Deep rooted — mother’s empathy linked to ‘epigenetic’ changes to the oxytocin gene
Modification of the oxytocin gene is correlated with personal distress, an emotional response related to empathy, scientists showCredit: Akemi Tomoda...
Kessler Foundation awarded COVID crisis funding for Spinal Cord Injury Program
Emergency funding provided by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation enables the continuation of Kessler inpatient spinal cord injury education series...
I see you: Honey bees use contagious and honest visual signal to deter attacking hornets
Study is the first to demonstrate a contagious warning signal that resists fake news in social insects Credit: Photo by...
Drug for rare disorder shows promise for treating herpes viruses
A drug currently prescribed to treat a rare enzyme deficiency can help cells clear the herpes simplex 1 and herpes...
Remote Hawaiian island harbors last land snails of their kind
Credit: David Sischo GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The island of Nihoa, a slice of jagged rock that juts out of the...
Health Affairs: Reprocessing single-use med devices boosts circular economy for hospitals
Researchers find healthcare supply chains major sources of pollution and greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: Association of Medical Device Reprocessors Regulated medical...
Researchers call for renewed focus on thermoelectric cooling
With an established market, need for new materials is urgentCredit: University of Houston Almost 200 years after French physicist Jean...
A comprehensive review of biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials using microorganisms and bacteriophages
Credit: KAIST There are diverse methods for producing numerous inorganic nanomaterials involving many experimental variables. Among the numerous possible matches,...
New spin-out company signals quantum leap for brain imaging
Credit: University of Nottingham A new type of wearable brain scanner, designed to allow people to move freely whilst being...
Research brief: Researchers develop unique process for producing light-matter mixture
Discovery provides insight for developing next generation optoelectronic and infrared devicesCredit: Oh Group, University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (12/07/2020) --...
New plant species from Amazonia region named after Dresden botanist
Credit: Sébastien Sant The Chair of Botany at TU Dresden has intensively studied the plant family of pipevines (Aristolochiaceae) for...
Harnessing quantum properties to create single-molecule devices
Columbia team discovers 6-nanometer-long single-molecule circuit with enormous on/off ratio due to quantum interference; finding could enable faster, smaller, and...
New study findings: militarizing local police does not reduce crime
Credit: Anna Gunderson, LSU New research shows that the militarization of local law enforcement through weapons, armored vehicles, combat attire,...
Hibiscus reduces the toxicity of ammonia for rainbow trout, say RUDN University biologists
Credit: RUDN University A team of biologists from RUDN University developed a hibiscus-based dietary supplement for trout that makes the...
This flexible and rechargeable battery is 10 times more powerful than state of the art
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of researchers has developed a flexible, rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery with a...
‘Big data’ enables first census of desert shrub
Credit: Michael Young The creosote is the king of the desert. This scraggly shrub dominates the landscape of the American...
Urban heat and mortality: who are the most vulnerable?
Credit: Ellena et al. Environmental Health (2020) 19:116 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-020-00667-x Climate change has and will continue to induce severe increases in...
New transistor design disguises key computer chip hardware from hackers
Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A hacker can reproduce a circuit on a chip by discovering...
Rise of the underdog: a neglected mechanism in antiferromagnets may be key to spintronics
Credit: Tokyo Tech Enormous efforts are being made worldwide in a technological field that could far surpass the capabilities of...
New research questions myth of the elderly widower: of course grandpa cook
The assumption that an elderly widower can hardly boil an egg simply doesn’t stand according to a recent University of...
