Chemistry
Fighting fungal infections with metals
Each year, more than one billion people contract a fungal infection. Although they are harmless to most people, over 1.5...
Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement 2022 awarded to the ‘Planets In Your Hand’ Tactile Exhibition
The 2022 Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement has been awarded to Dr Kosmas Gazeas and the team behind the ‘Planets...
The Ministry of Economy signs agreement to support teaching and research in HPC/HPDA/AI
The University plans to launch a 120 ECTS Master's degree within the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, and is...
Planetary-scale ‘heat wave’ discovered in Jupiter’s atmosphere
An unexpected ‘heat wave’ of 700 degrees Celsius, extending 130,000 kilometres (10 Earth diameters) in Jupiter’s atmosphere, has been discovered....
Scientists reveal the different effects on storm tracks between the upper- and lower-level eddy growth over the North Pacific
A well-known phenomenon in the atmospheric sciences that challenges the classical baroclinic instability theory of cyclone development is midwinter suppression....
Brain found to simultaneously process linguistic and extralinguistic information
An international team of scientists from the UK, Spain, Denmark and Russia (including researchers from the HSE Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience)...
Will climate-change-driven temporal variation in precipitation affect crop yields and reactive nitrogen losses?
Climate change (e.g., global warming) is intensifying the global water cycle and the temporal variation of precipitation has increased significantly....
Understanding the dynamics of workplace violence can improve employee health and safety
Toronto – Workplace violence is a pervasive problem with tremendous costs for individuals, organizations, and society. A new study published...
Deepest scientific ocean drilling sheds light on Japan’s next great earthquake
Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s...
Researchers have used beams of muons to analyze the elemental composition of Asteroid Ryugu samples
Stone samples brought back to Earth from asteroid Ryugu have had their elemental composition analyzed using an artificially generated muon...
Climate change is making lakes less blue
American Geophysical Union 22 September 2022 AGU Release No. 22-56 For Immediate Release Credit: AGU/Geophysical Research Letters American Geophysical Union 22...
Researchers uncover how to 3D-print one of the strongest stainless steels
For airliners, cargo ships, nuclear power plants and other critical technologies, strength and durability are essential. This is why many...
COVID-19 infections increase risk of long-term brain problems
If you’ve had COVID-19, it may still be messing with your brain. Those who have been infected with the virus...
Scientists have found a potential basis for a cure for coronavirus
Researchers found out that salen is able effectively bind a number of proteins of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Scientists used the...
Anthropogenic air pollution impacts health and climate in the Middle East
Desert dust was assumed to be the primary contributor to elevated air pollution across the Middle East. Now, an international...
UCLA scientists awarded $10 million by NIH to study developing brain
Two scientists at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have been awarded nearly $10 million from the National...
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology researchers design durable organic semiconductor photocathodes with metal foil encapsulation
Hydrogen is emerging as a popular eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuel resources owing to its carbon-neutral combustion products (water, electricity,...
Upgrading your computer to quantum
Tokyo, Japan – Computers that can make use of the “spooky” properties of quantum mechanics to solve problems faster than...
Global consortium study, supported by the Alzheimer’s Association, aims to shed light on viruses’ impact on the brain
SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 22, 2022) — Debra Gutierrez of Von Ormy, Texas, near San Antonio has been an active person...
Artificial intelligence tools quickly detect signs of injection drug use in patients’ health records
FINDINGSCredit: Wikimedia Commons FINDINGS An automated process that combines natural language processing and machine learning identified people who inject drugs...
