Hollow bones that let dinosaurs become giants evolved at least three times independently
Dinosaurs as big as buses or five-story buildings would not be possible if their bones were dense and heavy like...
Drinking, drug use and driving increased in West Virginia during COVID-19, WVU study finds
One West Virginia trauma center saw an uptick in alcohol and drug use by patients treated for motor vehicle collision...
Heart toggles between maintenance and energy-boost mode using ribosomes
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered a mechanism involving ribosomes which helps the heart...
Heart tissue heads to space to aid research on aging and impact of long spaceflights
Note: Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers Deok-Ho Kim and Devin Mair will participate in a NASA teleconference for journalists on Tuesday,...
First visible-light induced simultaneous cleavage of C-C and C-N bonds with silver-modified polyoxometalate photocatalyst, researchers report
Cracking carbon bonds is a notoriously difficult problem, but it may hold the key to generating greener, more sustainable chemicals....
New BGI fluorescent RT-PCR Kit approved for COVID-19, Influenza A & B detection in Australia
On March 2, BGI’s Multiplex Real-time Fluorescent RT-PCR Kit for Detecting SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A Virus and Influenza B Virus obtained market access qualification...
Pediatric investigation article details the effect of paternal influences on the health of offspring
Over the past decade, new evidence has spurred the concept of paternal origins of health and disease. Paternal factors encompassing...
Electric vehicle batteries could get big boost with new polymer coating
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating – called HOS-PFM – that could...
Researchers identify key protein that promotes DNA repair and prevent cancer
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a key factor involved in the DNA damage response (DDR), homologous recombination (HR)...
Ratiometric fluorescence sensing system provides smarter and faster screening of carbendazim residues
Recently, the research team led by Prof. JIANG Changlong from Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical...
Designable timbre is realized by a meta-silencer
Publishing in the journal International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, the team led by researchers based at the Institute of Acoustics of...
Pusan National University researchers uncover causes for increased compound droughts & heatwaves in East Asia
With global warming on the rise, the severity and frequency of extreme weather events are also rising dramatically; this includes...
Novel porous materials are ideal for metal-air batteries, researchers report
Sustainable energy solutions cannot be pulled out of thin air. However, combining air with metal and other frameworks may pave...
COVID-19 infections raise risk of long-term gastrointestinal problems
People who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing gastrointestinal (GI) disorders within a year after infection compared...
Imaging through random media using coherent averaging
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced an effective method of restoring images distorted by fog. According to the research team,...
Muffins that could be good for your health
Love muffins? We’re talking about a tasty, fluffy muffin that has no artificial additives and that simultaneously contains lots of...
Keck Medicine of USC names Ikenna (Ike) Mmeje president and CEO of USC Arcadia Hospital
LOS ANGELES — Keck Medicine of USC has named Ikenna (Ike) Mmeje president and CEO of USC Arcadia Hospital (USC-AH),...
Wings, not webs: Certain bugs are the winners of urbanization, impacting cities’ insect diversity
Cities are bursting with life, both human and animal. The smallest of them, insects, spiders, and ants are easily overseen,...
World first study into global daily air pollution shows almost nowhere on Earth is safe
In a world first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the globe, a Monash University study has...
With $13M, UIC scientists will study lung inflammation mechanisms
Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago hope to learn more about how the human immune system is regulated by...
