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New study uncovers taxonomic breakthrough in the common ophiuroid Ophiothrix angulata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)
Ophiothrix angulata, a widely recognized and prevalent ophiuroid species in the Western Atlantic, has long been the subject of taxonomic...
5-aminolevulinic acid might help fight mitochondrial disorders
Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) helps bypass deficiencies in Complex I...
Mobile app enables students with special needs to self-monitor behavior, focus more in class
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- When Sara Estrapala started her career as a high school paraeducator supporting students with disabilities such as...
Your neighborhood may increase risk of hospitalization from respiratory diseases like COVID-19.
The range of COVID-19 symptoms varies—some feel a mild cold, others are hospitalized, while others perish. Many studies have linked...
Remote plant worlds
Oceanic islands provide useful models for ecology, biogeography and evolutionary research. Many ground-breaking findings – including Darwin's theory of evolution...
Multiple uses of tropical mosaic landscapes
Many landscapes in the tropics consist of a mosaic of different types of land use. How people make use of...
Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning,...
Researchers study lingering Lyme disease symptoms
An estimated 1,200 Americans, on average, are diagnosed with Lyme disease each day. Some of those patients continue to experience...
Liverpool chemist wins prestigious Eni Energy Frontiers Award
Professor Matt Rosseinsky, from the University’s Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, has won the 2023 Eni Energy Frontiers...
New fossil flying reptile ‘Elvis’ takes flight
A new 145-million-year-old pterosaur (extinct flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs) was named today by a team of British,...
Explore the most realistic 3D interactive sharks ever created with Save Our Seas Foundation and UMass Amherst
AMHERST, Mass. – Ground-breaking 3D interactive shark imagery created by a University of Massachusetts Amherst biology professor is powering a...
NIH spent $8.1B for phased clinical trials of drugs approved 2010-19, ~10% of reported industry spending
BENTLEY UNIVERSITYCredit: Bentley University BENTLEY UNIVERSITY The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed $8.1 billion in project funding for...
Ocean animals vacate areas both around and outside deep-sea mining operations
In 2020, Japan performed the first successful test extracting cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt—a...
Rapid fabrication of a polymer lens on a laser chip for miniaturized spectroscopy
There is a growing demand for portable gas sensors, from both environmental and health sciences as well as industry. Resonant...
Linewidth narrowing in self-injection-locked on-chip lasers
On-chip laser diodes based on quantum well (QW) and quantum dot (QD) semiconductor materials have become the primary candidates for...
This eight-armed octopus-like pore detects taste
The neurons in our bodies are dotted with tiny pores that let essential molecules pass in and out of our...
App helps identify autistic children in India – study
Children with autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders in India can be successfully identified by community healthcare workers using a low-cost...
Rensselaer researcher receives grant to study enzymes in deep sea organisms
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Catherine Royer, Constellation Chair Professor of Bioinformatics and Biocomputation at the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for...
Researchers’ sweeping discovery shows how kidney cells self-renew
University of Texas at Dallas scientists have discovered a previously unknown “housekeeping” process in kidney cells that ejects unwanted content,...
James Webb Telescope catches glimpse of possible first-ever ‘dark stars’
Stars beam brightly out of the darkness of space thanks to fusion, atoms melding together and releasing energy. But what...
