New research highlights impact of the digital divide
Bauer dean offers solutions to improve job status of at-risk populationsCredit: University of Houston The coronavirus pandemic has drawn new ...
Month: March 2021
Study explores link between forestry management and pesticides in aquatic species
Toxic traces found in mussels, clams, and oysters in Oregon's coastal zoneCredit: Kaegan Scully-Engelmeyer Pesticides used in forestry may threaten ...
Dethroning electrocatalysts for hydrogen production with inexpensive alternative material
Credit: Tokyo Tech Today, we can say without a shadow of doubt that an alternative to fossil fuels is needed. ...
The expanding possibilities of bio-based polymers
Researchers from the Kleij group present a new route to prepare biobased polyesters with tuneable propertiesCredit: ICIQ/Francesco Della Monica Finding ...
UT Plant Sciences’ Senseman receives highest honor from WSSA
Department Head Scott Senseman named WSSA FellowCredit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Scott Senseman, professor and head of the ...
Chemistry goes under cover
Covering metal catalyst surfaces with thin two-dimensional oxide materials can enhance chemical reactionsCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Physically confined spaces ...
New cell line could lead to more reliable vaccine development to fight costly pig virus
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - Vaccines are an important tool in fighting porcine reproductive and respiratory ...
Cockcroft Institute awarded more than £11 million to boost accelerator research
Credit: STFC The Cockcroft Institute (CI), a partnership between the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde, and the Science ...
ACM SIGIR academy to recognize contributions to information retrieval
Credit: ACM SIGIR The Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) today announced the inception ...
Indoor air quality study shows aircraft in flight may have lowest particulate levels
Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech If you're looking for an indoor space with a low level of particulate air pollution, ...
ASTRA: surgical training system for fetal surgery based on augmented reality and game technology
A project which is just starting out, with funding from EPIC MegaGrants, led by Mario Ceresa, a member of the ...
Nanoparticle-delivered COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in preclinical studies
New Cleveland Clinic-led research published in mBioCredit: Cleveland Clinic CLEVELAND - Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Global Center for Pathogen Research ...
A new blindness gene uncovered in a canine study
Credit: Kaisa Wickström. Inherited retinal dystrophy is a common cause of blindness, with as many as two million people suffering ...
Optimizing disinfection to prevent spread of antibiotic resistance in wastewater
Scientists map the degradation of antibiotic resistance gene mecA by common disinfectants to find ways to minimize the spread of ...
Bitter receptor involved in anti-inflammatory effect of resveratrol?
Human gum cells as a test system for investigating interactions between resveratrol, bitter receptors and the release of inflammatory markersCredit: ...
Wolf social group dynamics matter for infectious disease spread, models suggest
Credit: National Park Service UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- By modeling wolves in Yellowstone National Park, researchers have discovered that how ...
UMD study finds the fuel efficiency of one car may be cancelled by your next car purchase
Findings have implications for carbon emissions and the design of fuel economy programs like Cash-for-ClunkersCredit: Chuttersnap, public domain In a ...
Astrophysicist’s 2004 theory confirmed: Why the Sun’s composition varies
Credit: American Astronomical Society (AAS) WASHINGTON -- About 17 years ago, J. Martin Laming, an astrophysicist at the U.S. Naval ...
Harvard study challenges lateral-to-sagittal shift in mammal spine evolution
Study challenges classic notion of mammal spine evolutionCredit: Ken Angielczyk When it comes to the evolution of the mammal spine ...
Model describes interactions between light and mechanical vibration in microcavities
Study by researchers at the University of Campinas published in Physical Review Letters discusses both light dispersion by vibrations inside ...
