What it would take to discover life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus
The mystery of whether microbial alien life might inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn's 83 moons, could be solved by an ...
USDA, APLU and Cooperative Extension Award top honors in extension excellence and diversity
Karen Franck, an associate professor and evaluation specialist with University of Tennessee Extension Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, and ...
TEAM-UP Together awards 31 scholarships to African American students in physics, astronomy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2022 – TEAM-UP Together is pleased to announce its first cohort of scholars, 31 African American students ...
Heart health tip for older adults in 2023: Step it up a bit
The evidence-based health benefits of walking continue to accumulate, according to ongoing research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst physical ...
UMass Amherst microbiologist searches for vulnerabilities in tuberculosis bacteria
A microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to support research aimed ultimately ...
At the edge of graphene-based electronics
A pressing quest in the field of nanoelectronics is the search for a material that could replace silicon. Graphene has ...
Cross-cultural study examines maternal attitudes and infant development
Mothers in the samples from the UK and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting, but while on a group level ...
Climate impacts are increasing; textbooks aren’t keeping pace
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material ...
Small turtles cannot legally be sold as pets because of the Salmonella infection risk, but half of online sellers fail to provide information about the law and the disease risk
Small turtles cannot legally be sold as pets because of the Salmonella infection risk, but half of online sellers fail ...
Coverage of climate change in textbooks over 50 years has not kept up with the problem
Coverage of climate change in college biology textbooks expanded greatly during the 1990s, but recent changes have been minor and ...
Scientists turn single molecule clockwise or counterclockwise on demand
Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more.Credit: (Image by Argonne ...
How fat takes over the lymph nodes as we age
A new study from researchers at Uppsala University presents novel findings on why human lymph nodes lose their function with ...
POSTECH develops thermally evaporated environment-friendly semiconductors
Semiconductors are indispensable products in our lives, used in everything from smartphones and computers to vehicles. However, their development increasingly ...
Scientists highlight safe access to the outdoors with naming of new plant species
A new species of Australian bush tomato described from the Garrarnawun Lookout in Judbarra National Park provides a compelling example ...
The other paleo diet: Rare discovery of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal
Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards – and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare ...
Turncoat T cells: When exhausted, cancer-fighting T cells may switch sides
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21, 2022 — When T cells, the immune system’s chief cancer-killing agents, are working overtime to battle a ...
Shedding light on the origin of complex life forms
How did the complex organisms on Earth arise? This is one of the big open questions in biology. A collaboration ...
How nerve and vascular cells coordinate their growth
Nerve cells need a lot of energy and oxygen. They receive both through the blood. This is why nerve tissue ...
“Better picker-upper” absorbs three times more liquid than a paper towel
When it comes to kitchen spills, paper towels and rags do the job. But using a hydrogel—a gelatin-like material in ...
Academy scientists describe 146 new species in 2022
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 20, 2022) — In 2022, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 146 new animal, ...
