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KMOU scientists develop an energy-efficient wireless power and information transfer system
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoTs) refers to a technology that combines wireless sensors, controllers, and mobile communication technologies to make...
IKIDS child health research gets another boost in funding
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Seven years after an initial $17.9 million award from the National Institutes of Health, the Illinois Kids...
Clarissa Campbell and Barbara Maier at CeMM receive ERC Starting Grants
Two scientists at the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences have received prestigious ERC...
Scientists synthesize new organometallic “sandwich” compound capable of holding more electrons
Organometallic compounds, molecules made up of metal atoms and organic molecules, are often used to accelerate chemical reactions and have...
Most species are rare. But not very rare
Halle/Saale, Fort Lauderdale. More than 100 years of observations in nature have revealed a universal pattern of species abundances: Most...
Uncovering thalassemia diversity in southern china through next-generation sequencing
Around 5.2% of the global population carries abnormal hemoglobin genes . Each year, 300,000 to 500,000 children are born with...
Invasive Alien Species Pose Major Global Threats to Nature, Economies, Food Security and Human Health: IPBES report
The severe global threat posed by invasive alien species is underappreciated, underestimated, and often unacknowledged. According to a major new...
IOP Publishing appoints Dr. David Gevaux as Chief Editor of Reports on Progress in Physics
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has appointed Dr. David Gevaux as the first Chief Editor of Reports on Progress in Physics. Taking...
New scalable, etching-based technique for precise tuning of microdisk lasers
Micro- and nanodisk lasers have recently emerged as promising optical sources and probes for various applications in the fields of...
$26M NIH grant addresses environmental influences on child health
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Backed by a $26 million federal grant, researchers at three Michigan universities, a leading health care...
Kidder receives American Chemical Society’s 2023 Mid-Career Award
Michelle Kidder, a senior R&D staff scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the American...
Warming climate worsens groundwater depletion rates in India
Increased withdrawals of groundwater resources are accelerating groundwater depletion rates in India, a groundwater depletion hotspot, a new study finds....
Precarious employment conditions can increase risk of early death
People without a secure job contract can reduce their risk of premature death by 20 per cent if they gain...
Anode models for green hydrogen production
Researchers from the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society conducted experiments using atomically...
Researchers discover quantum switch for regulating photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a crucial process that allows plants to convert carbon dioxide into organic compounds using solar energy. Light-harvesting complex...
UMC Utrecht investigates the link between RSV infection and chronic respiratory tract disease
UMC Utrecht will lead an international consortium that will try to answer a key question that’s in the mind of...
Di-isononyl phthalate disrupts pregnancy in mice, study finds
We are constantly exposed to phthalates in our environment through plastic products such as storage containers, medical devices, packages, fabrics,...
Health System Program Improved Equity in Allocation of Scarce Medication
A program designed to ensure fairness and that people living in the most disadvantaged U.S. neighborhoods would be offered a...
Climate shifts set stage for surge in agricultural flash droughts, warns new study
A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences sheds light on the alarming increase in agricultural flash droughts over...
Roadmap drafted for research into metallic ‘sponges’ for clean hydrogen
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) could deliver a major efficiency boost to the photocatalytic production of clean hydrogen. Chemical engineers have...
