Women commuting during rush hour are exposed to higher levels of pollutants
George Mason University study finds higher exposure to air pollutants during rush hour for women commuters but no difference between ...
Month: June 2020
Wind farms on the Black Sea coast could endanger bat populations in Eastern Europe
Credit: Christian Voigt, IZW The Via Pontica, an important migration route for birds in Eastern Europe, runs along the Black ...
Arctic Ocean acidification worse than previously expected
Credit: © National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA The Arctic Ocean will take up more CO2 over the 21st century ...
Food Technology: Insect Flours
Researchers Improve Baking Properties of Insect FloursCredit: Photo: Markus Breig, KIT According to estimates of the United Nations Food and ...
Brainsourcing automatically identifies human preferences
Monitoring electroencephalograms with the help of artificial intelligence makes it possible to determine the preferences of large groups of people ...
Geoscientists create deeper look at processes below Earth’s surface with 3D images
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Geoscientists at The University of Texas at Dallas recently used massive amounts of earthquake ...
Researchers develop microscopy technique for noninvasive evaluation of wound healing
Credit: Images courtesy of the GSK Center for Optical Molecular Imaging Researchers at the GSK Center for Optical Molecular Imaging ...
A proven method for stabilizing efforts to bring fusion power to Earth
Credit: Photo by Alessandro Bortolon. Composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. All efforts to replicate in tokamak fusion facilities ...
Quantum-inspired approach dramatically lowers light power needed for OCT
New detection system allows high-quality OCT imaging with power levels well below safety limitsCredit: Andrzej Roma?ski WASHINGTON -- Researchers have ...
Order from disorder
Using turbulence to generate frequency combs from small ring lasersCredit: Harvard SEAS We've all experienced turbulent air and water, but ...
Non-invasive fetal oxygen monitor could make for safer deliveries
Credit: Daniel Fong, UC Davis A device to directly measure blood oxygen saturation in a fetus during labor has been ...
Coronavirus defense: Navy develops 3d-printed tactical masks for US Forces Korea
Credit: (U.S Army photo by KCpl. Hanmin Yun. 2ID/RUCD Public Affairs) ARLINGTON, Va.--The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global shortage ...
Weed’s wily ways explained in Illinois research
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like antibiotic-resistant bacteria, some herbicide-resistant weeds can't be killed by ...
Healthy seas for the benefit of all
An international and interdisciplinary team led by the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, ...
Stocks of vulnerable carbon twice as high where permafrost subsidence is factored in
Credit: Victor Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society New research from a team at Northern Arizona University suggests that ...
NIST adds new ‘fingerprints’ to chemical identification database
The NIST Mass Spectral Library has expanded to include new human and plant metabolites, variants of fentanyl and other synthetic ...
A Neandertal from Chagyrskaya Cave
Neandertals may have lived in very small groups, and genes expressed in the basal ganglia of their brains may have ...
New family of enzymes reveals the Achilles’ heel of fungal pathogens
GlycoNet scientists share findings that could lead to therapeutics to treat fungal infectionsCredit: University of Toronto (Dr. Lynne Howell), McGill ...
How Toxoplasma parasites glide so swiftly (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society If you're a cat owner, you might have heard of Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan that sometimes ...
Uncovering hidden flow patterns in coastal waters likely leads to faster disaster response
Credit: Virginia Tech Each year, the U.S. Coast Guard performs thousands of search and rescue missions at sea. In situations ...
