seong Kug (POSTECH) In November of last year, the wildfire that started in California, U.S.A burned areas that amount ...

New function for potential tumor suppressor in brain development

Analysis of Cdkn1c loss at single cell level reveals novel and unexpected role of gene -- study published in Nature ...

Study puts the ‘Carib’ in ‘Caribbean,’ boosting credibility of Columbus’ cannibal claims

Credit: Ann Ross/North Carolina State University GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Christopher Columbus' accounts of the Caribbean include harrowing descriptions of fierce ...

Plants found to speak roundworm’s language

Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have found that plants manipulate nematode pheromones to repel these pests, which cause more than ...

Lonely in a crowd: Overcoming loneliness with acceptance and wisdom

Study looked at characteristics of loneliness in a senior housing community and the strategies residents used to overcome itCredit: Erik ...

Pearls of wisdom

Scientists study the dynamic interplay between genome and the environment in Japanese pearl oystersCredit: OIST Since the late 19th century, ...

Deep learning, 3D technology to improve structure modeling, create better drugs

Credit: Daisuke Kihara/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Proteins are often called the working molecules of the human body. A ...

Visualizing chemical reactions, e.g. from H2 and CO2 to synthetic natural gas

Researchers at EPFL have developed a reactor system and an analysis method that has allowed them to observe the real-time ...

Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab

It's not your imagination -- you and your baby really are on the same wavelengthCredit: Elise Piazza, Princeton Baby Lab ...

New $3 million project to study opioid medication use in criminal justice setting

Credit: UK Photo | Mark Cornelison LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2020) - The University of Kentucky recently received $3 million ...

Machine learning shapes microwaves for a computer’s eyes

Hardware and software tweak microwave patterns to discover the most efficient way to identify objectsCredit: Mohammadreza Imani, Duke University DURHAM, ...

Large ‘herbivores of the sea’ help keep coral reefs healthy

Fishing practices that selectively remove large parrotfish could put corals at riskCredit: Andrew Shantz, Penn State Selective fishing can disrupt ...

Growing strained crystals could improve performance of perovskite electronics