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Solving the mysteries of water and air underground
Credit: J.C. Fiola Stand outside and look underneath your feet. There, perhaps under some grass, is the soil. On a...
‘Major gaps’ in understanding how land-use changes affect spread of diseases
Credit: Connor Butler The quest to discover how new diseases - such as Covid-19 - emerge and spread in response...
UCI scientists engineer human cells with squid-like transparency
Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissueCredit: Atouli Chatterjee / UC Irvine, Calif., June 2, 2020 --...
Researchers find pronghorn exhibit little genetic variation despite landscape obstacles
Credit: Adele Reinking A University of Wyoming researcher led a study that showed Wyoming pronghorn exhibit little-to-no population genetic differentiation...
New research deepens understanding of Earth’s interaction with the solar wind
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications As the Earth orbits the sun, it plows through a stream of...
Scientists detect crab nebula using innovative gamma-ray telescope
First-of-its-kind telescope promises to shed new light on the physics of high-energy phenomena, from supernovae to dark matterCredit: Photo: Amy...
Study reveals continuous pathway to building blocks of life
Credit: Ruiqin Yi, ELSI Researchers have long sought to understand the origins of life on Earth. A new study conducted...
How a fat cell’s immune response makes obesity worse
Credit: Cincinnati Children's When obesity occurs, a person's own fat cells can set off a complex inflammatory chain reaction that...
Pulmonary embolism and COVID-19
Early detection led to swifter treatment, researchers sayCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Researchers at Henry Ford Health System...
COVID-19, fake science, and conspiracy theories
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 22, 2020--What past scientific fraud is at the heart of...
Human waste could help combat global food insecurity
Credit: Leilah Krounbi SASKATOON - Researchers from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Canadian Light Source...
Aluminum oxide crystal tested as a UV radiation sensor
Doped with carbon and magnesium, the material becomes thermoluminescent in response to UV radiationCredit: Neilo Marcos Trindade and his team...
Exotic nanotubes move in less-mysterious ways
Rice scientists, engineers show boron nitride's promise for composites, biomedical applicationsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 2, 2020) -...
Deep-sea study of the Earth’s crust receives $1.65 million NSERC-CREATE grant
Credit: GEOMAR To address the challenges of a dwindling global supply of energy and mineral resources, Professor Mark Hannington of...
Understanding the role of cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in brain health
Credit: Della Perrone for the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology A new study led by researchers at the...
New model shows how diamond-carrying rocks formed in Northern Alberta
Credit: Jeffregy Gu and Yunfeng Chen A new study by University of Alberta geologists is proposing a new model for...
‘A litmus paper for CO2:’ Scientists develop paper-based sensors for carbon dioxide
Credit: Al Meldrum. A new sensor for detecting carbon dioxide can be manufactured on a simple piece of paper, according...
Mason Engineering researcher receives NSF RAPID grant to uniquely model virus spread
Credit: George Mason University How a computer virus spreads gave George Mason University researcher Cameron Nowzari insight into how human...
Leading authority on cryptography and data privacy receives Knuth Prize
Dwork honored for breakthrough work on cryptography in network environments, privacy and foundational contributions to theoretical computer scienceCredit: ACM SIGACT...
NASA analyzes Gulf of Mexico’s reborn tropical depression soaking potential
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed that strong storms from a redeveloped tropical cyclone were soaking...
