Year: 2024

Researchers have consistently shown that prenatal exposure to Di (2-ethyhexyl) phthalate harms the reproductive system in male mice and causes ...

Artificial photosynthesis to produce hydrogen peroxide

National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have developed hexavalent photocatalytic covalent organic frameworks (COFs) which mimic natural photosynthesis for the ...

A liquid crystal source of photon pairs

Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), as a source of entangled photons, is of great interest for quantum physics and quantum technology, ...

Infectious H5N1 influenza virus in raw milk rapidly declines with heat treatment

WHAT: The amount of infectious H5N1 influenza viruses in raw milk rapidly declined with heat treatment in laboratory research conducted ...

Novel strategy proposed for all-climate zinc-ion batteries

According to a study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a research team led by Prof. HU Linhua from the Hefei ...

Announcing Tally Health as tier 3 sponsor of ARDD 2024

The University of Copenhagen is excited to announce Tally Health as a Tier 3 Sponsor of the 11th Aging Research ...

“Planetary Hopes”: Digital solutions for the challenges facing earth, nature and society

FRANKFURT. A result of global warming, rising sea levels are making coastal cities uninhabitable, while the loss of biodiversity and ...

Tiny New Zealand bird delivers a lesson in birdsong evolution

Credit: Photo by Ines G. Moran Parrots, songbirds, and hummingbirds can learn to make new sounds. No-one knew, ...

Is magnesium the sleeping potion that enables sandhoppers to survive cold winters?

Magnesium compounds are a common ingredient of many remedies designed to help people wind down and escape the stresses of ...

New mechanisms in the development of stroke were discovered

A group of researchers from the University of Tartu and international scientists discovered new mechanisms of how stroke occurs by ...

How men can better support each other’s mental health

Men are often urged to talk about their mental health with friends, but what does that involve?Credit: University of British ...

25 years of massive fusion energy experiment data completely open on the “cloud”, to be available to everyone

BackgroundCredit: National Institute for Fusion Science Background High-temperature fusion plasma experiments conducted in the Large Helical Device (LHD) of the ...

Rice lab achieves major gains in perovskite solar cell stability

EMBARGOED for release until 1pm U.S. Central Time (2pm Eastern) on June 13, 2024 HOUSTON – (June 13, 2024) – ...

Pair plasmas found in deep space can now be generated in the lab

Black holes and neutron stars are among the densest known objects in the universe. Within and around these extreme astrophysical ...

Making ferromagnets ready for ultra-fast communication and computation technology

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international team led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has made a significant breakthrough ...

Q&A: Finding varieties of corn that are adapted to future climates

Corn is one of the planet’s most important crops. It not only provides sweet kernels to flavor many dishes, but ...

UMD awarded U.S. Department of State grant to expand education abroad

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The University of Maryland School of Public Health, together with Bowie State University, is expanding its study ...

A conservation market could incentivize global ocean protection

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — The countries of the world agreed: Our planet needs more protection from human activity. And with ...

Modifying genomes of tardigrades to unravel their secrets

Some species of tardigrades are highly and unusually resilient to various extreme conditions fatal to most other forms of life. ...

Scientists unravel drivers of the global Zinc cycle in our oceans, with implications for a changing climate