Science News

April 30, 2026

Earth Day alert to save our frogs

Study warns of amphibian conservation shortfallsCredit: Kate Mason With climate action a theme of Earth Day 2020 (22 April 2020),...

Trade friction: Adaptiveness of swarms of complex networks

3D models of mountain lakes with a portable sonar and airborne laser

Credit: J. Fernández-Lozano/ R. Andrés-Bercianos The information of the territory provided by the laser technology from an airplane can be...

The origin of feces: coproID reliably predicts sources of ancient poop

New method of discerning sources of ancient feces makes this archaeological find far more informativeCredit: Jada Ko, courtesy of the...

Lactic acid bacteria present in kimchi cabbage and garlic carry out the fermentation

Identification of the origin source and the fermentation characteristics of lactic acid bacteria responsible for kimchi fermentationCredit: World Institute of...

KIST and UNIST joint research team develop a high-capacity battery material using salmon DNA

Stabilizing the surface of over-lithiated layered oxides using DNA from salmon and carbon nanotubes. Improved catalyst performance and lifespan found...

How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia’s second-most-important cash crop?

Valued at dining room tables and factory floors alike, cassava is worth about $10 billion in Asia. The continued growth...

WVU-engineered intubation boxes to help reduce risk to clinicians during COVID-19 pandemic

Credit: West Virginia University A global pandemic, a worried wife and a campus that, like its home state, is full...

Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine When a patient with puzzling neurological symptoms enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, researchers led...

New electrode material developed to increase charge capacity of lithium batteries

Credit: Yokohama National University Lithium batteries hold a lot of promise for the future of many applications, including electric vehicles,...

Trust in humans and robots: Economically similar but emotionally different

Credit: Chapman University Orange, Calif. - In research published in the Journal of Economic Psychology, scientists explore whether people trust...

AJR review of COVID-19 studies cautions against chest CT for coronavirus diagnosis

Regarding sensitivity, specificity, and clinical practice, CT should be reserved for evaluation of complications of COVID-19 pneumonia or for assessment...

Mystery solved, rotavirus VP3 is a unique capping machine

Credit: CDC / Bryon Skinner After eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally...

Whole genome sequencing reveals genetic structural secrets of schizophrenia

A study co-led by Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD, Patrick Sullivan, MD, and colleagues at UNC-Chapel Hill and four Swedish universities found...

Pushing the limits of 2D supramolecules

Credit: University of South Florida Scientists at the University of South Florida have reached a new milestone in the development...

Ecological Society of America announces 2020 award recipients

Credit: Ecological Society of America April 16, 2020 For Immediate Release Contact: Alison Mize [email protected]">[email protected], (202) 833-8773 The Ecological...

Molecular networks serve as cellular blueprints

Credit: The researchers Networks are at the heart of everything from communications systems to pandemics. Now researchers have found that...

3D-printed swabs developed at UofL to help fill gap in COVID-19 test kits

Credit: UofL Innovation at the University of Louisville involving multiple departments at the university has led to a promising solution...

Skoltech and MIPT scientists find a rule to predict new superconducting metal hydrides

Credit: Pavel Odinev/Skoltech The search for coveted high-temperature superconductors is going to get easier with a new 'law within a...

Breastfeeding benefits during COVID-19