A change of direction
As embryos grow from conception to birth, cells multiply rapidly and move in a highly organized manner to create the ...
Introducing peanut in infancy prevents peanut allergy into adolescence
Feeding children peanut products regularly from infancy to age 5 years reduced the rate of peanut allergy in adolescence by ...
SwRI data fusion tool targets urban heat islands in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — May 28, 2024 —Southwest Research Institute has created a comprehensive data analysis tool to help metropolitan areas ...
Apple versus donut: How the shape of a tokamak impacts the limits of the edge of the plasma
Harnessing energy from plasma requires a precise understanding of its behavior during fusion to keep it hot, dense and stable. ...
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, receives prestigious award from World Heart Federation
The World Heart Federation (WHF) is honoring Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, President of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The ...
Nonlinear photochromic properties in a perylene-substituted rhodamine spirolactam
Photochromic compounds, which change their color when exposed to light, have been widely used as photoswitches to control different properties ...
Inexpensive microplastic monitoring through porous materials and machine learning
Optical analysis and machine learning techniques can now readily detect microplastics in marine and freshwater environments using inexpensive porous metal ...
Mystery of ‘slow’ solar wind unveiled by Solar Orbiter mission
Scientists have come a step closer to identifying the mysterious origins of the ‘slow’ solar wind, using data collected during ...
Monitoring diseases through sweat becomes accessible to everyone
Sweat contains biomarkers that can monitor various health conditions, from diabetes to genetic disorders. Sweat sampling, unlike blood collection, is ...
Scientists uncover a multibillion-year epic written into the chemistry of life
The origin of life on Earth has long been a mystery that has eluded scientists. A key question is how ...
Biodiversity in the margins: Merging farmlands affects natural pest control
A new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology demonstrates how the diversity and abundance of arthropods decrease when hedgerows and ...
Climate change is moving tree populations away from the soil fungi that sustain them
As our planet warms, many species are shifting to different locations as their historical habitats become inhospitable. Trees are no ...
Bioinformatics approach could help optimize soldiers’ training for improved readiness and recovery
Of the many perils facing members of the military, injuries incurred in training or on deployment repeatedly sideline elite operators.Credit: ...
Investigating the origin of circatidal rhythms in freshwater snails
Organisms, including humans, follow a schedule that coordinates important bodily functions such as sleep-wake cycles, metabolism, hormone production, cognitive function, ...
Altering cellular interactions around amyloid plaques may offer novel Alzheimer’s treatment strategies
New York City, – Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have made a significant breakthrough in ...
Echidnapus identified from an ‘Age of Monotremes’
Published today in the Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, evidence of an ‘Age of Monotremes’ has been unearthed by ...
Euclid space mission releases first scientific results and new images of the cosmos
European space mission Euclid has released early scientific papers based on observations made by the space telescope, along with five ...
Understanding a broken heart
The stress of heart failure is remembered by the body and appears to lead to recurrent failure, along with other ...
Theory and experiment combine to shine a new light on proton spin
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Nuclear physicists have long been working to reveal how the proton gets its spin. Now, a ...
On repeat: Biologists observe recurring evolutionary changes, over time, in stick insects
LOGAN, UTAH, USA – A long-standing debate among evolutionary scientists goes something like this: Does evolution happen in a predictable ...
