First detection of neutrinos made at a particle collider
A team including physicists of the University of Bern has for the first time detected subatomic particles called neutrinos created ...
Month: March 2023
Emerging deforestation frontier in southwestern Amazon sees increase in burnings
A swathe of the Amazon Rainforest almost twice the size of Luxembourg was destroyed by fire between 2003 and 2019. ...
Monell Center team discovers molecular basis for alkaline taste
PHILADELPHIA (March 20, 2023) – The sense of taste is among the first to come into contact with food before ...
Muscle health depends on lipid synthesis
Muscle degeneration, the most prevalent cause of frailty in hereditary diseases and aging, could be caused by a deficiency in ...
Scientists open door to manipulating ‘quantum light’
For the first time, scientists at the University of Sydney and the University of Basel in Switzerland have demonstrated the ...
Link between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease explained
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have uncovered a link between cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, revealing ...
Instrument adapted from astronomy observation helps capture singular quantum interference effects
By adapting technology used for gamma-ray astronomy, a group of experimental researchers has found that X-ray transitions previously thought to ...
Sculpting quantum materials for the electronics of the future
The development of new information and communication technologies poses new challenges to scientists and industry. Designing new quantum materials - ...
Top-down control of bottom-up material synthesis @ nanoscale
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, 10.29026/oea.2023.230023 Professor Saulius Juodkazis of Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia and ...
British museum specimen gives insights into Australia’s rare Night Parrot
Special cranial adaptations, including an asymmetrical ‘wonky’ skull and enlarged ears, may give the critically endangered ground-dwelling Night Parrot the ...
Brookhaven Lab physicist Mary Bishai elected DUNE Co-Spokesperson
UPTON, NY—Mary Bishai, a distinguished scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected co-spokesperson ...
Parasites alter likelihood of fish being caught by anglers
Angling, a type of fishing, is a popular pastime across the world, and is known to be 40,000 years old. ...
Hummingbirds use torpor in varying ways to survive cold temps
Hummingbirds have the fastest metabolism of any animal. The tropical hummingbirds that live in the Andes Mountains in South America ...
Scientists devise new way to measure skin barrier function
The skin is the primary physical barrier against harmful substances in the environment. But there is a significant difference in ...
Unrealistic vaping views? Nearly ½ of parents confident they’d know if their child vapes
Nearly half of parents say they would definitely know if their child was vaping, despite characteristics of vaping devices that ...
Aging | Senescence-associated exosomes transfer fibrosis to neighboring cells
“This shows that SA-EXOs can serve as potent SASP mediators that activate invasive characteristics in neighboring cells.”Credit: 2023 Lee et ...
Genomic study of ancient humans sheds light on human evolution on the Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau above sea level, is one of the harshest environments settled by humans. ...
Researcher-community partnership uses collaborative process to yield novel insights
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Until recently, psychologist Kalina Michalska had never used community-based participatory research, or CBPR, in her work, but now she ...
Researchers develop biodegradable, biorecyclable glass
Everyone is familiar with glass—from putting on eyeglasses, pushing open the window, standing in front of a mirror, to holding ...
Quantum sensing in outer space: New NASA-funded research will build next-gen tech to better measure climate
Texas Engineers are leading a multi-university research team that will build technology and tools to improve measurement of important climate factors by observing atoms ...
