Birdsong and human voice built from same genetic blueprint
Humans have been long fascinated by bird song and the cacophony of other avian sounds — from coos and honks to quacks and peeps. But...
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Celebrating 25 Inspiring Women in Plant Biology
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Women in Plant Biology Committee recently named 25 Inspiring Women in Plant Biology to celebrate their achievements and...
AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once
Noise-canceling headphones have gotten very good at creating an auditory blank slate. But allowing certain sounds from a wearer’s environment through the erasure still challenges...
Designing a better nest to help endangered turtles
With Ontario’s eight species of turtles considered at risk, a new nest designed by researchers has the potential to significantly bolster their struggling populations.Credit: Chantel...
Weighted blankets do not improve sleep among children with a history of maltreatment
A study by University of Houston sleep expert and psychology professor Candice Alfano has found that weighted blankets, between 5 and 10 pounds, do not...
Helping qubits stay in sync
Credit: Kater Murch, Washington University in St. Louis. Music/Sound courtesy Bensound, License code: E3SBL1FUTVXGEVWW. Journal Physical Review Letters DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.200401 Method of Research Experimental study...
UMass Amherst astronomer leading international effort to understand evolutionary secrets of the universe
AMHERST, Mass. – The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Euclid Consortium—a collaboration of 2,000 researchers from 300 institutions in 15 European countries, the U.S.,...
Iron could be key to less expensive, greener lithium-ion batteries, research finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. – What if a common element rather than scarce, expensive ones was a key component in electric car batteries?Credit: Image provided by Xiulei...
Literature review finds that worldwide, most people find climate scientists to be trustworthy
While most people worldwide trust climate scientists, a small, skeptical minority – such as conservatives in the U.S. – can lead to climate inaction, reports...
Two new studies by Mount Sinai researchers in science offer key insights into the origins and potential treatment of mental health disorders
Working under the umbrella of the PsychENCODE Consortium, the mental health research project established in 2015 by the National Institutes of Health, a team of...
Finding the beat of collective animal motion
Across nature, animals from swarming insects to herding mammals can organize into seemingly choreographed motion. Over the last two decades, scientists have discovered that these...
From burns to the wave nature of heat – via the telegraph equation
When a train approaches or an ambulance with its siren blaring nears us, we hear the sound with an increased frequency, gradually decreasing slightly. As...
HKU hosts “Beyond Moore’s Law: Frontier of Intelligent Hardware and Information Systems” symposium
Organised by HKU and sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Center, the symposium invited academicians...
Sexual parasitism helped anglerfish invade the deep sea during a time of global warming
Members of the vertebrate group including anglerfishes are unique in possessing a characteristic known as sexual parasitism, in which males temporarily attach or permanently fuse...
Continuing study: Tel Aviv University researchers identify the pathogen causing sea urchin mass mortalities in the Red Sea; The epidemic has spread to the Indian Ocean possess an eminent threat to coral reefs
Embargoed until Thursday, May 23rd at 11AM (Israel time)Credit: Jean-Pascal Quod Embargoed until Thursday, May 23rd at 11AM (Israel time) Sea urchins are considered protectors...
