Chemistry
No kickee, no workee, so with a lack of mechanical boost, wetter does not mean better
Since the technological revolution, we live faster than ever before, use much more items in everyday life than we need....
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spots rocket impact site on moon
Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred March 4, with NASA's Lunar...
How intimate partner violence affects custody decisions
URBANA, Ill. – Intimate partner violence (IPV) can have significant implications for the wellbeing of mothers and children during separation...
Climate change affects the likelihood of armed conflict
Climate change influences the likelihood and duration of armed conflicts in Africa. This is the result of a study carried...
New deep learning model helps the automated screening of common eye disorders
A new deep learning (DL) model that can identify disease-related features from images of eyes has been unveiled by a...
The octopus’ brain and the human brain share the same “jumping genes”
The octopus is an exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities that are unique among invertebrates. So...
Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone
Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through the burning of quarried limestone....
Polluted land can be planted with flowers and tobacco
Zinnia (popular ornamental flowers) and tobacco adapt to copper in the soil. They accumulate heavy metal in the roots and...
Liquid biopsy detects DNA markers in advanced breast cancer within five hours
A novel, automated liquid biopsy test in development by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center can accurately detect...
Researchers reveal oxygenate-based routes in syngas conversion over oxide-zeolite bifunctional catalysts
A research team led by Prof. HOU Guangjin and Prof. BAO Xinhe from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of...
‘Travel therapy’: Could holidays help mental health and wellbeing?
Many of us will have likely heard of music therapy and art therapy — but what about ‘travel therapy’? Credit: N/A...
Study shows that getting pesticide reduction policies right is crucial for food security
The term peri-urban agriculture is generally used to describe the cultivation of plants and livestock on the fringes of large population centres. However,...
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day recognized for decades of outreach
On June 16, 1995, when the World Wide Web was young, two gamma-ray astronomers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center...
Attitudes around older motherhood too often emphasize risk and pregnancy timing, Concordia researcher says
Cdn policy papers consistently treat older #mothers as problems, highlighting (real) health risks but also presenting them as unnatural and irresponsible reproductive...
In the 2020 US House of Representatives elections, Democrats supporting the Green New Deal increased their vote share
In the 2020 U.S. House of Representatives Elections, Democrats supporting the Green New Deal increased their vote share.Credit: Joshua Sukoff,...
Despite claims, there is “no quantifiable evidence” that in-game NHL fighting deters more undesirable violence, per analysis of a decade of hockey penalties
Despite claims, there is "no quantifiable evidence" that in-game NHL fighting deters more undesirable violence, per analysis of a decade...
Uncovering links between grit and cognitive function
A new analysis of the personality trait of grit found that people who showed higher levels of grit also had...
New evidence suggests love languages are important for heterosexual relationship satisfaction
New evidence supports the idea that heterosexual relationship satisfaction is linked to fulfillment of people’s personal preferences for receiving affection...
The astrocytic urea cycle in the brain controls memory impairment in Alzheimer’s disease
The number of elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease has been rapidly rising over the past decades. For a long time,...
Sniffing out your identity with breath biometrics
Fukuoka, Japan—Biometric authentication like fingerprint and iris scans are a staple of any spy movie, and trying to circumvent those...
