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Russian scientists engineering an ‘Arctic bus’ for safe trips around the far North
Credit: SUSU A motor bus, which will allow to travel around the Far North in any conditions, as well as...
Navigating the squircle
Hippocampal maps predict context-dependent behaviorCredit: MPI CBS Successful navigation requires the ability to separate memories in a context-dependent manner. For...
Why are there superspreaders?
Scientists are analyzing the development and bursting of infectious aerosols in tissue cultivationsCredit: Dr. Patricia Pfeiffer, Dr. Fabian Reuter/ Uni...
World’s first fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics
Credit: Dr Salvatore La Cavera Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be...
Cary Institute’s Steward Pickett elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Prestigious honor recognizes Pickett's contributions advancing the field of ecologyCredit: Cary Photo Archive (Millbrook, NY) Steward T.A. Pickett, a Distinguished...
New view of species interactions offers clues to preserve threatened ecosystems
Analysis reveals complex forest connections that underscore diversity's role in protecting ecosystem healthCredit: Christopher Wills, UC San Diego As the...
Researchers develop chip that improves testing and tracing for COVID-19
Credit: University of New Mexico Jeremy Edwards, director of the Computational Genomics and Technology (CGaT) Laboratory at The University of...
The novel coronavirus’ spike protein plays additional key role in illness
Salk researchers and collaborators show how the protein damages cells, confirming COVID-19 as a primarily vascular diseaseCredit: Salk Institute LA...
2020 Chicago Region Tree Census details benefits, concerns
Research will guide tree planting and care for under-resourced communitiesCredit: The Morton Arboretum LISLE, Ill (April 30, 2021)--Trees provide more...
Care teams differ for Black, white surgical patients in the same hospitals
Could the makeup of medical teams help explain why Black patients are more likely than white patients to die after...
Dalian coherent light source reveals oxygen production from three-body photodissociation of water
Credit: DICP The provenance of oxygen on Earth and other solar planetary bodies is a fundamental issue. It is widely...
New brain-like computing device simulates human learning
Like Pavlov's dog, device can be conditioned to learn by associationCredit: Northwestern University Researchers have developed a brain-like computing device...
Northern forest fires could accelerate climate change
BU researchers used NASA satellite imaging data to analyze 30 years of Earth's northern forests and found that fires are...
Small galaxies likely played important role in evolution of the Universe
Researchers find first-ever galaxy observed in a 'blow-away' stateCredit: Credit: Podevin, J.f., 2006 A new study led by University of...
Open-source GPU technology for supercomputers
Researchers navigate advantages and disadvantagesCredit: Vladimir Stegailov Researchers from the HSE International Laboratory for Supercomputer Atomistic Modelling and Multi-scale Analysis,...
International organization honors renowned Rutgers microbiologist
Martin J. Blaser, MD, recognized for career-long focus on the microbiome's effect on human healthCredit: Roy Groething Martin J. Blaser,...
Discarded ostrich shells provide timeline for our early African ancestors
Uranium-series dating shows South African midden is world's oldestCredit: Image courtesy of E. Niespolo. Archeologists have learned a lot about...
An OU-led study sheds new insight on forest loss and degradation in Brazilian Amazon
Credit: Xiangming Xiao An international team led by Xiangming Xiao, George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the Department of Microbiology...
Vision for ultra-precision ag: Machine learning, plant sensing, robots tending crops
Credit: Photo by Ashlyn Rairdin and courtesy of Soumik Sarkar/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - A gardener hoping for a...
Pop those ‘BPA-free’ drinking bottles into the dishwasher before using them
University of Cincinnati researchers find some water bottles thought to be safe actually have transient BPA releaseCredit: University of Cincinnati...