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Reproductive health counseling among women with congenital heart defects
A new study shows that among women with congenital heart defects (CHD), reproductive counseling, concerns, and experiences differ by disability...
New dinosaur species from Utah lived at a time of major transition
A new species of dinosaur from Utah sheds light on major North American ecological changes around 100 million years ago,...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher receives $599,663 to enable surgical robots treat disease by focusing energy on tissues
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Loris Fichera has been awarded $599,663 by the National Science Foundation for a five-year project that will enable a...
New study describes unique jet structure of brightest gamma-ray burst ever
WASHINGTON (June 7, 2023) - When scientists detected the gamma-ray burst known as GRB 221009A on October 9, 2022, they...
Detection dog can sniff out highly-endangered great crested newts
A trained detection dog was highly accurate at finding great crested newts underground or at a distance, which might aid...
Paris will host the 25th International Conference of the Redox Medicine Society with 61 communications this June in Paris
The 25th International Conference on Redox Medicine 2023 which will be held in Paris on June 1-2 will welcome 61...
Calculation shows why heavy quarks get caught up in the flow
UPTON, NY—Using some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, a group of theorists has produced a major advance in the...
Chat-GPT designs tomato picking robot in collaboration with researchers
With their ability to process vast amounts of text data, and to use this information to answer prompts, neural networks...
Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Curly hair does more than simply look good — it may explain how early humans stayed...
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute receives $78.4 million NIH grant
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has received a $78.4 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the NIH,...
In sync? Malaria parasite and human time clocks do align
Transmitted through infected mosquitos, the malaria parasite, once in the human bloodstream, synchronously ruptures red blood cells and rapidly infects...
Intentional defects make for better reactions, researchers report
A defect is not always a bad thing. In fact, when it comes to improving the electrocatalysis process that produces...
How neurons compete to lose their link
Fukuoka, Japan—Researchers at Kyushu University have uncovered the mechanisms of a fundamental yet critically under-looked phase in brain development: synaptic...
‘Hot Jupiters’ may not be orbiting alone
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Research led by an Indiana University astronomer challenges longstanding beliefs about the isolation of "hot Jupiters" and...
Scientists discover ‘lost world’ of early ancestors in billion-year-old rocks
The discovery of a “lost world” of ancient organisms that lived in Earth’s waterways at least 1.6 billion years ago...
Sweet snacks: Children have very different preferences
Would third- and fourth-graders buy fewer unhealthy snacks if they were more expensive? The answer provided by researchers at the...
New study could help unlock ‘game-changing’ batteries for electric vehicles and aviation
Significantly improved electric vehicle (EV) batteries could be a step closer thanks to a new study led by University of...
Pre-basophils: A basophil origin story
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that pre-basophil and mast cell progenitors differentiate into pre-basophils before producing...
What does ChatGPT say when you tell it you were sexually assaulted, you’re suicidal, or want to quit smoking?
La Jolla, Calif. (June 5, 2023) — What does ChatGPT say when you tell it you were sexually assaulted, want...
Columbia scientists discover that water molecules define the materials around us
For decades, the fields of physics and chemistry have maintained that the atoms and molecules that make up the natural...
