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Tattoo inks don’t match the ingredients listed on the bottle
When you get a tattoo, do you know what you’re putting under your skin? According to new Binghamton University research,...
Researchers overestimate their own honesty
The average researcher thinks they are better than their colleagues at following good research practice. They also think that their...
First-in-humans discovery reveals brain chemicals at work influencing social behavior
In a study in today’s (Monday Feb. 26) Nature Human Behavior, scientists delve into the world of chemical neuromodulators in the human...
Award-winning researcher dreams of stellar explosions and strives for equity and inclusion in academia
She studies the giant explosions of dying stars and dreams of experiencing and extracting data from a supernova close to...
How did a tiny bee get to French Polynesia? Eight new species help solve a scientific mystery
In 1934, American entomologist Elwood Zimmerman, then an undergraduate student at Berkeley, participated in the ‘Mangarevan expedition’ to Polynesia. Among...
Can they hear you now? Kids increasingly exposed to noise health risks via earbuds and headphones
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – While it’s not surprising to spot teens wearing headphones and earbuds, it’s also becoming a widespread...
Scientists deliver portable total chemical analysis without pumps and tubes
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have engineered a new micro total analysis system that quantifies a target...
Scientists closer to solving mysteries of universe after measuring gravity in quantum world
Scientists are a step closer to unravelling the mysterious forces of the universe after working out how to measure gravity...
Encoding computers of the future
In our data-driven era, solving complex problems efficiently is crucial. However, traditional computers often struggle with this task when dealing...
Neurobiology: How bats distinguish different sounds
FRANKFURT. Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata) lives in the subtropical and tropical forests of Central and South America, where it...
Drop the drop
Porous materials are essential for many chemical processes, such as light harvesting, adsorption, catalysis, energy transfer and even new technologies...
Why is New Hampshire’s fisher population declining?
Fishers — also called fisher cats — are not cats, nor do they fish. But these members of the weasel...
Super strong magnetic fields leave imprint on nuclear matter
UPTON, NY—A new analysis by the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle collider at the U.S. Department...
The process wants GO, the light-switch says NO
Controlled inhibition or acceleration of catalytic transformations is highly desirable in many processes, including industrial applications. Therefore, many efforts are...
Navigating the depths: Exploration in underwater navigation using acoustic beacons
New exploration in underwater navigation, a team from the Naval University of Engineering in Wuhan, China, has created novel algorithms...
Mixed-dimensional transistors enable high-performance multifunctional electronic devices
Downscaling of electronic devices, such as transistors, has reached a plateau, posing challenges for semiconductor fabrication. However, a research team...
Biomolecular condensates – regulatory hubs for plant iron supply
Iron is a micronutrient for plants. Biologists from the Institute of Botany at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) describe in...
Almodóvar receives NIH grant to study pulmonary hypertension in HIV patients
Across the globe, more than 39 million people are living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes...
Wake-up call for us all to establish regular healthy sleeping patterns
t’s official. Getting the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep a night is currently out of reach for almost one-third of...
Using mussels and silkworm cocoons to stop organ bleeding
In recent news, there has been a case where a patient experienced pain due to a surgical procedure involving sutures,...
