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Dark Energy Survey physicists open new window into dark energy
For the first time, DES scientists can combine measurements of the distribution of matter, galaxies, and galaxy clusters to advance...
Alien raindrops surprisingly like rain on Earth
Credit: Image Credit: AGU WASHINGTON--Raindrops on other planets and moons are close to the size of raindrops on Earth despite...
New perspective to understand and treat a rare calcification disease
Researchers developed a new animal model to study a rare genetic disease that can lead to blindness at the age...
SwRI’s 100-kg small satellite platform added to NASA’s RDSO catalog
SwSP-100 now available through the $6 billion Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contractCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- April 6, 2021 --...
Testing a new way to tackle cancer
Michigan State University, Spectrum Health and Lansing-based company Niowave have teamed up to develop a new strategy to fight cancerCredit:...
UCI awarded 5-year, $4.2M grant to study rare muscle disorder affecting aging Americans
Currently untreatable, sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) causes muscle weakness and severe disabilityCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA -...
How preprints accelerated science communication during the pandemic
Credit: Image by cromaconceptovisual from Pixabay During the early phase of the pandemic, approximately 40% of the COVID-19 literature was...
‘Brain glue’ helps repair circuitry in severe TBI
Reparative hydrogel mimics the composition and mechanics of the brainCredit: University of Georgia At a cost of $38 billion a...
Houston Methodist, Rice University launch neuroprosthetic collaboration
Center for Translational Neural Prosthetics and Interfaces to focus on restoring brain function after disease, injuryCredit: Courtesy of Rice University...
Leptin puts the brakes on eating via novel neurocircuit
Energy balance includes modulation of dopamine reward signalingCredit: Elsevier, 2021 Philadelphia, April 6, 2021 - Since the discovery of leptin...
Assessing the impacts of nodule mining on the deep-sea environment
European Consortium monitors first in situ test of a prototype collector vehicle in the PacificCredit: ROV KIEL6000, GEOMAR. Joint press...
New USGS report shows high levels of arsenic and uranium in some wells
Connecticut public health officials urge private well owners to test water qualityCredit: Tiziana Shea, Connecticut Department of Public Health A...
Study links prenatal phthalate exposure to altered information processing in infants
Credit: Photo by Steve Drake CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Exposure to phthalates, a class of chemicals widely used in packaging and...
Screening for skin disease on your laptop
New artificial neural network design can differentiate between healthy and diseased skinCredit: University of Houston The founding chair of the...
$10.8 million NIH grant to establish metabolic research center
The project will feature expertise in advanced imaging, bioenergetics and data science and will address diseases such as cancer, diabetes,...
Physics professor wins $1M in funding for quantum information processing research
Kamal receives early career awards from NSF, Air ForceCredit: Edwin Aguirre for UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - UMass Lowell researcher...
Understanding fruit fly behavior may be next step toward autonomous vehicles
Could the way drosophila use antennae to sense heat help us teach self-driving cars make decisions?Credit: Gallio lab With over...
Spin defects under control
Credit: (Image: Andreas Gottscholl / University of Wuerzburg) Boron nitride is a technologically interesting material because it is very compatible...
Aquatic invasive species cause damage worth billions of dollars
First global study on economic costs of aquatic invasive species publishedCredit: Cornelia Jaspers, GEOMAR/DTU Aqua The global movement of goods...
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore
Flower Garden Banks fouled by runoff from 2017's Harvey and 2016's Tax Day floodsCredit: Photo by Carsten Grupstra/Rice University HOUSTON...
