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Eyes for Love: Searching for light and a mate in the deep, dark sea, male dragonfishes grow larger eyes than the females they seek
Chestnut Hill, Mass (07/24/2024) – A small but ferocious predator, the male dragonfish will apparently do anything for love. Or...
A new way to make element 116 opens the door to heavier atoms
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are credited in the discovery of 16 of...
Clinical psychologist’s book addresses largely ignored problem: social anxiety
RIVERISDE, Calif. -- We all have some social anxiety. The nervousness we might feel before giving a speech is one...
Is a gamma-ray laser possible?
Since the laser was invented in the 1960s, scientists have been working to increase lasers’ peak power and to design...
Microwave popcorn to particle accelerators: magnetrons show promise as radiofrequency source
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - A pocket-size gizmo that puts the “pop” in microwave popcorn could soon fuel particle accelerators of the future.Credit:...
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention is safe in pregnancy
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) was safe and well tolerated as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before and during pregnancy in the...
High-energy collision study reveals new insights into quark-gluon plasma
In high-energy physics, researchers have unveiled how high-energy partons lose energy in nucleus-nucleus collisions, an essential process in studying quark-gluon...
Exploratory analysis associates HIV drug abacavir with elevated cardiovascular disease risk in large global trial
WHAT: Current or previous use of the antiretroviral drug (ARV) abacavir was associated with an elevated risk of major adverse...
3D-printed microstructure forest facilitates solar steam generator desalination
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2024 — Faced with the world’s impending freshwater scarcity, a team of researchers in Singapore turned to...
Study identifies best bioenergy crops for sustainable aviation fuels by U.S. region, policy goals
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers analyzed the financial and environmental costs and benefits of four biofuels crops used to produce sustainable...
Plant Biologist Siobhan Brady named HHMI Investigator
iobhan Brady, a professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center at the University of California, Davis, has been selected as a Howard...
Next generation biosensor reveals gibberellin’s critical role in legume nitrogen-fixation – paving the way for more productive legume crops and self-fertilizing cereals
Researchers at the University of Cambridge demonstrate that the plant hormone gibberellin (GA) is essential for the formation and maturation...
Researchers led by Rice’s James Tour develop more environmentally friendly and cost-effective method for soil remediation
Rice University chemist James Tour has led a research team to develop a rapid electrothermal mineralization (REM) process, which in...
Study proposes changes to simplify legislation on Atlantic Rainforest biome and enhance conservation
A group of researchers supported by FAPESP has found that the key criteria according to which areas of Atlantic Rainforest...
New junior professorship in Earth System Science at Mainz University sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has established a new junior professorship in the field of Earth System Science, supported by...
OU enters data science collaboration agreement with South Korean university
The University of Oklahoma, through its Data Institute for Societal Challenges has signed a memorandum of understanding with the College...
Brain’s support cells contribute to Alzheimer’s disease by producing toxic peptide
Oligodendrocytes are an important source of amyloid beta (Aβ) and play a key role in promoting neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer’s...
NIH findings shed light on risks and benefits of integrating AI into medical decision-making
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that an artificial intelligence (AI) model solved medical quiz questions—designed to...
Study of urban moss raises concerns about lead levels in older Portland neighborhoods
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Lead levels in moss are as much as 600 times higher in older Portland, Oregon, neighborhoods where...
HIV vaccines tested in PrEPVacc fail to reduce infections
The results of the PrEPVacc HIV vaccine trial conducted in Eastern and Southern Africa, which ran between 2020 and 2024,...
