Commodity farming accelerating climate change in the Amazon rainforest
Credit: Eduardo Maeda Researchers report that large-scale commercial farms on deforested land in the southern Amazon result in higher temperature ...
Seventeen from Argonne recognized with Secretary of Energy’s Honor Awards
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Six groups that included 17 scientists, engineers and other staff from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) ...
Training the next generation of innovative leaders in business and digital transformation
EINST4INE project launchCredit: EINST4INE EINST4INE (the European Training Network for InduStry Digital Transformation across Innovation Ecosystems) is a €4M research ...
Researchers identify a new molecular mechanism related to severe anaphylaxis
Credit: JACI Anaphylaxis is a systemic allergic reaction that can affect the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, the respiratory system and ...
Embry-Riddle alumna helps unravel key mysteries of rare stars
Credit: Embry-Riddle/Jason Kadah Within the constellation Cygnus, an elderly star and its massive companion are having one last hurrah, flinging ...
Children’s finger length points to mothers’ income level
- links with diseases that begin in the wombCredit: John Manning, Swansea University Low-income mothers feminize their children in the ...
School closures may not reduce coronavirus deaths as much as expected
Extensive simulations seek the ideal distancing scenario to reduce severe coronavirus cases with minimal social disruptionCredit: Jiannan Yang, Qingpeng Zhang, ...
Expanded spina bifida guidelines cover care from newborn to adult
Noted experts present scientifically-based guidelines for spina bifida care to the worldwide community of clinicians and investigators to improve patients' ...
Porous materials unfavorable for coronavirus survival
Why coronavirus survives for less time on porous materials and the implications for the safety of different materials in schools, ...
Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces
Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.Credit: ...
Quantum causal loops
Credit: @ULB Causal reasoning is ubiquitous - from physics to medicine, economics and social sciences, as well as in everyday ...
Blueprint for understanding the pandemic
Credit: ETH Zurich /Giulia Marthaler Scientific and public health experts have been raising the alarm for decades, imploring public officials ...
All in the head? Brains adapt to support new species
Credit: Rich Merrill Scientists studying forest dwelling butterflies in Central and South America have discovered that changes in the way ...
Covid-19 vs conservation – how the northern white rhino rescue programme overcame challenges
Credit: www.biorescue.org/Leibniz-IZW The BioRescue research project, a programme aiming at saving the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, exemplifies the challenges ...
Inhibition of the BAF complex causes rapid loss of DNA accessibility
Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra_CeMM When human cells have to adapt due to a wide variety of external influences, the BAF ...
High greenhouse gas emissions from Siberian Inland Waters
Credit: Egor Istigechev Rivers and lakes at high latitudes are considered to be major sources for greenhouse gas emissions to ...
Physicists finesse the storing of light to create rainbows of colour
Physicists at the University of Bath have found a way to use resonance to harness the energy of light more ...
Known tumour suppressor gene found essential for development, regeneration&stress-response
Credit: (Giannios, IRB Barcelona) Adult progenitor cells are present in the Drosophila fly as early as its larvae stage. These ...
Samara Polytech chemists simplify crystal structures
This will enable scientists to better understand new materials and their behaviorCredit: @SamaraPolytech Science always strives to replace complex natural ...
COVID-19 infections in the U.S. nearly three times greater than reported, model estimates
Credit: Images by Jungsik Noh via GitHub DALLAS - Feb. 8, 2021 - World health experts have long suspected that ...