Vilcek Foundation announces open call for $150,000 in prizes to immigrant scientists
In 2024, the Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science of $50,000 each. The ...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteria produce a molecule that paralyzes immune system cells
Bacteria of the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa are antibiotic-resistant hospital germs that can enter blood, lungs and other tissues through wounds ...
Rare in modern science: A new snake family was identified – Micrelapidae
Researcher from Tel Aviv University took part in an extensive international study Credit: David David Researcher from Tel Aviv University ...
On a warming planet, these arctic geese rapidly found (and shared) a new migratory route
As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study reported in ...
NASA awards $680,000 to study evolution of chemical systems on Titan
Vincent Chevrier, an associate professor at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, has been awarded $680,000 ...
Ice Age survivors
The team analysed the genomes of 356 prehistoric hunter gatherers from different archaeological cultures – including new data sets of ...
Cleveland researchers reveal how oxygen is delivered to tissues, open door to new class of drugs
CLEVELAND—Cardiovascular medicine, hematology and pulmonary medicine may soon have the first-ever therapies to correct poor tissue oxygenation, a key driver ...
Quantum chemistry: Molecules caught tunneling
Tunneling reactions in chemistry are very difficult to predict. The quantum mechanically exact description of chemical reactions with more than ...
Metal ion plasma generation under strong magnetic field
OverviewCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview Professor Satoshi Fujii (Department of Electrical and Electronic Information ...
Modulating and characterizing d-band center on Pt-based electrocatalysts under practical conditions
This study is led by Prof. Yanxia Jiang (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University) and Prof. Bin-Wei Zhang ...
Real AI will need biology: Computers powered by human brain cells
The time has come to create a new kind of computer, say researchers from John Hopkins University together with Dr ...
Sustainable process for the production of vanillin from lignin makes further progress
The demand for vanillin vastly outstrips the natural resources of this flavoring agent. A chemical process is thus used to ...
Gut bacteria are crucial for liver repair
When parts of the liver are removed, the body can replace the missing tissue. A team of researchers at the ...
Chinese Medical Journal study identifies major risk factors of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pneumoconiosis in China
Pneumoconiosis comprises a group of heterogeneous lung diseases resulting from the inhalation of mineral dust. It is an occupational hazard ...
JAMA Network names new editor in chief of JAMA Internal Medicine
Chicago, March 1, 2023 — Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Milton ...
Book tackles myths about science of menstruation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new book from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign anthropology professor Kathryn Clancy takes an unflinching look at ...
Woodcocks have the brightest white feathers ever measured
The mainly brown woodcock uses its bright white tail feathers to communicate in semi-darkness, reflecting 30% more light than any ...
Pink + pink = gold: hybrid hummingbird’s feathers don’t match its parents
The Pink-throated Brilliant hummingbird, Heliodoxa gularis, has, unsurprisingly, a brilliant pink throat. So does its cousin, the Rufous-webbed Brilliant hummingbird, ...
Ochsner Health Network leads the way in value-based care
Ochsner Health Network (OHN), the Gulf South’s largest clinically integrated network (CIN) and nationally recognized leader in value-based care, has ...
Illinois researcher receives $5.8 million grant to develop modular quantum computing platform
An initiative led by Wolfgang Pfaff, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a ...
