Year: 2024

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – Conservation measures have successfully stopped declines in the African savanna elephant population across southern Africa, but ...

Mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus revealed

What are the clouds of Venus made of? Scientists know it’s mainly made of sulfuric acid droplets, with some water, ...

African One Health network launched to prevent disease

“The aim of our multidisciplinary and broad-based project is to establish antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa and to prevent the ...

Asbestos: the size and shape of inhaled nanofibers could be exclusively responsible for the development of pulmonary fibrosis

The pathogenic potential of inhaling the inert fibrous nanomaterials used in thermal insulation (such as asbestos or fibreglass) is actually ...

Hainan’s quest for pristine air: Charting a course to global air quality leadership by 2035

Air pollution significantly impacts human health, with Hainan Province in China aiming to achieve world-leading ambient air quality by 2035, ...

Monitoring the well-being of reservoir water through an uncrewed surface vehicle

In a recent tragic incident, approximately 100 elephants in Africa perished due to inadequate access to water. The United Nations ...

Using berry phase monopole engineering for high-temperature spintronic devices

Spintronic devices are electronic devices that utilize the spin of electrons (an intrinsic form of angular momentum possessed by the ...

Study shows weed makes workouts more fun, but it’s no performance enhancer

A bit of weed before a workout can boost motivation and make exercise more enjoyable. But if performance is the ...

Advancing the generation of in-vivo chimeric lungs in mice using rat-derived stem cells

Ikoma, Japan – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide. It is marked by ...

Soft robotic, wearable device improves walking for individual with Parkinson’s disease

EMBARGO: 05 January 2024 at 05:00 (US Eastern Time)Credit: (Credit: Walsh Biodesign Lab/Harvard SEAS) EMBARGO: 05 January 2024 at 05:00 ...

UMass Chan researchers identify molecular link between gut bacteria and excitatory brain signaling in C. elegans

A new study published in Nature Cell Biology by Mark Alkema, PhD, professor of neurobiology, establishes an important molecular link between specific ...

Classifying the natural history of asymptomatic malaria

Detecting malaria in people who aren’t experiencing symptoms is vital to public health efforts to better control this tropical disease ...

New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like

Royal Astronomical Society and University of Oxford press releaseCredit: Patrick Irwin. Under embargo until 00:01 GMT on Friday 5 January ...

Breaking the 10-petawatt limit with a new laser amplification

Ultra-intense ultrashort lasers have a wide-ranging scope of applications, encompassing basic physics, national security, industrial service, and health care. In ...

Biologists uncover the secrets of evolutionary change

**Strictly embargoed until 19:00 GMT on Thursday 4 January 2024** Biologists uncover the secrets of evolutionary change Images available here ...

More lives can be saved if ambulance staff receive AI-support

Assessing how seriously injured a person is, involves weighing up lots of different parameters fast. If healthcare professionals could get ...

AURA appoints Christoph Keller as next National Solar Observatory Director

The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Christoph Keller has been appointed ...

Progress in the investigation of ultrafast electron dynamics using short light pulses

When electrons move within a molecule or semiconductor, this occurs on unimaginably short time scales. A Swedish-German including physicist Dr ...

UC San Diego receives $5 million to launch Center for Learning Health Systems Science

University of California San Diego School of Medicine has received a $5 million, five-year grant from the Agency for Healthcare ...

Pollution-tracking citizen science project offers New York students a breath of fresh air