Year: 2024

There is now a new addition to the magnetic family: thanks to experiments at the Swiss Light Source SLS, researchers ...

NTU Singapore scientists produce innovative ultrathin and stretchable electronics with wide range of applications in health and wellness

Waving your hand at a robot and controlling it to pick up an item may sound like a Jedi using ...

Study: New treatment method helps reduce suicide among military and veterans

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among U.S. military veterans. It’s also linked with higher risk of ...

Recognition for the discovery of nuclear fission

Established in 2006 by historian of science and chemist Jeffrey I. Seeman, who then chaired the Division of the History ...

Tawny owl’s pale grey color linked to vital functions ensuring survival in extreme conditions

A recent genetic discovery has revealed that the pale grey plumage of the tawny owl is linked to crucial functions ...

COVID-19 vaccination and boosting during pregnancy protects infants for six months

WHAT: Women who receive an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination or booster during pregnancy can provide their infants with strong protection against ...

Case study: drug-resistant bacteria responds to phage-antibiotic combo therapy

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14, 2024 – It was a last-ditch effort. For years doctors had tried to keep a patient’s recurrent ...

Love songs lead scientists to new populations of skywalker gibbons in Myanmar

Skywalker gibbon couples wake up each morning and sing to each other, their voices echoing across the forest canopy of ...

Pesticides to help protect seeds can adversely affect earthworms’ health

While pesticides protect crops from hungry animals, pesky insects, or even microbial infections, they also impact other vital organisms, including ...

Discovery of a subset of human short introns that are spliced out by a novel mechanism

In humans, the length of pre-mRNA varies extensively (from 30 to 1,160,411 nucleotides by recent studies). The fundamental mechanism of ...

USC announces new Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service

USC, together with Leonard and his late wife Pamela Schaeffer, is launching a new institute with a $59 million gift ...

Scientists discover hidden army of lung flu fighters

Scientists have long thought of the fluid-filled sac around our lungs merely as a cushion from external damage. Turns out, ...

New treatment developed to dramatically slow down the progression of blindness-causing retinal diseases

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that Dr. Maesoon Im of the Brain Science Institute, together with ...

Virginia Tech researchers discover that blocking an essential nutrient inhibits malaria parasite growth

Living organisms often create what is needed for life from scratch.Credit: Photo by Max Esterhuizen for Virginia Tech. Living organisms ...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles researchers uncover social and economic factors that influence acute liver failure in children—and ways to overcome them

Imagine your healthy child gets sick—so sick that you take them to the emergency department. You are shocked to find ...

Advancing biomedical diagnostics: Compact photoacoustic sensing instrument for breast tissue characterization

In the realm of biomedical sciences, the quest for accurate and efficient diagnostic tools is ever-evolving. One such promising innovation ...

Dr. Jeanne Lackamp to lead university hospitals’ behavioral health efforts

CLEVELAND – Jeanne Lackamp, MD, DFAPA, FACLP, has been selected to serve as Chair of Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatrist in ...

Pediatric sickle cell disease team uses pain screening to improve care

CLEVELAND -- A recent study from researchers at University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health and UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital ...

NTU Singapore launches new multi-domain academic offerings to prepare graduates for the workplace of tomorrow

Credit: Credit to NTU Singapore Nine new interdisciplinary degree programmes offered in 2024 New offerings include undergraduate degrees that range ...

Australia’s most at-risk bird species share some common traits