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US Clean Air Act associated with increased average lifetime earnings of $21,400
Early exposure to airborne lead has long-term outcomes on employment, disability and lifetime earnings, and the passage of the US...
Predicting the fate of shallow coastal ecosystems for the year 2100
A new study of shallow-water ecosystems estimates that, by 2100, climate change and coastal land usage could result in significant...
Casas del Turuñuelo, a site of repeated animal sacrifice in Iron Age Spain
The Iron Age site of Casas del Turuñuelo was used repeatedly for ritualized animal sacrifice, according to a multidisciplinary study...
AI for perovskite solar cells: Key to better manufacturing
Perovskite tandem solar cells combine a perovskite solar cell with a conventional solar cell, for example based on silicon. These...
UTA, DOE lab partner to prove new atomic cooling techniques
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded associate professor of physics Benjamin Jones a $540,000 grant to initiate a new...
Novel machine learning model for molecular simulation under external field
Prof. JIANG Bin’s research team at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) developed a universal field-induced recursively...
Testing the limits of AlphaFold2’s accuracy in predicting protein structure
Researchers from the Center for Soft and Living Matter within the Institute for Basic Science (South Korea), recently explored the...
Understanding the strength development mechanism of chemically treated sandy soil
Chemical injection is a process that enhances sand strength and its water-sealing capacity, making sandy soil suitable for various applications...
Lowering a form of brain cholesterol reduces Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice
In Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, cognitive decline is driven by the overaccumulation of a normal brain protein known as...
First experimental evidence of hopfions in crystals opens up new dimension for future technology
Hopfions, magnetic spin structures predicted decades ago, have become a hot and challenging research topic in recent years. In a...
A Special Collection collaboration between SLAS and SBI2
Oak Brook, IL – The latest issue of SLAS Discovery is a joint Special Collection between SLAS and the Society...
A new diagnostic tool to identify and treat pathological social withdrawal, Hikikomori
Fukuoka, Japan—Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a new tool to help clinicians and researchers assess individuals for pathological social...
This sea worm’s butt swims away, and now scientists know how
A research team, led by Professor Toru Miura from the University of Tokyo, shows how the expression of developmental genes...
Anti-rheumatic drugs could prevent thyroid disease
Anti-rheumatic drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis might prevent the development of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a new observational study...
Skunks’ warning stripes less prominent where predators are sparse, study finds
Striped skunks are less likely to evolve with their famous and white markings where the threat of predation from mammals...
Nuclear physics traineeship program offers launchpad for research careers
Associate Professor of physics Benjamin Jones has received a $341,571 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue his successful...
Unearthing how a carnivorous fungus traps and digests worms
A new analysis sheds light on the molecular processes involved when a carnivorous species of fungus known as Arthrobotrys oligospora...
Most-cited scientists: still mostly men, but the gender gap is closing
An analysis of 5.8 million authors across all scientific disciplines shows that the gender gap is closing, but there is...
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in Germany would improve population health and save money
In Germany, taxing sugar-sweetened beverages could prevent or postpone cases of type 2 diabetes, extend healthy lifespans and save up...
New study shows swapping pulses for common proteins and grains improves American diet
MOSCOW, Idaho (November 21, 2023): A recently published study in Nutrients, an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal, demonstrates that exchanging pulses...
