International analysis narrows range of climate’s sensitivity to CO2
Four years of research confidently narrows range of 1.5°C-4.5°C down to 2.3°C-3.9°CCredit: NOAA (Unsplash) The most advanced and comprehensive analysis ...
Month: July 2020
O Christmas Tree: DNA shows WA’s largest parasitic plant adapts to climate
Credit: Curtin University A closer look at DNA from south-western Australia's native Nuytsia floribunda, known as the WA Christmas Tree, ...
Discovery of novel autoantibody that is a major risk factor for recurrent pregnancy loss
Credit: Kobe University A research group centered around Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine's Professor YAMADA Hideto and Associate Professor ...
First ever image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star captured by ESO telescope
Credit: ESO/Bohn et al. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) has taken the first ever image of ...
Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announce 2020 Laureates
America's largest unrestricted scientific prize goes to promising young researchersCredit: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, July 22, 2020 ...
NTU Singapore and Google Cloud develop rapid-response chatbot to address freshmen queries
Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has rolled out a new virtual assistant powered by Google Cloud ...
Cells communicate by doing the ‘wave’
Kyoto University reverse engineers cellular mechano-chemical feedback systemCredit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Cells work around the clock to deliver, ...
No honor among cyber thieves
Credit: WSU A backstabbing crime boss and thousands of people looking for free tutorials on hacking and identity theft were ...
Dragonflies reveal mercury pollution levels across US national parks
Local research project spurs first nationwide survey of the toxic metalCredit: Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program. HANOVER, N.H. - ...
Plastics found in sea-bed sharks
Credit: Jake Davies Microplastics have been found in the guts of sharks that live near the seabed off the UK ...
Neutralizing antibodies isolated from COVID-19 patients may suppress virus
Credit: David Ho / Columbia University Irving Medical Center Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have isolated antibodies from ...
Junk DNA might be really, really useful for biocomputing
Flipon-based ComputersCredit: Alan Herbert Dr. Herbert asks what if our genome was far smarter than everyone previously believed? What if ...
Racial and LGBT bias persists in ridesharing drivers despite mitigation efforts
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Despite efforts by ridesharing companies to eliminate or reduce discrimination, research from the Indiana ...
Study suggests increased risks for COVID-19 patients who smoke, vape
TTUHSC researchers look for links between virus and strokeCredit: TTUHSC As the SARS-CoV-2 virus, or COVID-19 has unfurled its tentacles ...
Solar-driven membrane distillation technology that can double drinking water production
Development of highly efficient membrane distillation process with excellent solar absorption; successful case of research that combines material technologies with ...
Keeping pinto beans away from the dark side
Credit: Juan Osorno Pinto beans are good for us. They are nutritious, packed with protein and fiber. They also contain ...
Invention offers new option for monitoring heart health
Credit: Wenzhuo Wu/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - An invention may turn one of the most widely used materials for ...
Instantaneous color holography system for sensing fluorescence and white light
The group has realized single-shot color-multiplexed 3D fluorescence microscopy with holographyCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan ...
Brain network mechanism causing spatial memory impairment revealed
Credit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - July 21, 2020 - Patients with Alzheimer's disease frequently suffer from spatial ...
While birds chirp, plasma shouldn’t: New insight could advance fusion energy
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory ...
