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DOE backs Rice physicists’ collaboration
HOUSTON – (June 27, 2022) – Two Rice University nuclear physicists have received Department of Energy backing to continue their research...
Single-atom tractor beams power chemical catalysis
By trapping light into tiny gaps only a few atoms wide, a team from the NanoPhotonics Centre has magnified optical...
Structural racism drives higher COVID-19 death rates in Louisiana, study finds
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND–Disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality rates among Black populations in Louisiana parishes are the result of longstanding health vulnerabilities...
Top predators could ‘trap’ themselves trying to adapt to climate change, study shows
Link to Google Drive folder containing images:Credit: Bobby-Jo Vial Link to Google Drive folder containing images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U7acqtX0fuqAHq45YPxTSKXbZAaD6Xlh?usp=sharing As climate change...
Fossils in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ may be more than a million years older than previously thought
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind”...
Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit 1 million years older than previously thought
Fossils found at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa reveal nearly four million years of hominin and environmental evolution. Since...
Long-term liquid water also on non-Earth-like planets?
Liquid water is an important prerequisite for life to develop on a planet. As researchers from the University of Bern,...
New genetic associations in pediatric NAFLD affect both risk and severity
In a pair of overlapping studies, a diverse team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego...
Oxytocin spreads cooperation in social networks
Administering oxytocin to the central members of a social network spreads cooperation via increased punishment of uncooperative behavior, according to...
Rensselaer researchers receive $3.5 million grant for development of COVID antiviral drug
TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers Gaetano Montelione and Christopher Cioffi will use a five-year, $3.5 million grant from...
Making dark semiconductors shine
Whether or not a solid can emit light, for instance as a light-emitting diode (LED), depends on the energy levels...
Virus discovery offers clues about origins of complex life
The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has...
What sea cucumbers can teach us about self-defence
Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes...
nTIDE May 2022 COVID Update: Uncertainty about inflation tempers good news for people with disabilities
East Hanover, NJ. June 27, 2022. Unemployment declined again in May for people with disabilities, while people without disabilities saw...
Discovered epigenetic alterations associated with the COVID-19 related severe inflammatory syndrome in childhood
June 27th, 2022. Researchers from the Cancer Epigenetics group led by Dr. Manel Esteller at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research...
Researchers extend quantum amplification to floquet systems
Detection of weak signals is a crucial step in the verification of physics hypothesis and making breakthroughs in cutting-edge and...
Research finds that Google searches may be a predictor of domestic violence
When the COVID pandemic broke out and Italy experienced a strict lockdown, news stories started reporting anecdotal evidence about women...
Supernumerary virtual robotic arms can feel like part of our body
Research teams at the University of Tokyo, Keio University and Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan have developed a virtual...
Message received: Scientists identify the molecular mechanisms behind learning and memory, may open door to new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer’s disease
Acetylcholine (ACh) is a neuromodulator with a central role in aversive learning—rapid conditioning to unpleasant smell, taste, or touch. These...
Observing different mating tactics in the Japanese scorpionfly
Owing to the high competition and the prevalence of natural selection, many male insects must develop alternative tactics to mate...
