Chemistry
The global map of aridity
Precipitation alone does not properly characterize vegetation water stresses. Indeed, water needs of plants or crops to maintain their physiological...
Journal of Food Protection is moving to Elsevier and will convert to full open access
London, August 4, 2022 – The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), a leading organization of food scientists and food...
More wheat for global food security
In terms of cultivated cropland, wheat is one of the most important grain varieties and plays a significant role as...
Low pressure, high stakes: UNLV physicists make major gains in race for room-temperature superconductivity
Less than two years after shocking the science world with the discovery of a material capable of room-temperature superconductivity, a...
Air pollution and stress alter brain development and social behavior in male mice
DURHAM, NC – Naval oceanographer Carina Block had a hunch that the jet exhaust fumes she and her fellow female...
Manipulating memories to help treat brain illness
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) is hosting a free webinar, “Manipulating Memories to Help Treat Brain Illness” on...
New patent-pending method mass-produces antitumor cells to treat blood diseases and cancer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University chemical engineer has improved upon traditional methods to produce off-the-shelf human immune cells...
After breakups, people feel less in-control – but only at first
A new analysis of people who underwent different types of relationship loss found that these experiences were linked with different...
Gesture-based communication techniques may ease video meeting challenges
Researchers have developed and demonstrated the potential benefit of a simple set of physical gestures that participants in online group...
Machine learning enables optimal design of anti-biofouling polymer brush films
Polymer brush films consists of monomer chains grown in close proximity on a substrate. The monomers, which look like “bristles”...
New technology can help combat climate crisis
Scientists have created a novel technology that can help to tackle climate change and address the global energy crisis.Credit: N/A...
Explosive neutron star merger captured for first time in millimeter light
For the first time, scientists have recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron...
EHR interventions for contrast media shortage impact CT utilization
Leesburg, VA, August 3, 2022—According to an open-access article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), electronic health record (EHR)...
Vitamin K prevents cell death: a new function for a long-known molecule
A team of researchers located at Helmholtz Munich reports on a novel function of vitamin K, which is generally known...
Newly identified compound binds to Shiga toxin to reduce its toxicity
A strain of E. coli bacteria called enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) is known to cause several gastrointestinal disorders, which include bloody diarrhea...
Anthroponumbers.org compiles data about human-environment interactions into one website
Countless studies have sought to quantify various aspects of human impacts on the planet, but sorting through that data to...
Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022, 18-23 September 2022: First media announcement
The 2022 Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) will take place at the Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain, from 18-23 September...
Out with a bang: Explosive neutron star merger captured for the first time in millimeter light
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)— an international observatory co-operated by the US National Science Foundation’s National Radio...
Rapid, at-home prototype saliva test that’s as good as RT-PCR
At-home COVID-19 tests have become an easy way to self-diagnose. But current tests have drawbacks, such as the length of...
When particles move
Landslides are one striking example of erosion. When the bonds that hold particles of dirt and rock together are overwhelmed...
