VIMS research helps clarify role of water clarity in coastal management
Secchi disks & light sensorsWater clarity is key to the health and restoration of marine plants and animals worldwide, particularly ...
NASA’s Webb confirms its first exoplanet
Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. ...
Oncotarget | Impact of COVID-19 on the management of patients with metastatic melanoma
“In this study, we aimed to analyze our experience with patients suffering from Sars-CoV-2 infection while receiving treatment for metastatic ...
Now on the molecular scale: Electric motors
Electric vehicles, powered by macroscopic electric motors, are increasingly prevalent on our streets and highways. These quiet and eco-friendly machines ...
Newly discovered surface structures may affect immune function
Using new microscopic methods in combination with machine learning-based image analysis, researchers from Freiburg have discovered new structures on the ...
Harvard researchers’ discovery of five new deep-sea squat lobster species calls for revision of current classification
Munidopsid squat lobsters (from the family Munidopsidae) are among the most abundant decapods found at abyssal depths of the ocean. ...
Nanotechnology may improve gene therapy for blindness
PORTLAND, Oregon -- Using nanotechnology that enabled mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, a new approach to gene therapy may improve how physicians treat inherited ...
Old and new stars paint very different pictures of the Triangulum Galaxy
Astronomers have been gazing at the Triangulum galaxy for centuries. But they’ve never seen it quite like this.Credit: A. Smercina/M.J. ...
Study: Political polarization doesn’t dominate people’s perceptions of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has been perceived in the national media as a largely partisan issue in the United States, with ...
Go fish: why MSK researchers use zebrafish to study a cancer-linked inflammation pathway
In science, how you ask a question is often as important as what you ask.Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...
Protecting biocatalysts from oxygen
For the energy transition to succeed, we require environmentally friendly energy carriers. Hydrogen could be one such source if it ...
Sunlight pulps the plastic soup
Texel, 11 January 2023 - UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces. Floating microplastic is ...
Medical clowns: A significant contribution to medical care – Much more than just entertainment
Credit: Tel Aviv University A first study of its kind by Tel Aviv University researchers examined the "secret magic" ...
“A perfect little system”: University of Toronto physicists isolate a pair of atoms to observe p-wave interaction strength for the first time
"Suppose you knew everything there was to know about a water molecule — the chemical formula, the bond angle, etc.,” ...
New nanotransporter for drug delivery inside cells
A new study by the University of Barcelona has analized the viability of a new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle. ...
Study reveals obesity-related trigger that can lead to diabetes
People who are overweight or obese have a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, but exactly how that happens is ...
Visualizing complex electron wavefunction using high-resolution attosecond technology
The early 20th century saw the advent of quantum mechanics to describe the properties of small particles, such as electrons ...
Paleoclimatologists James Zachos and Ellen Thomas win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change for identifying a “greenhouse effent” 56 million years ago that serves to predict the destructive impacts of today’s human-induced global warmin…
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change category has gone in this fifteenth edition to paleoclimatologists ...
More than 1.1 million Spanish women at high risk of fracture remain untreated for osteoporosis
A new report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Capture the Fracture® programme, in collaboration with leading Spanish experts, aims ...
Black women suffer most from tooth loss, study shows
In Brazil, tooth loss is 19% more frequent among Black women than White men. Among women, it is 26% more ...
