Discovery could hold the key to healthy aging during global warming
SPOKANE, Wash.—Researchers have long known that many animals live longer in colder climates than in warmer climates. New research in ...
New shape-shifting antibiotics could fight deadly infections
In the United States alone, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi infect almost 3 million people per year and kill about 35,000. Antibiotics ...
Salk Institute receives $50 million from Hess Corporation to mitigate climate change through plant science
LA JOLLA—(April 3, 2023) Hess Corporation is donating $50 million to the Salk Institute’s Campaign for Discovery: The Power of Science, ...
Team finds major storage capacity in water-based batteries
Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered a 1,000% difference in the storage capacity of metal-free, water-based battery electrodes.Credit: Texas ...
Keeping COVID-19 in check likely to require periodic boosters
Between natural infection and a global vaccination campaign, most people now have some immunity against the virus that causes COVID-19. ...
Ocean warming intensifies viral outbreaks within corals
HOUSTON – (April 3, 2023) – The breathtaking colors of reef-building corals come from photosynthetic algae that live inside the ...
Calcium sensor helps us to see the stars
Using cryo-electron microscopy and mass spectrometry, researchers from PSI have deciphered the structure of an ion channel found in the ...
Diet/lifestyle program reverses biological age: a female case series
“ these data suggest that a methylation-supportive diet and lifestyle intervention may favorably influence biological age in both sexes during ...
Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs in a communal nest
FRANKFURT. In millions of years and with a long sequence of small changes, evolution has shaped a particular group of ...
Royal reception on Commonwealth Day 2023 for Sri Lankan PhD researcher
A PhD researcher from the University of Huddersfield’s Global Disaster Resilience Centre (GDRC) was invited by His Majesty The King and The ...
Who let the dingo out?
A taxidermy-prepared dingo named Cooinda has been proposed to serve as an “archetype” specimen for all dingoes. A newly published ...
Cold is beneficial for healthy aging
Cold activates a cellular cleansing mechanism that breaks down harmful protein aggregations responsible for various diseases associated with aging. In ...
Griffin Charitable Foundation donates $71,000 to the Masonic Medical Research Institute
UTICA, NY –A $71,000 donation by the Griffin Charitable Foundation, based in Rome, New York, was awarded to the Masonic ...
MU grant will help ease nursing workforce shortage
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A recent grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development will help train hundreds of MU students ...
In a rare occurrence, UT Austin professors each snag the ‘Nobel Prizes’ of their fields in the same year
The University of Texas at Austin is the first university to claim winners of the top prizes in computing and ...
Illegal trade and poor regulation threaten pangolins in China
Pangolins, unique scale-covered mammals, are drastically declining in numbers across Asia and Africa, largely due to illegal trade. Part of ...
Rising temperatures alter ‘missing link’ of microbial processes, putting northern peatlands at risk
If you’re an avid gardener, you may have considered peat moss — decomposed Sphagnum moss that helps retain moisture in soil — ...
Prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel announces 2023 Laureates
Jerusalem, April 3, 2023 – The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the New York ...
Researchers reviewed recent progress of organic room-temperature phosphorescent materials towards application
Organic materials with room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) emission have attracted extensive attention due to extraordinary properties including long lifetime, large Stokes ...
Fast light pulse triggers charge transfer into water
In certain molecules, the so-called photoacids, a proton can be released locally by excitation with light. There is a sudden ...