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Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c02122 Many athletes, from football players to equestrians, rely on helmets to protect ...

More than one in 10 patients with lung cancer do not know what type they have

Credit: ESMO credit - The increasing complexity of treatments for lung cancer and language differences can make it difficult for ...

Astronauts in crewed missions to Mars could misread vital emotional cues

A study simulating the effects of weightlessness also finds that impaired cognitive performance cannot be counteracted by short periods of ...

Boosting insect diversity may provide more consistent crop pollination services

First global study of pollinator service stability over time finds fewer fluctuations in diverse communitiesCredit: Deepa Senapathi / University of ...

20 years of research on the use of virtual reality in education

Credit: Heng Luo An analysis published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning highlights 20 years of research on the ...

Indirect surpassing CO2 utilization in membrane-free CO2 battery

Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel system, capable of producing hydrogen and electricity quickly ...

Artificial light at night may disrupt firefly mating

Credit: Avalon Owens New research published in Insect Conservation and Diversity indicates that artificial light at night likely interferes with ...

Helping stevia plants brave the cold

Credit: Todd Wehner It's a fact - humans love sugar. For those of us who also like to watch our ...

Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific

Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family ...

New study investigates how life on land recovered after “The Great Dying”

By characterizing how ancient life responded to environmental stressors, researchers gain insights into how modern species might fareCredit: © Xiaochong ...

FSU researchers discover how ‘cryptic species’ respond differently to coral bleaching

Credit: FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory/Scott Burgess Certain brightly colored coral species dotting the seafloor may appear indistinguishable to many ...

Jonathan Wall receives $1.79 million to develop new amyloidosis treatment

Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (March 16, 2021) - The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases recently awarded ...

USC Stem Cell scientists start a buzz around fruit flies in hearing research

Credit: Image by Ismael Fernández-Hernández/Bonaguidi Lab Even though a fruit fly doesn't have ears, it can hear with its antennae. ...

Catching electrons in action in an antiferromagnetic nanowire

Credit: Ranjit Pati/Michigan Tech The electron is one of the fundamental particles in nature we read about in school. Its ...

UC-led research looks at alternative to treat eye diseases

Federally funded study says drug delivery for certain common eye diseases could be improvedCredit: University of Cincinnati Getting poked in ...

Return to work and the path to recovery after serious injury in Black men

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (March 16, 20201) - After a traumatic injury, returning to work (RTW) can be a strong ...

Can crops become more efficient?

$1 million grant to probe a natural process that saps plants' productivityCredit: Photo by Jesse Gardner on Unsplash Plants were ...

Study of synapse strength focuses on ‘active zones’

Credit: Littleton Lab/MIT Picower Institute Job descriptions for the thousands of types of neurons in the brain typically include a ...

First Midwest urban long-term ecological research site established in Twin-Cities

Credit: Yinan Chen from Pixabay The USDA Forest Service is part of a partnership that will establish the first urban ...

Study uncovers safety concerns with some air purifiers