Month: February 2020

Credit: UBC Psychology The scent of a romantic partner can improve sleep, suggests new psychology research from the University of ...

How electric fields affect a molecular twist within light-sensitive proteins

A better understanding of this phenomenon, which is crucial to many processes that occur in biological systems and materials, could ...

Studying sweat, the small stuff

A team of University of Arizona scientists is developing new methods to collect and analyze sweat for clues about how ...

Molecular switch mechanism explains how mutations shorten biological clocks

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of our internal clocks may enable the development of therapies for sleep disorders and other effects ...

The Open Wearables Initiative expands founding team; begins soliciting algorithms and datasets for wearable and connected health technologies

OWEAR Founders Shimmer, GGIR software and algorithms author Dr. Vincent van Hees, and Nextbridge Health are now joined by non-profits ...

Immune cells consult with neighbors to make decisions

Study shows that cells congregate, coordinate with neighbors to decide whether to activateCredit: Northwestern University Immune system must strike a ...

IncludeHealth launches equipment-agnostic digital musculoskeletal platform

IncludeConnect provides a single digital platform configurable with all strength and cardio equipment, regardless of brand or location, to enable ...

Reconnecting with nature key for the health of people and the planet

Credit: University of Plymouth Individuals who visit natural spaces weekly, and feel psychologically connected to them, report better physical and ...

Making the internet more energy efficient through systemic optimization

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, recently completed a 5-year research project looking at how ...

Taking a bite out of mosquito-borne disease

UNM researchers devise an eco-friendly way to eradicate a buzzing, biting pestCredit: The University of New Mexico It has long ...

Fossilized insect from 100 million years ago is oldest record of primitive bee with pollen

Credit: Image provided by George Poinar Jr., OSU College of Science. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Beetle parasites clinging to a primitive ...

Maintaining social relationships is important for more than finding a mate

Life history stage explains behavior in a social network before & during the early breeding seasonCredit: Archbold Biological Station There ...

NASA finds heavy rain southwest of tropical cyclone Uesi’s center

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL/JAXA The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite provided a look at the rainfall occurring within Tropical ...

Graphene forms under microscope’s eye

Graphene forms under microscope's eye Rice, Tennessee labs shrink laser-induced graphene for flexible electronicsCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. ...

New material has highest electron mobility among known layered magnetic materials

Properties make it promising candidate for new areas like magnetic twistronic devices and spintronics, as well as advances in data ...

Study: One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years

University of Arizona researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by ...

New Argonne etching technique could advance the way semiconductor devices are made

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Microelectronics like semiconductor devices are at the heart of the technologies we use each day. As ...

How bird flocks with multiple species behave like K-pop groups

Credit: Mitchell Walters GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Birds of a feather don't always flock together: Peer into a forest canopy, and ...

Hybrid microscope could bring digital biopsy to the clinic

Credit: Images courtesy of Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By adding infrared capability to the ubiquitous, standard ...

Algae team rosters could help ID ‘super corals’