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Genetic resilience and adaptation of the endangered Chinese hazelnut
Endangered species are often characterized by severe population decline or even near-extinction status during their demographic histories. Such threats usually...
BESIII collaboration discovers glueball-like particle—X(2370)
The BESIII experiment at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II (BEPCII) has recently marked a significant achievement. It has made the...
The Ukraine war caused migrating eagles to deviate from their usual flight plan
When migrating through Ukraine in 2022, Greater Spotted Eagles were exposed to multiple conflict events that altered their migratory course,...
Should your exercise goals be in minutes or steps? Study suggests they are equally beneficial
In the age of smartwatches, monitoring step counts has never been easier, but current physical activity guidelines do not explicitly...
Alkyl-aromatic hybrid micelles formed from emergent umbrella-shaped molecules
Micelles assemble in water from amphiphilic molecules, composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic frameworks. They can be found all around us,...
Blueprints of self-assembly
Many biological structures of impressive beauty and sophistication arise through processes of self-assembly. Indeed, the natural world is teeming with...
Chemical Insights Research Institute partners with Duke University and the East-West Center to examine dust and ash from devastating Hawai’ian wildfires
ATLANTA - Chemical Insights Research Institute (CIRI) of UL Research Institutes applies cutting edge technologies to evaluate the toxicity of...
Expanding on the fundamental principles of liquid movement
Fukuoka, Japan—From the rain drops rolling down your window, to the fluid running across a COVID rapid test, we cannot...
New Health Blueprint maps healthier future for rural, underserved Southwest Virginia
A sweeping new Health Blueprint for Southwest Virginia highlights the grave health challenges that grip the rural region but also...
After hundreds of years, study confirms Bermuda now home to cownose rays
For hundreds of years, the whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) has been considered the only inshore stingray species in Bermuda,...
Scientists uncover promising treatment target for resistant brain cancer
For many patients with a deadly type of brain cancer called glioblastoma, chemotherapy resistance is a big problem.Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia...
Chemist Julian West makes C&EN magazine’s ‘Talented 12’ list
HOUSTON – (May 20, 2024) – Rice University chemist Julian West is one of a dozen up-and-coming young scientists featured in...
Tricking the Brain’s inner GPS: Grid cells responses to the illusion of self-location
Dr. Hyuk-June Moon from the Bionics Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), in collaboration with...
Poor access to in-home nursing for medically complex children quantified
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Extreme heat associated with children’s asthma hospital visits
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World-first trial shows benefits of finding, treating undiagnosed asthma and COPD
Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improved their health and reduced their healthcare...
Insilico Medicine introduces nach0: A one-stop LLM for chemical and biomedical tasks
In a new paper, researchers from clinical stage artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), in collaboration with...
Virginia Tech physicists propose path to faster, more flexible robots
In a May 15 paper released in the journal Physical Review Letters, Virginia Tech physicists revealed a microscopic phenomenon that...
STAR sees a magnetic imprint on deconfined nuclear matter
Scientists have the first direct evidence that the powerful magnetic fields created in off-center collisions of atomic nuclei induce an electric current...
Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses
The COVID-19 pandemic is over, but the virus that caused it is still here, sending thousands of people to the...
