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Exploring new futures in space: a revolutionary integration of neuroscience, quantum physics, and space exploration
February 8, 2024, Mountain View, CA — The SETI Institute, leading humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of...
New process allows full recovery of starting materials from tough polymer composites
In a win for chemistry, inventors at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed a closed-loop path...
This common medication could save half a million children’s lives each year. So why is it underprescribed?
Health care providers in developing countries know that oral rehydration salts (ORS) are a lifesaving and inexpensive treatment for diarrheal...
Foul fumes pose pollinator problems
Link to Google Drive folder containing images and videos with caption and credit information: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KMo7RucC9LCg90iQH3obxutfmA79jNQv?usp=sharingCredit: Jeremy Chan/University of Washington Link to...
Texas A&M researchers studying reproductive abnormalities that cause sterility in horses
Researchers at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have received a $640,000 grant from the...
Advancing precision diagnostics at the patient point-of-care
Advancing precision diagnostics at the patient point-of-careCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Advancing precision diagnostics at the patient point-of-care Novel...
An innovative eight-phase methodology for analyzing microplastics in soil ecosystem
In today’s world, plastics find extensive usage, owing to their favorable properties and affordable costs. The widespread use of these...
SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern named AIAA Fellow
SAN ANTONIO — February 8, 2024 —Dr. Alan Stern, a planetary scientist and associate vice president of Southwest Research Institute’s...
NTU Singapore scientists develop artificial ‘worm gut’ to break down plastics
A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed an artificial ‘worm gut’ to break down...
How nearly identical RNA helicases drive “mRNA export” via distinct protein complex pathways
Genetic expression, often leading to protein synthesis, requires a complex coordination of molecular machinery across several stages. A vital step...
The Galapagos comes to life in new RIT Press book
Natural scientist and author Robert Rothman takes readers on a reptillian tour of the Galápagos Islands in his new book,...
Fusion research facility JET’s final tritium experiments yield new energy record
GARCHING and OXFORD (8 February 2024) – Credit: © United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, courtesy of EUROfusion GARCHING and OXFORD...
A new “metal swap” method for creating lateral heterostructures of 2D materials
Electronically conducting two-dimensional (2D) materials are currently hot topics of research in both physics and chemistry owing to their unique...
Breaking through barriers
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) overcome scientific roadblocks and develop a model to assess the biology of...
Faulty DNA disposal system causes inflammation
LA JOLLA (February 8, 2024)—Cells in the human body contain power-generating mitochondria, each with their own mtDNA—a unique set of...
Wayne State University awarded $1.4 million from Department of Defense to expand on research findings surrounding prostate cancer
DETROIT– A team of researchers from Wayne State University was awarded a $1.4 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department...
University of Houston researcher part of $5 million DOD grant to support defense manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $5 million grant to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)-led...
The Medical University of South Carolina will be one of four sites exploring the genetic basis of Parkinson’s disease in the Black community
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research has chosen MUSC as one of four sites for the Black and...
UK austerity politics correlated with increased frailty in the oldest adults
The period of austerity politics from 2012 to 2018 was associated with steeper increases in frailty with age compared to...
More biodiverse nature landscapes may better buffer against stress – but only if you notice the difference, per experiment using videos of urban woodland
More biodiverse nature landscapes may better buffer against stress - but only if you notice the difference, per experiment using...
