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How behind-the-scenes sound mixing makes movie magic #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 7, 2022 – If you've ever watched a movie where the audio is out of sync, it...
Reading the room: humans struggle to identify aggression in dogs, other humans
As a species, humans are constantly interpreting signals to assess social situations and make predictions about what could happen next....
Scientists discover mechanism plants use to control ‘mouths’
Because breathing is generally involuntary, we sometimes forget how complicated it is. But biologists are gaining new insight into the...
Humans are poor at identifying aggressive behavior in videos of dogs and humans
While humans can generally identify the nature of social interactions between children, dogs and monkeys from facial expressions and body...
Heart attack on a chip
Researchers at the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a “heart attack on a...
Wearable sensor could guide precision drug dosing
For some of the powerful drugs used to fight infection and cancer, there’s only a small difference between a healing...
Some forms of childhood malnutrition, stunting may be preventable with vaccines
Diarrhea is no longer the killer it was in the mid-20th century, when an estimated 4.5 million children under age...
Soil in midwestern US is eroding 10 to 1,000 times faster than it forms, study finds
AMHERST, Mass. – In a discovery that has repercussions for everything from domestic agricultural policy to global food security and...
Rust-coated irrigation pipes hint at lack of nitrate in groundwater
Oh, we don’t have to worry about that area. They have red pivots.Credit: Mikaela Cherry / ACS ES&T Water / Scott...
Helping acoustic concepts resonate with students #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 7, 2022 – "I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now."...
NSF-funded solicitation seeks physical science proposals to utilize the International Space Station National Lab
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), December 7, 2022 – For the eighth year, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space,...
The three dimensions of a flower
To better understand the evolution of flowers, a research team in biology from Université de Montréal, the Montreal Botanical Garden...
URI entomologist wins $2.6 million NIH grant to study evolution of Lyme disease bacteria in deer ticks
KINGSTON, R.I. – Dec. 7, 2022 – University of Rhode Island entomologist Jannelle Couret is tipping the way we understand...
In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
The ability of tropical forests to grow and store carbon is limited, in part, by herbivory. Insects and other animals...
Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years
Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million yearsCredit: Beth Zaikenjpg Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record...
Evidence of autoimmunity’s origins uncovered via new approach
Autoimmune diseases are thought to be the result of mistaken identity. Immune cells on patrol, armed and ready to defend...
Bat virus receptor studies vital to predict spillover risk
New research shows that the closest bat virus relatives of the human Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus efficiently bind to...
How cells gain control over their bacterial symbionts
Modern eukaryotic cells contain numerous so-called organelles, which once used to be independent bacteria. In order to understand how these...
Faraday Institution launches first physics-based battery modelling standard
HARWELL, UK (7 December 2022) The Faraday Institution has today launched the Battery Parameter eXchange (BPX), an open standard for...
£1.7m containment facility will help tackle globally important diseases and prepare for future pandemics
A £1.7m laboratory building which will investigate infectious diseases has opened at the University of Warwick – helping to tackle...
