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The greening ashore
A team led by evolutionary biologist Prof. Dr. Sven Gould of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has been studying the...
National poll: Some parents skip steps to minimize firework risks to kids
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – As communities prepare for Fourth of July festivities, some parents may be overlooking burn and injury...
Chinese Medical Journal review explores the role of macrophages in the progression of acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a condition in which kidneys are unable to filter waste from the blood effectively, leading...
Scientists conceptualize a species ‘stock market’ to put a price tag on actions posing risks to biodiversity
So far, science has described more than 2 million species, and millions more await discovery. While species have value in...
More digging needed to see whether bones of fallen Waterloo soldiers were sold as fertilizer, as few human remains have ever been found
Were the bones of fallen Battle of Waterloo soldiers sold as fertilizer?Credit: Jan Willem Pieneman La bataille de Waterloo (1824,...
UMass Lowell leader honored as a champion of entrepreneurship education
Media contacts:Credit: Richard Pasley for UMass Lowell Media contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, [email protected] Nancy Cicco, [email protected] UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie...
Electrons take the fast and slow lanes at the same time
Imagine a road with two lanes in each direction. One lane is for slow cars, and the other is for...
Scientists serendipitously discover rare cluster compound
Scientists at Kyoto University’s Institute for Cell-Material Sciences have discovered a novel cluster compound that could prove useful as a...
Rethinking the rabies vaccine
LA JOLLA—Rabies virus kills a shocking 59,000 people each year, many of them children. Some victims, especially kids, don't realize...
UCI neuroscientists create maps of the brain after traumatic brain injury
Irvine, Calif., June 17, 2022 – Scientists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered that an injury to one...
Dutch Research Council NWO Stevin Prize for expert on Parkinson’s disease Bas Bloem
Neurologist Bas Bloem of Radboud university medical center receives this year’s Stevin Prize of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The...
Integrated tool allows better tracking of clinical trial metrics
Before new treatments can reach the clinic, they must be tested in clinical trials to see if they are safe...
Researcher awarded $100,000 to identify potential fuel source on Mars
Associate professor Vincent Chevrier at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences was awarded $100,000 to study...
Neurons and glia collaborate to drive neural regeneration following brain injury
One of the most devastating aspects of stroke and traumatic brain injury is that the neurons we lose are never...
HKUST researchers discover ‘hotspots’ of three-layered alternatively rotating circulation in South China Sea
A research team led by Prof. GAN Jianping, director of the Center for Ocean Research Hong Kong and Macau (CORE)...
Exciting light emission and measuring temperature with ultrasound
Jena, Germany (17.06.2022) If mechanoluminescent materials are subjected to external mechanical stress, they emit visible or invisible light. Such excitation...
Controlled synthesis of crystal flakes paves path for advanced future electronics
The third dimension may be responsible for preventing electronics from becoming thinner, tinier and more flexible, according to an international collaboration...
When it comes to ADHD and ASD, the eyes could reveal all
It’s often said that ‘the eyes tell it all’, but no matter what their outward expression, the eyes may also...
Researchers use fluorine-doping method to construct catalysts with enhanced performance
As industry has developed over the past century, excess carbon dioxide emission had led to climate problems and greenhouse effects....
Training virtually can reduce psychosocial stress and anxiety
Previous research has described how virtual training produces acute cognitive and neural benefits. Building on those results, a new study...
