Airborne laser scanning of gaps in Amazon rainforest helps explain tree mortality
The researchers concluded that water stress, soil fertility and human-induced forest degradation cause gaps in the world's largest tropical forestCredit: ...
Month: April 2021
Life expectancy lower near superfund sites
Lower still for those with low incomesCredit: University of Houston Living near a hazardous waste or Superfund site could cut ...
Smoking cannabis significantly impairs vision, study finds
Smoking cannabis significantly impairs vision but many users are unaware of itCredit: University of Granada A study carried out by ...
US power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions
New Berkeley Lab study reviews progress towards a carbon-free power sectorCredit: Berkeley Lab Concerns about climate change are driving a ...
University Hospitals urologist designated as Center for Excellence for GreenLight™ Laser Therapy
Dr. Irina Jaeger is the first physician in Ohio and first woman in the country to receive this prestigious designation ...
Narratives can help science counter misinformation on vaccines
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - Narratives are a powerful tool that can help explain complex issues, ...
Giant electronic conductivity change driven by artificial switch of crystal dimensionality
Credit: Tokyo Tech The electronic properties of solid materials are highly dependent on crystal structures and their dimensionalities (i.e., whether ...
Researchers discover new way to monitor & prevent nerve cell deterioration after TBI
Potential mechanistic link shown between Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: University Hospitals/The Pieper Lab Violent blows or jolts to ...
NIH experts discuss post-acute COVID-19
Workshop provided venue for discussionCredit: NIAID WHAT: Many people who have COVID-19 make a full recovery and return to their ...
Amoeba biology reveals potential treatment target for lung disease
Credit: Corinne Sandone, Johns Hopkins Medicine In a series of experiments that began with amoebas -- single-celled organisms that extend ...
Study warns of ‘oxygen false positives’ in search for signs of life on other planets
Oxygen in the atmosphere may not be an entirely reliable 'biosignature,' but there are ways to distinguish false positives from ...
Inside the protein channel that keeps bacteria alive
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Electron Microscopy at The Rockefeller University Almost all bacteria rely on the same emergency valves--protein channels ...
What’s in it for us: added value-based approach towards telehealth
After interviewing various stakeholders from public and private healthcare systems (in Lithuania and the US), researchers from Kaunas University of ...
Ultrastable low-cost colloidal quantum dot microlasers of operative temperature up to 450 K
Credit: by Hongxing Dong, Wei Xie, Long Zhang Low-dimensional colloidal quantum dots (CQD) have attracted significant attention because of their ...
Machine learning can help slow down future pandemics
Credit: Laura Natali Artificial intelligence could be one of the keys for limiting the spread of infection in future pandemics. ...
Study cements age and location of hotly debated skull from early human Homo erectus
Scientists also find two new, nearly 2-million-year-old specimens--likely the earliest pieces of the H. erectus skeleton yet discoveredCredit: A. Hammond/© ...
Webcam designed like a human eye: researchers question ubiquitous technology
Credit: Thorsten Mohr With 'Eyecam' they now present the prototype of a webcam that not only looks like a human ...
Atom interferometry demonstrated in space for the first time
Researchers present results of experiments with atom interferometry on a sounding rocket / Further rocket missions set to followCredit: photo/©: ...
Childbirth versus pelvic floor stability
An evolutionary history of compromisesCredit: © Katya Stansfield Evolutionary anthropologists from the University of Vienna and colleagues now present evidence ...
A molecule that responds to light
A novel Light-Spin Interface with Europium(III) Molecule Advances Development of Quantum Computers - KIT Researchers Report in Nature CommunicationsCredit: S. ...
