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Curbing violence in Mexico: Disrupting cartel recruitment holds the key, a new study finds
Not through courts and not through prisons. The only way to reduce violence in Mexico is to cut off recruitment....
AI helps bring clarity to LASIK patients facing cataract surgery
While millions of people have undergone LASIK eye surgery since it became commercially available in 1989, patients sometimes develop cataracts...
How do toxic proteins accumulate in Alzheimer’s and other diseases?
Under normal circumstances, tau protein is part of the brain’s infrastructure, important for stabilizing neurons into their proper shapes. But...
Shh! Quiet cables set to help reveal rare physics events
RICHLAND, Wash.—Imagine trying to tune a radio to a single station but instead encountering static noise and interfering signals from...
Scientists design fresh tomatoes suitable for mechanical harvesting
According to a study published in Nature Plants on Sept. 18, Chinese scientists have elucidated the mechanism of fruit shape...
Climate change may affect 40% of biodiversity in semi-arid portion of Brazil’s Northeast by 2060
The consequences of climate change in the Caatinga, the semi-arid shrubland and thorn forest biome in Brazil’s Northeast region, will...
New origin story for key regulatory gene
Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) was discovered decades ago in Drosophila, where it was found to be a key controller...
University of Pittsburgh launches trial tackling leading cause of death in kids
The No. 1 cause of death in children is trauma. There are an estimated 2,000 pediatric deaths from traumatic bleeding...
Prof. Dr. Stuart Parkin recognized as Clarivate Citation Laureate
The basis for being named a Citation Laureate is not one's research achievements, but rather the citation rate in high-ranking...
Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins
Palaeontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new...
Profiling artemisinin’s antimalarial mechanism: Jigang Wang’s research team reveals crucial target proteins
Jigang Wang et al. have made significant progress in unraveling the antimalarial mechanisms of artemisinin (ART) and its derivatives. Their...
We could sequester CO2 by “re-greening” arid lands, plant scientists say
Reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere will take more than cutting emissions—we will also need to capture and store the...
The secret to good schools: Try, try again
With a new academic year under way in the U.S., imagine you have been named superintendent of your local public...
Topological materials open a new pathway for exploring spin hall materials
A group of researchers have made a significant breakthrough which could revolutionize next-generation electronics by enabling non-volatility, large-scale integration, low...
Warming up! 30 years of fusion-energy research at EPFL
The intense heat and pressure inside stars, such as the Sun, cause pairs of atoms, especially hydrogen atoms, to come...
Evaluating the shear viscosity of different water models
Water is one of the most abundant substances on Earth and partakes in countless biological, chemical, and ecological processes. Thus,...
Court action is necessary to establish climate stability as a protected right to break climate change impasse, Oregon State professor concludes
New court actions upholding climate stability as a protected right are needed to break the climate change impasse, an Oregon...
TTUHSC researchers receive NIH grant to address preeclampsia rates
According to a study recently published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, maternal morbidity and mortality rates in...
SBQuantum to test quantum magnetometer in space – designed to map Earth’s magnetic field
SHERBROOKE, Canada (September 21, 2023) – SBQuantum, the first company developing diamond quantum magnetometers capable of providing vector measurements of...
New study finds that sewage release is worse for rivers than agriculture
Ahead of World Rivers Day (24 September), new research by the University of Oxford reveals that sewage discharge into rivers...
