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Poor Amazonians go hungry despite living in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth
Credit: Daniel Tregidgo Poorer rural Amazonians are going hungry despite living in one of the most biodiverse areas on the...
Help your children learn about biology with a bedtime story
New children's story book about geneticsCredit: Dr. Tiffany Taylor/James Munro How do you explain genes and genetics to a six...
UCLA scientists receive grants for COVID-19 research from California’s stem cell agency
Credit: Broad Stem Cell Research Center Three researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem...
Translating family planning and STI guidelines into computerized clinical decision support
New methodologies and tools may be applicable to additional global health concernsCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Regenstrief Institute has propelled...
Startup supported by FAPESP will supply mechanical ventilators to Brazil’s Health Ministry
Based in São Paulo, Magnamed will produce 6,500 ventilators by August for use in treating COVID-19 patients, working in partnership...
Scientists discover just how runny a liquid can be
Credit: Image by thehackneycollective.com Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and the Russian Academy of Sciences have found a...
Two steps closer to flexible, powerful, fast bioelectronic devices
Columbia researchers design biocompatible ion-driven soft transistors that can perform real-time neurologically relevant computation and a mixed-conducting particulate composite that...
Maryland engineers open door to big new library of tiny nanoparticles
A new study expands the landscape of nanomaterials -- and what we can do with themCredit: Yang et al. The...
Climate change may push some species to higher elevations — and out of harm’s way
Upslope movements may push species away from human pressure, which could reduce extinction risk for many mountain-dwelling speciesCredit: (Photo credit:...
Catalyst opens door to more efficient, environmentally friendly ethylene production
Credit: Fanxing Li, NC State University A research team led by North Carolina State University has engineered a new catalyst...
Dramatic loss of food plants for insects
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Zurich investigated the 100-year development in the canton of ZurichCredit: © Foto: Eliane...
Rice wins fed grant to advance sickle cell disease therapy
Bioengineer Gang Bao studies genome-editing outcomes to enable a future clinical trialCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 24, 2020)...
Holistic approach best for tackling nonmedical drug use, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Health practitioners are constantly developing new ways to help those with...
Quantum electrodynamics experiment
Researchers see application in future quantum technologiesCredit: © Cellule The fundamental laws of physics are based on symmetries that, among...
Bose-Einstein condensate: Magnetic particles behave repulsively
New findings by physicists may be relevant for future information technologies; study in Nature CommunicationsCredit: I. V. Borisenko et al./...
An eclipsing binary millisecond pulsar discovered by FAST
Credit: ESA/Hubble Using the data obtained by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a research team led by Prof....
Assessing El Niño’s impact on fisheries and aquaculture around the world
Credit: © IRD - Arnaud Bertrand While considerable resources are invested in seasonal forecasts and early-warning systems for food security,...
Fueling the world sustainably: Synthesizing ammonia using less energy
Credit: Irasutoya, Michikazu Hara Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an improved catalyst by taking the...
Palaeontologists reveal ‘the most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth
Credit: Artwork by Davide Bonadonna 100 million years ago, ferocious predators, including flying reptiles and crocodile-like hunters, made the Sahara...
A ‘corset’ for the enzyme structure
University of Bonn: Structure of biocatalysts depends on whether they are in cells or in the test tubeCredit: © Foto:...
