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UNIST, DGIST, and POSTECH consortium selected for 2023 ITRC Project in ‘Quantum ICT’ sector!
The consortium, comprising of UNIST, DGIST, and POSTECH has been chosen for the esteemed 2023 University ICT Research Center Project (ITRC) by the...
Majority rule in complex mixtures
The very first life on earth is thought to have developed from “protocells” – liquid mixtures of many different types...
Solving stickiness sustainably
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Glue holds the world together. Without adhesives, much of modern human civilization — including our cellphones,...
Using lasers to choose and export single-cell cultures: An efficient upgrade to static droplet array tool
Static droplet array (SDA) is a necessary and integral tool when it comes to high-capacity screening tests, or assays, for...
One of the oldest land plant lineages, clubmosses (Selaginella) are re-classified
Clubmosses (Selaginella sensu lato) emerged over 383 million years ago in the Devonian Period, predating dinosaurs. These ancient vascular plants...
A novel method to obtain acetone more simply, safely and cheaply
Acetone is an essential chemical industry input and is used in the manufacturing of a wide array of products, such...
Rise in global thunderstorm activity might increase the quantity of wispy cirrus clouds – accelerating global warming
A new study has found a significant statistical correlation between thunderstorms occurring around the world and the formation of wispy...
UTSA study: More Texas owls are testing positive for rat poisons
New research suggests that owls in Texas have high rates of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR)—blood thinning rat poisons—in their systems. Jennifer Smith,...
New species of spiny mouse discovered in rainforest
A new species of spiny mouse has been discovered in Ecuador, making it the 14th of its genus to be...
Some spiders can transfer mercury contamination to land animals, study shows
Sitting calmly in their webs, many spiders wait for prey to come to them. Arachnids along lakes and rivers eat...
ChatGPT performs as well as doctors for suggesting the most likely diagnoses in the emergency medicine department
Barcelona, Spain: The artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT performed as well as a trained doctor in suggesting likely diagnoses for patients being...
Pitt surveillance system detected infection linked to eye drops months before outbreak declared
An infectious diseases surveillance system created by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists and deployed at a UPMC hospital...
Discovery of two potential Polar Ring galaxies suggests these stunning rare clusters might be more common than previously believed.
KINGSTON, September 13, 2023 – A group of international astronomers, including researchers from Queen’s University, has identified two potential polar...
Freshwater connectivity can transport environmental DNA through the landscape
A new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B used environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to analyze fish...
Kessler Foundation receives $725,000 grant for study to accelerate functional recovery in multiple sclerosis
East Hanover, NJ – September 12, 2023 – Carly Wender, PhD, associate research scientist in the Center for Neuropsychology and...
New imaging technique measures elasticity of multiple eye components simultaneously
The eye is a highly complex organ, composed of intricate structures combining several types of specialized tissues. Under normal conditions,...
Developing bottom drifters to better understand the stranding locations of cold-stunned sea turtles in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts
Scientists from the University of Rhode Island and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center have made significant progress in understanding the...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press announces the publication of Inside Science by Benjamin Lewin
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL Press), a publisher of scientific books, journals, and electronic media, today announced the publication...
Contributions to white matter injury in Alzheimer’s disease
“The molecular mechanisms that mediate enhanced dysfunction of white matter parenchymal arterioles when vascular dysfunction and ADNC coincide remain elusive.”Credit:...
Accelerating knowledge exchange in biodiversity genomics and bioinformatics
Since its inception in 2021, the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), has made significant gains towards its ambitious goal of sequencing...
