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NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite reveals shape, depth of Antarctic ice shelf fractures
Credit: Shujie Wang, Penn State When a block of ice the size of Houston, Texas, broke off from East Antarctica's...
Preventive Medicine publishes special issue focused on eliminating cervical cancer
Moffitt Cancer Center's Dr. Anna Giuliano one of two guest editors for the issueCredit: Moffitt Cancer Center Cervical cancer is...
A world without cervical cancer: Preventive Medicine publishes special issue to further global efforts to eliminate deadly disease
More than 100 scientists provide guidance towards meeting WHO global strategy of eliminating cervical cancer by 2030Credit: Moffitt Cancer Center...
Female gannets go the extra mile to feed chicks
Credit: Dr Bethany Clark Female gannets travel further than male gannets to find fish for their chicks in some years...
Volcanoes might light up the night sky of this planet
Credit: © Universität Bern / University of Bern, Illustration: Thibaut Roger On Earth, plate tectonics is not only responsible for...
First wearable device can monitor jaundice-causing bilirubin and vitals in newborns
Credit: Yokohama National University Researchers in Japan have developed the first wearable devices to precisely monitor jaundice, a yellowing of...
SARS-CoV-2 mutations can complicate immune surveillance of human T-killer cells
Credit: © Laura Alvarez / CeMM The body's immune response plays a crucial role in the course of a SARS-CoV-2...
The (robotic) doctor will see you now
Study finds patients are receptive to interacting with robots designed to evaluate symptoms in a contact-free wayCredit: MIT/Brigham and Women's...
From perceptrons to deep learning
An analogue method to mastering the digitalCredit: World Scientific Have you ever wondered if it's possible to learn all there...
Collagen plays protective role during pancreatic cancer development
Findings suggest the protein helps slow tumor progression, pointing to new cancer therapeutic strategiesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON --...
Zinc oxide: key component for the methanol synthesis reaction over copper catalysts
A team of researchers around the Fritz Haber Institute have found out that the important industrial process of methanol production...
Determination of glycine transporter opens new avenues in development of psychiatric drugs
Credit: Azadeh Shahsavar Glycine can stimulate or inhibit neurons in the brain, thereby controlling complex functions. Unraveling the three-dimensional structure...
This frog has lungs that act like noise-canceling headphones, study shows
Credit: Norman Lee To succeed in mating, many male frogs sit in one place and call to their potential mates....
Magnetic whirls in confined spaces
Mobility of skyrmions in geometric structures depends on their arrangementCredit: ill./©: Jan Rothörl and Chengkun Song In a close collaboration...
Sea butterflies already struggle in acidifying Southern Ocean
Credit: Credits: Lisette Mekkes & Katja Peijnenburg, Naturalis. The oceans are becoming more acidic because of the rapid release of...
Metallic state of Ag nanoclusters in oxidative dispersion identified in situ
Credit: DICP Oxidative dispersion has been widely used in the regeneration of sintered metal catalysts as well as the fabrication...
Asian century fades as the region grapples with social, political, and economic headwinds
A new book challenges conventional thinking about AsiaCredit: World Scientific In Has Asia Lost It? Dynamic Past, Turbulent Future well-known...
Could catnip become the new DEET?
The common plant shows promise as a new natural insect repellentCredit: Gallio lab / Northwestern New collaborative research from Northwestern...
Protein discovery could help enable eco-friendly fungicides
Findings explain how plants use RNA to defend against fungal invadersCredit: Nicole Ward Gauthier/University of Kentucky New research reveals an...
WOX9: A jack of all trades
Credit: Hendelman/Lippman lab/CSHL, 2021 Over evolutionary time scales, a single gene may acquire different roles in diverging species. However, revealing...
