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IOP Publishing expands scope of prestigious journal Reports on Progress in Physics
IOP Publishing, a leading society owned scientific publisher, is announcing significant changes to its esteemed journal, Reports on Progress in Physics™....
Shaping the 2040 EU climate target: ForestPaths issues forest-based mitigation recommendations
Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 is crucial to fighting climate change, preserving the environment, and safeguarding a sustainable future for...
Preying on hungry, anxious worms
LA JOLLA (July 11, 2023)—The life of the tiny worm called Caenorhabditis elegans consists mostly of looking for food, eating...
Unborn babies use ‘greedy’ gene from dads to ‘remote-control’ mums into feeding them extra food
Unborn babies use ‘greedy’ gene from dads to ‘remote-control’ mums into feeding them extra food Credit: Sferruzzi-Perri lab Unborn babies...
Will you take ruthenium with your tea or coffee?
A study by Lionel Delaude and François Mazars, researchers from the Laboratory of Catalysis at the University of Liège (Belgium),...
Carbon taxes that focus on luxury consumption are fairer than those that tax all emissions equally
Not all carbon emissions are made for the same reason—they range from more essential purposes like heating a home to...
Breaking into tears with microrheology to design custom eye drops
WASHINGTON, July 11, 2023 – Compared to artificial tears, or eye drops, human tears are significantly more complex liquids, with...
Exploring dark matter and the first bright galaxies simultaneously: 21-cm forest probe may unlock secrets of early universe
The mystery of the first galaxies of the universe is an indomitable urge of human beings. The formation of them...
Laser-scribed graphene for sensors
With the development of the information era, sensors capable of transmitting and detecting information have become the leading way to...
Acoustics researchers decompose sound accurately into its three basic components
Researchers have been looking for ways to decompose sound into its basic ingredients for over 200 years. In the 1820s,...
Using AI to save species from extinction cascades
Algorithms can predict what movies or songs you might like, but they can also predict which species a predator would...
Drug precursor biosynthesis hinges on carrier-mediated ring formation
The entire biosynthetic pathway of actinopyridazone has been unveiled, revealing that an unprecedented carrier protein-mediated ring-forming step is key to...
Xerces Blue butterfly genome sequenced, an icon of anthropogenic extinction
The Xerces Blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) was native to the coastal dunes of San Francisco, in the United States. As...
Marine fossils are a reliable benchmark for degrading and collapsing ecosystems
Biologists attempting to conserve and restore denuded environments are limited by their scant knowledge of what those environments looked like...
Tiny scales reveal megalodon was not as fast as believed, but it had a mega-appetite explaining its gigantism
A new study reveals the iconic extinct Megalodon, or ‘megatooth shark’, was a rather slow cruiser that used its warm-bloodedness...
Mount Sinai Queens opens new Cardiac Catheterization Lab to expedite care for heart attack patients
Click here to watch a video on the new Cath LabCredit: Mount Sinai Health System Click here to watch a...
Significant variations in hip fracture health costs and care between NHS hospitals and regions, study finds
There are significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery across NHS hospitals in England and Wales following hip fracture,...
Study increases probability of finding water on other worlds by x100
A new analysis shows that there are probably many more Earth-like exoplanets with liquid water than had been thought, significantly...
Quantum proton billiards
The quantum nature of interactions between elementary particles allows drawing non-trivial conclusions even from processes as simple as elastic scattering....
Next-generation flow battery design sets records
RICHLAND, Wash.—A common food and medicine additive has shown it can boost the capacity and longevity of a next-generation flow...
