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October 8, 2025

Boston College Professor of Chemistry Eranthie Weerapana

Boston College chemists named Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Distinguished Investigators

Boston College chemists Eranthie Weerapana and Abhishek Chatterjee have been named 2022 Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Distinguished Investigators, an...

TTUHSC’s Guindon earns international award for cannabinoid research

There are more than 480 naturally occurring compounds present in the cannabis plant, more than 100 of which are considered...

Experts in pharmaceutical sciences and machine learning are working to accelerate new drug formulation

University of Toronto scientists use machine learning to fast-track drug formulation development

TORONTO, January 10, 2023 – Scientists at the University of Toronto have successfully tested the use of machine learning models...

Elucidating enzyme gene expression in filamentous fungi for efficient biomass energy production

Filamentous fungi have long been a good friend of sake brewers, but they might soon also be a sidekick for...

Ani Kardashian, MD, a hepatologist with Keck Medicine of USC, is the lead author of a new study showing that fast-food consumption is linked to liver disease.

Consumption of fast food linked to liver disease

LOS ANGELES — The new year has begun, and with it, resolutions for change.Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES —...

Taking on the triple threat of identifying the best organ donor, the earliest signs of transplant rejection and a better way to stop it

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 10, 2023) – Whether a humanized mouse model that shows great promise in identifying a patient’s best...

Inferior frontal gyrus (red dot), a region of the brain’s frontal lobe that controls eating behavior

Aware or not aware: you are affected by food cues either way

Osaka, Japan – Controlling your food intake can be even more difficult than you think. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists show...

Alison Moore, MD, University of California San Diego

Cannabis-related emergency department visits among older adults on the rise

As a growing number of older adults are experimenting with cannabis to help alleviate chronic symptoms, a new University of...

$Massively parallel universal linear transformations using a wavelength-multiplexed diffractive deep neural network.$

Deep-learning-designed diffractive processor computes hundreds of transformations in parallel

In today’s digital age, computational tasks have become increasingly complex. This, in turn, has led to an exponential growth in...

Warming oceans have decimated marine parasites — but that’s not a good thing

More than a century of preserved fish specimens offer a rare glimpse into long-term trends in parasite populations. New research...

Urban lizards share genomic markers not found in forest-dwellers

Lizards living in different cities have parallel genomic markers when compared to neighboring forest lizards, according to a new study...

Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon

Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for years afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.Credit:...

A new way to monitor blood flow in the brain. The πNIRS technique could revolutionize medical diagnostics

Monitoring the proper blood supply to the brain is crucial, not only to prevent neurological diseases but also to treat...

‘Smart’ coating can be precisely applied to make fabric into protective gear

A durable copper-based coating developed by Dartmouth College researchers can be precisely integrated into fabric to create responsive and reusable...

Clemson researchers, “father of Thermoelectrics” team up to develop new method to evaluate thermoelectric materials

Working with one of the world’s preeminent thermoelectric materials researchers, a team of researchers in the Clemson Department of Physics...

Acorn production cycles influence wild boar populations

According to a study published in The American Naturalist on 6 January 2022, sequences of environmental events over time influence...

Ultrafine particle generation from jet engine oil

Jet engine lubrication oils are a major source of ultrafine particles

FRANKFURT. Ultrafine particles form during combustion processes, for example when wood or biomass is burned, as well as in power...

Smallpox has plagued humans since ancient Egyptian times, new evidence confirms

Smallpox was once one of humanity’s most devastating diseases, but its origin is shrouded in mystery. For years, scientific estimates...

Chemical researchers discover catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings, and diapers

A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable...

New high-tech startup developing smart contact lenses for glaucoma diagnosis and management