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“I know this song!” Evolutionary keys to musical perception
How do we perceive music and sounds? This question is the basis of the research by the Language and Comparative...
New study examining women’s breast density knowledge suggests opportunities for improvement
LEBANON, NH – Breast density is one factor in assessing a person’s risk of developing breast cancer. Existing state breast...
How scientists summarized the progress of the cathode materials towards bromine-based flow batteries?
The increasingly severe energy crisis and environmental problems lead to the rapid development of renewable energies and their higher proportion...
2022 IVI-SK bioscience Park MahnHoon Award Ceremony honors Dr. Tore Godal, Profs. Drew Weissman & Katalin Karikó
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) hosted the 2022 Award Ceremony of the IVI-SK bioscience Park MahnHoon Award today, honoring Dr....
Where the mind is without fear: Scientists discover mechanism behind the chemically induced suppression of fearful memories
Tragic events like wars, famines, earthquakes, and accidents create fearful memories in our brain. These memories continue to haunt us...
Lehigh-led interdisciplinary research team wins prestigious $7.5 million DOD award
An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Keith Moored, associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh, has been awarded $7.5...
Newly discovered protein in fungus bypasses plant defenses
Pullman, Wash., April 25, 2022—A protein that allows the fungus which causes white mold stem rot in more than 600...
Study quantifies metal supplies needed to reach EU’s climate neutrality goal
Meeting the European Union’s Green Deal goal of climate neutrality by 2050 will require 35 times more lithium and 7...
Infants preferentially perceive faces in the upper visual field
It has previously been reported that the human visual system has an asymmetry in the visual field. For example, humans...
New miniature heart could help speed heart disease cures
There’s no safe way to get a close-up view of the human heart as it goes about its work: you...
nTIDE March 2022 COVID Update: Job data show more people with disabilities are looking for work
East Hanover, NJ. April 22, 2022. Unemployment rose for people with disabilities in March, indicating that more people with disabilities...
Rice trains postdocs for nano-cancer future
HOUSTON – (April 22, 2022) – Nanotechnology is increasingly important to the development of treatments for cancer. But to succeed, clinicians...
WVU student selected to present Alzheimer’s research to members of Congress
Eyes are often said to be windows to the soul; however, for one West Virginia University student, they are windows to the...
Breakthrough in estimating fossil fuel CO2 emissions
A team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made a major breakthrough in detecting changes...
Carbon Collect unveils MechanicalTree™ in partnership with Arizona State University
In a major innovation in the fight against climate change, Carbon Collect Ltd. has developed a MechanicalTree™ which is primed to become a...
A roadmap for deepening understanding of a puzzling universal process
A puzzling process called magnetic reconnection triggers explosive phenomena throughout the universe, creating solar flares and space storms that can...
UCI scientists turn a hydrogen molecule into a quantum sensor
Irvine, Calif., April 22, 2022 — Physicists at the University of California, Irvine have demonstrated the use of a hydrogen...
Aston University and Invibio unlock barriers to more advanced fracture fixation devices
Credit: Aston University and Invibio The knowledge transfer partnership developed robust data evaluation procedures to encourage use of Invibio’s composite...
The physics of a singing saw
The eerie, ethereal sound of the singing saw has been a part of folk music traditions around the globe, from...
Cancer: Sialylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor modulates cell mechanics and enhances invasion
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For more than two decades, University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Susan Bellis, Ph.D., has studied how...
