New calculation refines comparison of matter with antimatter
Theorists publish improved prediction for the tiny difference in kaon decays observed by experimentsCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--An international ...
IU researchers receive grant to study potential new opioid addiction treatment
Credit: IU School of Medicine Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are testing use of tezampanel, a novel antagonist ...
Preparing future clinicians to intervene in opioid crisis
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 17, 2020) - Opioid use disorder and overdose have reached unprecedented levels around the world. ...
Curbing land clearing for food production is vital to reverse biodiversity declines
Land-use change to feed people is the leading driver of biodiversity loss; new research shows that changing this relationship is ...
Understanding the movement patterns of free-swimming marine snails
New research relates shell shapes and body geometries and sizes with swimming abilities and sinking behaviors, which impact vertical migration ...
Could breadfruit be the next superfood? UBC researchers say yes
Breadfruit is sustainable, environmentally friendly and a high-production cropCredit: Jan Vozenilek, Copper Sky Productions, Kelowna. A fruit used for centuries ...
Study: Europe’s old-growth forests at risk
Assessment of continent's primary forests shows many unprotected, logged, able to be restoredCredit: Hanns Kirchmeir Like its ancient cathedrals, Europe ...
Ancient Roman roads endure for millennia. UTA is researching why.
UTA civil engineer studying long-lasting Roman, Greek structures for construction secretsCredit: UT Arlington An assistant professor of civil engineering will ...
Rapid test for Covid-19 shows improved sensitivity
A CRISPR-based test developed at MIT and the Broad Institute can detect nearly as many cases as the standard Covid-19 ...
International study will compare different countries’ responses to COVID-19
Project led by researchers from Brazilian and American institutions will collect primary data during the pandemic to create a repository ...
Physics: Collision movie with upgraded particle detector at CERN
Physicists at Goethe University lead one of the technical refurbishments of "ALICE" for researching quark-gluon plasmaCredit: Robert Münzer FRANKFURT. For ...
A scientific first: How psychedelics bind to key brain cell receptor
This work, published in Cell and led by the UNC-Chapel Hill lab of Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, sets the ...
Kang finds keys to control the ‘driver of cancer’s aggressiveness’
By isolating the enzymes responsible for recycling a dangerous protein, Princeton's Yibin Kang has identified a promising new target for ...
First look at how hallucinogens bind structurally to serotonin receptors
Credit: Kim et al./Cell Although hallucinogenic drugs have been studied for decades, little is known about the underlying mechanisms in ...
CNIC researchers discover a mechanism allowing immune cells to regulate obesity
Researchers at the CNIC have discovered a mechanism explaining how macrophages regulate obesityCredit: CNIC Macrophages are immune system cells. They ...
Self-imaging of a molecule by its own electrons
Mapping the atomic motion during a molecular vibrationCredit: MBI Berlin One of the long-standing goals of research on the light-induced ...
Detaching and uplifting, not bulldozing
Credit: ETH Zurich For a long time, geoscientists have assumed that the Alps were formed when the Adriatic plate from ...
Curve at tip of shoes eases movement but may lead to weaker muscles, problems
Researchers say toe springs in shoes may come at a costCredit: Freddy Sichting The toe of most shoes, especially sneakers, ...
How 13 billion years of cosmic evolution has ultimately led to intelligent life
New book illustrates up-to-date findings in cosmology and exobiologyCredit: World Scientific In March 1995, Ben Zuckerman and Matt Malkan hosted ...
Higher dementia risk in women with prolonged fertility
Credit: Photo by Ragnhild Larsson and Johan Wingborg Women with a longer reproductive period had an elevated risk for dementia ...
