Chemistry
Long-term physical and mental health outcomes after COVID-19 occur in all ages
Following COVID-19 infection, there is significant new onset morbidity in children, adolescents and adults across 13 distinct diagnosis and symptom...
Chinese incursions into India are increasing, strategically planned
EVANSTON, Ill. — Chinese incursions across India’s west and central borders are not independent, random incidents that happen by mistake....
How to study ‘big’ molecules without breaking them apart
NORMAN, OKLA. – Just like seeing the forest through the trees, studying a whole, intact molecule has incredible scientific benefit but...
A dual boost for optical delay scanning
Ultrafast laser technology has enabled a trove of methods for precision measurements. These include in particular a broad class of...
For autonomous cars, a new laser beam steering device
A University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering professor is leading a project that will explore an optical laser beam...
New MIT Sloan research on identity cues in social media shows it’s not just what is said but who says it that matters
One of the first and most controversial policy changes Elon Musk proposed after taking the helm at Twitter last week,...
Previously unseen processes reveal path to better rechargeable battery performance
To design better rechargeable ion batteries, engineers and chemists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign collaborated to combine a powerful...
Using monsoons of the past to predict climate conditions of the future
The North American southwest has been suffering through weather extremes in recent years ranging from searing heatwaves and scorching wildfires...
Even in states with strong stock albuterol laws, school administrators fear liability
LOUISVILLE, KY (November 10, 2022) – Although asthma is one of the most common respiratory conditions for children, kids don’t...
Navigating urban spaces: Indoor & outdoor wayfinding technology for vision-impaired people
Navigating an unfamiliar place is uniquely challenging for people with disabilities. People with blindness, deafblindness, visual impairment or low vision,...
Earth-sun distance dramatically alters seasons in the equatorial Pacific in a 22,000-year cycle
Weather and climate modelers understand pretty well how seasonal winds and ocean currents affect El Niño patterns in the eastern...
How squid and octopus get their big brains
Cephalopods — which includes octopus, squid, and their cuttlefish cousins — are capable of some truly charismatic behaviors. They can...
Nazi propaganda from 1927–1945 reveals role of dehumanization of Jews in the Holocaust
A linguistic analysis of Nazi propaganda suggests that dehumanization of Jews shifted over time, with propaganda after the onset of...
In study of almost 20,000 sub-Saharan adolescents, loneliness, hunger, anxiety and substance use were associated with suicidal ideation, while having peer and parental support were associated with a decreased likelihood
In study of almost 20,000 sub-Saharan adolescents, loneliness, hunger, anxiety and substance use were associated with suicidal ideation, while having...
U.S. political partisanship affects first impressions of faces
In an experimental study, participants’ first impressions of photos of strangers’ faces were strongly influenced by disclosure of the stranger’s...
Truly chiral phonons observed in three-dimensional materials for the first time
Chirality is the breaking of reflection and inversion symmetries. Simply put, it is when an object’s mirror images cannot be...
The future of digital olfaction is today!
The 7th Annual Meeting of the Digital Olfaction Society (DOS) will take place on November 29-30 at Tokyo, Japan, and...
Ice loss from Northeastern Greenland significantly underestimated
Ice is continuously streaming off Greenland's melting glaciers at an accelerating rate, dramatically increasing global sea levels. New results published...
Long-term memory in temperature series: the “forgetfulness” of state-of-the-art climate models in equatorial and coastal regions
General circulation models play an important role in researching and predicting climate change, and so assessing their performance as they...
Fertilizers limit pollination by changing how bumblebees sense flowers
Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilisers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes...
