Leadership in MS Rehabilitation recognized: John DeLuca, PhD, awarded 2024 Giants of MS® Honor
East Hanover, NJ – May 3, 2024 – John DeLuca, PhD, of Kessler Foundation was named recipient of the 2024 Giants of Multiple Sclerosis® award...
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MBL Director Nipam Patel elected to National Academy of Sciences
WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nipam Patel, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and a professor at the University of Chicago, was elected to the...
Rice’s Harvey, Ramesh named to National Academy of Sciences
HOUSTON – (May 2, 2024) – Rice University’s Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Frank Reese Harvey are among 120 new U.S. members elected to the National Academy of Sciences...
Between Soil and Society: New book traces history and development of U.S. conservation policy
URBANA, Ill. -- A new book by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in law and policy explores the history and development of the U.S. conservation policy, offering...
For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as ‘expressway’ to deeper depths, study finds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Some of the ocean’s tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny...
Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed
AMHERST, Mass. – The global demand for palm oil—the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick—is driving...
New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding environment.Credit: Carlos...
Study helps understand how energy metabolism is regulated at cellular level
An article published in The Faseb Journal describes a Brazilian study analyzing the correlation between two key energy metabolism regulation processes: the absorption and release of calcium ions by...
Sea slugs inspire highly stretchable biomedical sensor
The revolution in personalized medicine is well underway – with wearable devices and DIY home testing, it’s easier than ever to track everything from heart...
Powering Academic Freedom – Essential Insights for Policy Makers webinar by Frontiers
Academic Freedom is a cornerstone of higher education and research. This fundamental principle safeguards scholars' autonomy to explore, question, and challenge the boundaries of established...
Salk immunologist Susan Kaech elected to National Academy of Sciences
LA JOLLA—Salk Institute Professor Susan Kaech has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Kaech is one of 120 new members and 24 international members to...
Stay active – or get active – to boost quality of life while aging, study suggests to middle-aged women
Consistent adherence to physical activity guidelines throughout middle-age is associated with a higher health-related quality of life in women, according to a new study publishing...
Analysis of flour and rice shows high levels of harmful fungal toxins
By analyzing samples of flour and rice stored in homes in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of the state of São Paulo (Brazil), researchers from...
UTA scientists test for quantum nature of gravity
Einstein’s theory of general relativity explains that gravity is caused by a curvature of the directions of space and time. The most familiar manifestation of...
International team cracks genomic code for earliest forms of terrestrial plant life
Plant life first emerged on land about 550 million years ago, and an international research team co-led by University of Nebraska–Lincoln computational biologist Yanbin Yin...
