Chemistry
As sea ice retreats, narwhals are changing their migration patterns
Narwhals are changing their migration patterns in response to pressure from changing Arctic climates, a new UBC report has found.Credit:...
SwRI improves corrosion-detecting technology that detects leaks in pipes before they occur
SAN ANTONIO — Oct. 25, 2022 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has created the next generation of transducers that use...
TanSat’s first attempt to detect human-caused CO2 is successful
An international research team has analyzed measurements from the TanSat mission and the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor mission to identify carbon...
Novel insecticides are bad news for bee health and their guts
Insecticides containing flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor can have devastating effects on honey bee health. The substances damage the insects' intestinal flora,...
Common, usually harmless group of bacteria associated with higher death rates in kidney patients
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 25, 2022) – A big group of bacteria found in our soil, our water and our showerheads...
MSU research: Understanding testosterone’s role in depression
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Major depressive disorder affects women twice as often as men, but researchers are still trying to identify...
Balancing risk and reward in planetary exploration
NASA's Mars rovers strive for groundbreaking scientific discoveries as they traverse the Martian landscape. At the same time, the crews...
Laying geological groundwork for life on Earth
New research analyzing pieces of the most ancient rocks on the planet adds some of the sharpest evidence yet that...
Study looks inside the brain during sleep to show how memory is stored
EVANSTON, Ill. --- A new study looks deep inside the brain, where previous learning was reactivated during sleep, resulting in...
The environmental footprint of food
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — In an age of industrialized farming and complex supply chains, the true environmental pressures of our...
Using carbon-carbon clumping to detect the signature of biotic hydrocarbons
An important signature of life is the existence of organic molecules that have originated from biological processes. The most common...
To break new ground with frequency combs, a NIST innovation plays with the beat
An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with...
Scientists map water in molecular crystals, aiding drug development
Molecular crystals—the building blocks that make up many drugs and other products—sometimes take on water molecules, which can alter the...
Creating carbon nanostructures using small organic molecules
Small structures made out of carbons are a useful and versatile tool that can be used across industries, including water...
Even good gene edits can go bad
HOUSTON – (Oct. 24, 2022) – A Rice University lab is leading the effort to reveal potential threats to the...
New study identifies unique type of microglia associated with stroke in the I/R injured brain
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has identified a new type of microglia associated with stroke in the ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)...
Nearly ½ of parents have leftover prescription medications at home
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Professor Erminia Calabrese awarded Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize
Professor Erminia Calabrese, from Cardiff University’s School of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the 2022 Institute of Physics Fred...
New study finds ways to improve light absorption in perovskite/si tandem solar cells
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has succeeded in achieving a power conversion efficiency (PEC) of 23.50% in a perovskite-silicon tandem solar...
$7.5 million grant helps MU redevelop training videos for childhood care providers and professionals
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Each year, roughly 35,000 child care providers and educators across Missouri are required to take training courses...
