Month: August 2022

SAN ANTONIO — Aug. 23, 2022 — More than 60 engineers and scientists are gathering at Southwest Research Institute Aug. ...

Beach trash accumulates in predictable patterns on Washington and Oregon shores

Citizen scientists recorded trash on Pacific Northwest beaches, from southern Oregon to Anacortes, Washington, to contribute to the growing study ...

James Peyer to present at the 9th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2022

August 23, 2022 – James Peyer, PhD, will present the latest research on the topic Innovations and moonshots in longevity ...

New players in the immune response

The human body contains 600 to 800 lymph nodes, which are specialised organs that trigger immune responses. To be informed ...

People with similar faces likely have similar DNA

A collection of photos of genetically unrelated lookalikes, along with DNA analysis, revealed that strong facial similarity is associated with ...

Plants that pull nitrogen from thin air thrive in arid environments

After a comprehensive study of plants across the United States, researchers have arrived at the unexpected conclusion that plants able ...

Optimization of human small intestinal organoids

Researchers from the Organoid group (formerly the Clevers group) have improved human small intestinal organoids – miniature versions of the ...

Research shows that it’s new skills that lead to higher salaries

A new study by Jeroma Adda (Bocconi University, Milan) finds that the acquisition of skills is the main contributor to higher salaries for workers, ...

New revelations about an ancient fish: The secret to swimming upside down

When a South African fisherman came across a coelacanth in his net in 1938, it was like finding a living ...

Novel step to prevent looming food crisis: biosensor that detects hidden rot in potatoes

Despite advances in increased food production, half of all world’s harvested food is lost due to rot caused by microorganisms. ...

COVID behaviors and attitudes vary among NYC boroughs, CUNY SPH survey finds

New York, NY – As the nation follows new CDC recommendations to relax COVID-19 restrictions, a new survey of 2,500 ...

Detecting nanoplastics in the air

CHICAGO, Aug. 23, 2022 — Large pieces of plastic can break down into nanosized particles that often find their way ...

Study first to link weed killer Roundup® to convulsions in animals

A recent report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 80 percent of urine ...

A class of their own: New factors direct red algae chloroplast protein transport

Osaka, Japan – The oceans are often called Earth’s final frontier. Now, researchers from Japan have shown that this applies ...

Surprising culprit worsens stroke, TBI damage

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 23, 2022) – In the aftermath of a stroke or TBI, a group of amino acids that ...

Boxing clever: the simple conservation strategy saving threatened Roseate terns

A simple conservation strategy deployed by conservationists and scientists from BirdWatch Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin is ...

Scripps Research awarded NIH BRAIN Initiative grant to map undiscovered parts of the central nervous system

LA JOLLA, CA—Across science and medicine, the brain remains one of the most mysterious and complex parts of the human ...

Maximizing could be key to minimizing our environmental footprint

Toronto - Marketing scientists devote much of their work to understanding people’s decision-making and how to influence it.Credit: Rotman School ...

Brushing thin films onto electrodes preserves batteries

HOUSTON – (Aug. 22, 2022) – A bit of brushing may be the secret to making better rechargeable lithium batteries. Credit: ...

A quantum pump without the crank