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Discrimination may erase ‘birthweight advantage’ of black US immigrants in one generation
Credit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University Black women have the highest prevalence of low birthweight babies compared to other racial and...
Ultra-bright X-ray source awakens near a galaxy not so far away
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech A new ultra-bright source of X-rays has awakened in between our galactic neighbours the Magellanic Clouds,...
Designing animal studies to improve research reproducibility and reduce animal use
Credit: Adrian Moser Animal experiments are typically conducted under highly standardized laboratory conditions. While standardization is meant to improve reproducibility...
Researchers develop sustainable method for extracting vanillin from wood processing waste
Electrolytic depolymerization of lignin in caustic soda could replace the existing environmentally harmful process for producing the most widely used...
Cognitive behavior therapy tops other psychotherapies in reducing inflammation
An analysis of more than 50 studies shows CBT is an effective non-drug treatment for boosting the immune systemCredit: UCLA...
First optical measurements of Milky Way’s Fermi Bubbles probe their origin
Credit: Images by Dhanesh Krishnarao and NASA MADISON -Using the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper telescope, astronomers have for the first time...
Black holes? They are like a hologram
According to new research, black holes could be like a hologram, where all the information is amassed in a two-dimensional...
Scientists decipher the role of carbon and the break-up of continents
UNM researcher Tobias Fischer part of international collaborationCredit: UNM University of New Mexico (UNM) Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,...
Stomach issues, history of substance abuse found in teen vaping study
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - June 2, 2020 - A study of teens diagnosed with the vaping-linked respiratory disease EVALI revealed...
‘Excretion of sugar into stool’? New action of anti-diabetic drug discovered
Credit: Kobe University A research team led by Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine's Professor OGAWA Wataru (the Division of...
Discovery of proteins that regulate interorganelle communication
The team led by Dr. Mun Ji-young of KBRI publishes its research results in PNASCredit: @ Korea Brain Research Institute...
Bacteria fed by algae biochemicals can harm coral health
Credit: Ty Roach Though corals worldwide are threatened due to climate change and local stressors, the front lines of the...
Researchers study genetic outcomes of great gray owl population in four states
Credit: Beth Mendelsohn A University of Wyoming researcher led a study of great gray owls in a four-state region, showing...
Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly method
Applying a specific level of electric field is a shortcut to near-perfect alignment of the building blocks in vital technologies,...
Counterintuitive phase behavior observed in isotopic hydrogen (H2-HD-D2) alloy
Credit: LIU Xiaodi A joint team, while exploring phase diagrams in dense H2-HD-D2 mixtures, has reported a new discovery in...
Science snapshots May 2020
Berkeley Lab news: changing forest structures, aging wind plants, fungi food choicesCredit: Vincent Wu/JGI The World's Forests Are Growing Younger...
How bacteria fertilize soya
Credit: ETH Zurich / Anne-Greet Bittermann Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In...
Get excited by neural networks
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The...
New method predicts spin dynamics of materials for quantum computing
Universal first-principles approach will accelerate the identification and design of materials for quantum information science and other spintronics applicationsCredit: Xinran...
Wearable sensor may help to assess stress in healthcare workers
Credit: Emma Chapron, University of South Wales A wearable biosensor may help monitor stress experienced by healthcare professionals, according to...
