Scientists show the importance of contact with nature in the city during the lockdown
Credit: RUDN University The measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic limited the access of citizens to natural objects. It is ...
A biological fireworks show 300 million years in the making
Credit: (Image by Tero Laakso/licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.) Five years ago, researchers at Northwestern University made international headlines when ...
More EVs could reduce CO2 emissions in Hawaii by 93% in less than 30 years
Credit: Plug'n Drive (derivative work: Mariordo), CC-by-SA-2.0 By 2050, faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and faster generation of renewable ...
Protein’s ‘silent code’ affects how cells move
A University of Pennsylvania-led study shows how, despite having nearly identical amino acid sequences, two forms of the protein actin ...
University of Maryland researchers record brainwaves to measure ‘cybersickness’
In a first-of-its-kind study, the UMD team used electroencephalography (EEG) to better understand and work toward solutions for VR-induced discomfortCredit: ...
Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves
Credit: (Image by Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, Visualization and Data Analytics Group .) When gravitational waves were first detected in ...
‘Fortunate accident’ may yield immunity weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Johns Hopkins Medicine study uncovers enzyme inhibitor that boosts immune system to fight MRSA and other dangerous skin infectionsCredit: National ...
Quantum particles: Pulled and compressed
Credit: Marc Montagut Very recently, researchers led by Markus Aspelmeyer at the University of Vienna and Lukas Novotny at ETH ...
How plants compensate symbiotic microbes
Credit: Courtesy of the Peay Lab/Brian Steidinger "Equal pay for equal work," a motto touted by many people, turns out ...
NASA space lasers map meltwater lakes in Antarctica with striking precision
Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Dr. Kelly Brunt From above, the Antarctic Ice Sheet might look like a calm, ...
Banishing cigarettes into history’s ashcan
New grant expands Texas tobacco program, targets substance use patients in rural communitiesCredit: University of Houston In Texas, only 14% ...
Discovery shows how tuning the immune system may enhance vaccines and ease disease
A metabolic control pathway that regulates T follicular helper cells offers targets for drugs to stimulate the adaptive immune responseCredit: ...
Tiny tools: Controlling individual water droplets as biochemical reactors
Scientists develop a method to better manipulate tiny droplets in lab-on-a-chip applications for biochemistry, cell culturing, and drug screeningCredit: Ritsumeikan ...
SMU professor awarded NSF grant for models to better aid evacuees after natural disasters
'We can do better with a systems approach...instead of catching up after each hurricane'Credit: SMU (Southern Methodist University) DALLAS (SMU) ...
Research paves the way to early diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy
Diabetics exert less force to hold an object than people with other diseases that affect the nervous system. Grip force ...
How to reduce obesity among Latino children, with precision
UC San Diego and community collaborators receive $3 million grant to develop more community-centered, precision approaches to reducing adverse childhood ...
Arctic seabirds are less heat tolerant, more vulnerable to climate change
Arctic species poorly adapted for coping with rising temperatures as the Arctic continues to warmCredit: Douglas Noblet The Arctic is ...
CWRU receives $1.2M W.M. Keck Foundation grant to determine ecological factors affect the evolution of our ancestors
Professor Beverly Saylor leads interdisciplinary global group applying state-of-the art technology to answer ancient questionsCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND, ...
Researchers detail the most ancient bat fossil ever discovered in Asia
Credit: Matthew Jones LAWRENCE -- A new paper appearing in Biology Letters describes the oldest-known fragmentary bat fossils from Asia, ...
Change in respiratory care strategies for preterm infants improves health outcomes
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center A decade's worth of data shows that neonatologists are shifting the type of respiratory support ...