Electricity harvesting from evaporation, raindrops and moisture inspired by nature
Raindrops, evaporating water, and even moisture in the air are all potentially sources of decentralized clean electricity generation, but many ...
Cooling 100 million degree plasma with a hydrogen-neon mixture ice pellet
At ITER – the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor, currently under construction in France through international cooperation – the abrupt ...
Physicists confirm effective wave growth theory in space
A team from Nagoya University in Japan has observed, for the first time, the energy transferring from resonant electrons to ...
BRIGHT outlook: A brief cognitive behavioral therapy appears promising for head and neck cancer survivors suffering from body-image distress
Talking, smiling, eating together – these are all social activities that are inherent to the human experience. But for some ...
Aging | Epigenetic aging is associated with aberrant neural oscillatory dynamics serving visuospatial processing in people with HIV
“Thus, these findings are the first to identify the interaction between biological age and HIV status on neural oscillatory dynamics ...
Newly discovered anatomy shields and monitors brain
From the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures, the human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets. ...
Final call for awards nominations 2023 of the World Cultural Council
The World Cultural Council would like to make a final call for nominations to the “Albert Einstein” and the “José Vasconcelos” Awards. Nominations must ...
Holes in T cells
Certain T cells can secrete cytokines that are normally part of the innate immune system, as researchers from the Leibniz ...
SwRI delivers innovative instrument for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission
SAN ANTONIO — Jan. 5, 2023 — A groundbreaking new mass spectrometer designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) ...
Formation of pores in mitochondrial membrane elucidated
Mitochondria are considered to be the power plants of cells and are essential for human metabolism. Dysfunction in 40 percent ...
Research could simplify process for calculating soil carbon credits
A study led by researchers at the Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provides new insights ...
Caribbean breadfruit traced back to Capt. Bligh’s 1791-93 journey
EVANSTON, Ill. — In 1793, Capt. William Bligh docked the HMS Providence in Kingstown in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, ...
New approach successfully traces genomic variants back to genetic disorders
National Institutes of Health researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care. ...
Caribbean breadfruit is traced back to its Oceania origin 230 years ago
Cooked breadfruit often has a potato-like consistency that grows softer, sweeter, and more custard-like as the mature fruit ripens fully. ...
Study illuminates sugar’s role in common kidney disease
A study of kidney organoids in a novel lab environment might have downstream implications for the treatment of polycystic kidney ...
Weiss-Kruszka syndrome and the failure to establish neuronal identity
Weiss-Kruszka syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by craniofacial anomalies, developmental delay, and autistic features. Researchers at the Institute ...
Blood pressure drug holds promise for treating PTSD
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 5, 2023) – There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find new purpose ...
NIH study links specific outdoor air pollutants to asthma attacks in urban children
Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children ...
More links aren’t necessarily better for hybrid nanomaterials
HOUSTON – (Jan. 4, 2023) – Chemists from Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin discovered more isn’t ...
Researchers detect fluoride in water with new simple color change test
Environmental contaminants like fluoride, lead and pesticides exist all around and even within us. While researchers have simple ways to ...
