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
Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian...
Overcoming fine process limits with linker ion affinity
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator categorizes individuals into sixteen personality types. In a recent job posting, a company stirred conversation by...
Joro spiders well poised to populate cities
The Jorō (Joro) spider was first spotted stateside around 2013 and has since been spotted across Georgia and the Southeast....
Greetings from the island of enhanced stability: The quest for the limit of the periodic table
Joint press release of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, and Johannes Gutenberg University MainzCredit: Picture: Simon...
Type 2 diabetes alters the behavior of discs in the vertebral column
Type 2 diabetes alters the behavior of discs in the vertebral column, making them stiffer, and also causes the discs...
Personalized adhesives for inner healing – now tailored just for you
The field of adhesives is diverse, catering to a wide range of applications from everyday uses like paper and fabric...
National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) celebrates Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng’s three decades of pioneering research and recent partnership with Astrazeneca China
The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) proudly celebrates the outstanding contributions of Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng, the Henry Bronson Professor...
Scientists study the behaviors of chiral skyrmions in chiral flower-like obstacles
In nature, the collective motion of some birds and fish, such as flocks of starlings and shoals of sardines, respectively,...