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New Sun and solar system displays at NASA’s Goddard Visitor Center
NASA’s Goddard’s Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has two new permanent exhibits on display. The exhibits will inspire the...
New catalyst can turn smelly hydrogen sulfide into a cash cow
HOUSTON – (Oct. 31, 2022) – Rice University engineers and scientists have created a sweet way for petrochemical refineries to...
A new protocol for light-sheet live imaging of C. elegans adults emerges from woods hole embryology course
WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- The beauty of live-imaging studies is the specimen is alive, allowing dynamics such as cell division...
How low-cost earbuds can make newborn hearing screening accessible
Newborns across the United States are screened to check for hearing loss. This test is important because it helps families...
Ultra-cold mini twisters
Vortices are ubiquitous in nature: Whirling up water can create swirls. When the atmosphere is stirred up, huge tornadoes can...
New computational method builds detailed maps of human tissues
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have developed a computational method to map the architecture of human tissues in unprecedented detail. Their...
Institut Pasteur welcomes new, comprehensive relationship with UCSF QBI
In a ceremony on October 21, 2022, the Institut Pasteur and UC San Francisco Quantitative Biosciences Institute (UCSF QBI) announced...
A new map of the octopus visual system gives clues to brain evolution
It’s hard for the octopus to pick just one party trick. It swims via jet propulsion, shoots inky chemicals at...
NTU Singapore invests S$5.7 million to ramp up solar energy generation on campus by more than 70%
As part of the University’s climate commitment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is investing S$5.7 million to ramp up...
Non-English Speakers are Rarely Included in Pediatrics Research, Study Finds
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 31, 2022 — A new analysis of U.S.-based pediatrics research published over the last decade found that just...
University of Houston PREMIER Center tackles opioid epidemic
HOUSTON, Oct. 31-- Fighting the rising tide of opioid addiction and death, the Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER)...
Stealth-care system: Scientists test ‘smart’ red blood cells to deliver antibiotics that target specific bacteria
Physicists at McMaster University have identified a natural delivery system which can safely carry potent antibiotics throughout the body to...
AI helps researchers design microneedle patches that restore hair in balding mice
Hair loss is undesirable for many men — and women — because one’s hairstyle is often closely tied to their...
Neuroscience of electric fish gives jolt to advances in machine learning at WVU
Electric fish and robots may hold the key to achieving “autonomous lifelong machine learning,” based on research conducted at West Virginia...
Science Journalism Forum 22
For the third year in a row, SciCommX is proud to bring the Science Journalism Forum SJF22. The global virtual...
FAU nurse-led mobile health unit will bring ‘care’ where it’s needed most
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing have received a four year, $3.9 million grant from...
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, named Director of Mount Sinai Heart
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, a top expert in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology, has been named Director of Mount...
Vegetation regulates energy exchange in the arctic
The heat waves that swept across Europe this summer made many people realize how important plants are when it comes...
Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control
A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those with the...
Inverted dancers have more acute visuomotor perception
Previous studies have determined that astronauts can judge inverted movements better than people on Earth due to the astronauts’ unique...
