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Designing a better nest to help endangered turtles
With Ontario’s eight species of turtles considered at risk, a new nest designed by researchers has the potential to significantly...
Weighted blankets do not improve sleep among children with a history of maltreatment
A study by University of Houston sleep expert and psychology professor Candice Alfano has found that weighted blankets, between 5...
Helping qubits stay in sync
Credit: Kater Murch, Washington University in St. Louis. Music/Sound courtesy Bensound, License code: E3SBL1FUTVXGEVWW. Journal Physical Review Letters DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.200401...
UMass Amherst astronomer leading international effort to understand evolutionary secrets of the universe
AMHERST, Mass. – The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Euclid Consortium—a collaboration of 2,000 researchers from 300 institutions in...
Iron could be key to less expensive, greener lithium-ion batteries, research finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. – What if a common element rather than scarce, expensive ones was a key component in electric car...
Literature review finds that worldwide, most people find climate scientists to be trustworthy
While most people worldwide trust climate scientists, a small, skeptical minority – such as conservatives in the U.S. – can...
Two new studies by Mount Sinai researchers in science offer key insights into the origins and potential treatment of mental health disorders
Working under the umbrella of the PsychENCODE Consortium, the mental health research project established in 2015 by the National Institutes...
Finding the beat of collective animal motion
Across nature, animals from swarming insects to herding mammals can organize into seemingly choreographed motion. Over the last two decades,...
From burns to the wave nature of heat – via the telegraph equation
When a train approaches or an ambulance with its siren blaring nears us, we hear the sound with an increased...
HKU hosts “Beyond Moore’s Law: Frontier of Intelligent Hardware and Information Systems” symposium
Organised by HKU and sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange...
Sexual parasitism helped anglerfish invade the deep sea during a time of global warming
Members of the vertebrate group including anglerfishes are unique in possessing a characteristic known as sexual parasitism, in which males...
Continuing study: Tel Aviv University researchers identify the pathogen causing sea urchin mass mortalities in the Red Sea; The epidemic has spread to the Indian Ocean possess an eminent threat to coral reefs
Embargoed until Thursday, May 23rd at 11AM (Israel time)Credit: Jean-Pascal Quod Embargoed until Thursday, May 23rd at 11AM (Israel time)...
Young girls most sensitive to PFAS “forever chemicals” found in Australian vegetables
Researchers have revealed the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in vegetables from Sydney and Newcastle in Australia. The...
Greater Bay Area Science Forum – Hong Kong Forum concludes at HKU
Professor Xiang Zhang, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKU, delivered the welcome remarks, “The Greater Bay Area, including Hong Kong, Guangzhou,...
SLAS Technology presents: Advances in Synthetic Biology
Oak Brook, IL – Volume 29, Issue 2 of SLAS Technology, includes three original research articles covering skin cutaneous melanoma,...
Urban gardening may improve human health – Research subjects benefitted from microbial exposure that boosts the immune system
A one-month indoor gardening period increased the bacterial diversity of the skin and was associated with higher levels of anti-inflammatory...
Researchers advocate for structured framework to study the benefits of exercise training in multiple sclerosis rehabilitation
East Hanover, NJ – May 22, 2024 – A team of experts in multiple sclerosis (MS) research recommends a structured...
Unlocking complex sulfur molecules: a novel approach for synthesis of functionalized benzenethiol equivalents
Organosulfur compounds, organic compounds containing sulfur, are vital in biological processes and research fields like pharmaceuticals, biomedical imaging, agriculture, and...
New discoveries about the nature of light could improve methods for heating fusion plasma
Both literally and figuratively, light pervades the world. It banishes darkness, conveys telecommunications signals between continents and makes visible the...
Producing novel liquid crystals by stacking antiaromatic units
In organic chemistry, π-stacking systems are supramolecular structures that arise due to the dispersion force, a type of intermolecular noncovalent...
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