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Losing ground in biodiversity hotspots worldwide
Agriculture, urban sprawl destroying biologically important areasCredit: Francesco Cherubini/NTNU Between 1992 and 2015, the world's most biologically diverse places lost...
Breakthrough quantum-dot transistors create a flexible alternative to conventional electronics
Quantum dot logic circuits provide the long-sought building blocks for innovative devices, including printable electronics, flexible displays, and medical diagnosticsCredit:...
Molecular compass for cell orientation
Scientists at IST Austria discovered how the hormone auxin coordinates the cells during vasculature formation and regenerationCredit: Jakub Hajný /...
Corporations directing our attention online more than we realize
Credit: Photo courtesy Harsh Taneja CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- We know how search engines can favor certain results and how social...
Researcher develops app to reach Black community with COVID-19 information
University of Cincinnati physician gets a boost from the Association of Black Cardiologists for studyCredit: Photo by Colleen Kelley/UC Creative...
Streetlights contribute less to nighttime light emissions in cities than expected
The combination of smart city lighting and satellite imagery allows measurements of the contribution of street lights to urban lighting...
Scientists launch quest to develop quantum sensors for probing quantum materials
SLAC and Stanford partner with two Illinois universities to create the Center for Quantum Sensing and Quantum Materials, which aims...
Order in the disorder:
density fluctuations in amorphous silicon discoveredCredit: Eike Gericke/HZB Silicon does not have to be crystalline, but can also be produced...
Individual red foxes prefer different foods in the city and the countryside
Credit: S. Kramer-Schadt, IZW Foxes are considered to be particularly adaptable and suited to life in large cities. A team...
Decadeslong effort revives ancient oak woodland
Credit: Photo by Stephen Packard CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Vestal Grove in the Somme Prairie Grove forest preserve in Cook County,...
Asteroid Ryugu shaken by Hayabusa2’s impactor
The artificial impactor disturbed boulders within a 30m radius from the center of the impact crater- providing important insight into...
Shining a (UV) light on the glow-in-the-dark platypus
Biofluorescent fur could help some mammals spot each other after darkCredit: Goddard Photography The fur of the platypus - an...
New research shows SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins disrupt the blood-brain barrier
First study to show SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins disrupt the blood-brain barrier, potentially raising risk of neurological damage in COVID-19 patientsCredit:...
American Institute of Physics announces 2020 Science Communication Award winners
Credit: Hockfield, Sokol, Manley WASHINGTON, October 29, 2020 -- The American Institute of Physics recognizes the winners of the 2020...
Brainstem neurons control both behaviour and misbehaviour
Credit: Samir Sadik-Ogli A recent study at the University of Helsinki reveals how gene control mechanisms define the identity of...
UH and CWRU announce study of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Phase 3 clinical trial of AZD1222 uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vectorCredit: UH CLEVELAND - University Hospitals (UH) and Case...
Copolymer helps remove pervasive PFAS toxins from environment
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have demonstrated that they can attract, capture and destroy PFAS...
Syracuse University sociologist part of team recognized for research on rural America
Credit: Syracuse University A research team of 39 investigators from 28 colleges and universities from across the United States has...
Smart bottle brushes
Neutrons make structural changes in molecular brushes visibleCredit: Reiner Mueller / TUM They look like microscopic bottle brushes: Polymers with...
How the immune system deals with the gut’s plethora of microbes
Credit: Laboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics of The Rockefeller University The gut is an unusually noisy place, where hundreds of species...