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New isotopic study of fossil teeth shows flexible human adaptations to Pleistocene island life through timeCredit: Sue O'Connor A new ...

Higher thrombus risk in men with obesity in adolescence

Credit: Photo by Staffan Sandblad Men with a history of obesity in their late teens are, in adult life, more ...

Latest results of myriapod research from the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology

Credit: 18th International Congress of Myriapodology Last year, the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology brought together 92 of the world's ...

NSF provides more support for drug discovery platform for hard-to-treat cancers

Credit: Sherine Abdelmawla WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new round of support will help a Purdue University-affiliated startup further develop ...

Are salt deposits a solution for nuclear waste disposal?

Credit: Doug Weaver Around the world, there are pools of water filled with nuclear waste waiting for their final resting ...

Virologists show that sample pooling can massively increase coronavirus testing capacity

Credit: Rüdiger Koop, UKS The new procedure will help to meet the high demand for testing in the mass coronavirus ...

Interdisciplinary UTA team developing transportation models for a futuristic Texas

The future of Texas transportationCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineering professor at The University of Texas at Arlington is leading ...

New insights into how genes control courtship and aggression

Two new studies by Salk researchers show how sex-determining genes can mediate behavior in fruit fliesCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April ...

Lehigh University awarded NSF grant to boost students’ geospatial skills

Lehigh University College of Education researcher Tom Hammond will help lead efforts in implementing hands-on, socio-environmental investigations for high school ...

Researchers tackle a new opportunity to develop high-energy batteries

Credit: Image by: Dr. Oleg Borodin, CCDC Army Research Laboratory ADELPHI, Md. -- In recent years, lithium-ion batteries have become ...

AGS COVID-19 brief offers roadmap to government action for assisted living facilities

Polymer membranes could benefit from taking a dip

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory A simple pretreatment step enables membranes to be enhanced using atomic layer deposition, a technique that ...

Oregon State University research wins Marcus Wallenberg Prize

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Richard Waring, professor emeritus in the Oregon State University College of Forestry, is ...

Hey, Alexa, who else is listening right now?

UC to use NSF grant to explore smart speaker securityCredit: UC Voice-activated speakers like Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google ...

Variation in how side effects are reported clouds drug safety

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center An important goal of early-phase clinical trials is to discover a drug's possible side ...

Superhard candy — scientists cracked the complex crystal structure of molybdenum borides

Credit: Dmitry V. Rybkovskiy, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. In their search for new superhard compounds, researchers carried out a prediction ...

Virus genomes help to explain why a major livestock disease has re-emerged in Europe

Credit: Ciriaco Ligios Livestock diseases like bluetongue virus (BTV) can have devastating economic and health consequences, but their origins can ...

Army converts heat into electricity to power autonomous robots for months

Credit: CCDC Army Research Laboratory photo ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- An energy-efficient generator intended to power private residences could ...

New study finds biases against physically dirty people take root as early as age 5

Biases against the physically unclean extend to the sick, holding implications in the COVID-19 eraCredit: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ...

Study reveals important flowering plants for city-dwelling honey bees