Dinosaur study challenges Bergmann’s rule
When you throw dinosaurs into the mix, sometimes you find that a rule simply isn’t.Credit: Art by James Havens When...
Groundbreaking for new building named for former Sen. Roy Blunt held at Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center
A groundbreaking was held Friday, April 5, for the Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory at the University of...
In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton — including the bones of the...
Human neuron model paves the way for new Alzheimer’s therapies
Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have developed an innovative human neuron model that robustly simulates the spread of tau protein aggregates...
nTIDE March 2024 Jobs Report: Despite recent declines, people with disabilities remain engaged in the labor market
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – April 5, 2024 – March job numbers showed minimal changes for people...
Study: eDNA methods give a real-time look at coral reef health
Woods Hole, Mass– The human gut is full of microbes. Some microbes can make people sick, while others are responsible...
Ocean waves propel PFAS back to land
A new study by researchers at the Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, published in Science Advances, reveals that PFAS...
Simulating magnetization in a Heisenberg quantum spin chain
The rapid progress of quantum simulators is now enabling them to study problems that before have been limited to the...
Utilizing palladium for addressing contact issues of buried oxide thin film transistors
A novel method that employs palladium to inject hydrogen into the deeply buried oxide-metal electrode contacts of amorphous oxide semiconductors...
Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes
HOUSTON – (April 5, 2024) – If you were to throw a message in a bottle into a black hole,...
With VECSELs towards the quantum internet
The expansion of fiber optics is progressing worldwide, which not only increases the bandwidth of conventional Internet connections, but also...
What four decades of canned salmon reveal about marine food webs
Alaskan waters are a critical fishery for salmon. Complex marine food webs underlie and sustain this fishery, and scientists want...
NUS Medicine launches CN Lee Professorship in Medical Sciences
Singapore, 5 April 2024 — The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) today announced...
Rusty-patched bumblebee’s struggle for survival found in its genes
A team of researchers has uncovered alarming trends in the first range-wide genetic study of an endangered bee species. The...
HKUMed’s innovative platforms rapidly track SARS-CoV-2 mutational impact on disease severity and identify effective therapeutic inhibitors
A multidisciplinary research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of...
Four in five bird species cannot tolerate intense human pressures
In a recent study, researchers found that 78% of the world’s bird species do not thrive in the most modified...
WVU spearheading regional USDA project to increase agricultural production
West Virginia University is leading one of 50 projects as part of a nationwide effort to increase farmland availability to...
Kerr-enhanced optical spring for next-generation gravitational wave detectors
The detection of gravitational waves stands as one of the most significant achievements in modern physics. In 2017, gravitational waves...
Rapid, simultaneous detection of multiple bacteria achieved with handheld sensor
Hear the words E. coli or salmonella and food poisoning comes to mind. Rapid detection of such bacteria is crucial...
Researchers envision sci-fi worlds involving changes to atmospheric water cycle
Human activity is changing the way water flows between the Earth and atmosphere in complex ways and with likely long-lasting...