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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,...
Staying hip to orthopedic advances: Comparing traditional and new hip replacement stems
Osaka, Japan — Needing a hip replacement is unfortunate, but even more unfortunate is to need to do it again.Credit:...
Quantitative Biology journal features groundbreaking perspectives on large cellular models
In a landmark move to advance the frontiers of artificial intelligence, the Quantitative Biology (QB) journal has published a comprehensive commentary...
Could smart guide RNAs usher in an era of personalized medicine?
Guides typically assist tourists with directions, but the experience could be greatly enhanced if they offered personalized services tailored to...
Pandemic lockdown exacerbated ongoing declines in continuity of care within English general practices
Background and Goal: Longitudinal continuity of care is the repeated contact between an individual and the same general practitioner (GP)....
July/August Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
Original ResearchCredit: Annals of Family Medicine Original Research Structural Racism and Inconsistent Hospital Policies Result in Health Care Professionals Disproportionately...
Structural racism and inconsistent hospital policies result in health care professionals disproportionately testing black newborns for prenatal drug exposure
Background and Goal: Black birthing parents and their newborns disproportionately experience newborn drug testing for prenatal substance exposure by health...
Using forest resources strengthens food security, study finds
Forests can reduce hunger in rural households while also capturing carbon and advancing sustainability goals for low- and middle-income countries,...
Astrophysicists uncover supermassive blackhole/dark matter connection in solving the ‘final parsec problem’
Researchers have found a link between some of the largest and smallest objects in the cosmos: supermassive black holes and...
