These male marsupials give up sleep for sex
All animals need sleep. When humans or animals don’t get enough, it can lead to trouble paying attention, irritability, and other ill effects. And yet,...
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Researchers create safer form of coxiella burnetii for scientific use
WHAT: Scientists have unexpectedly discovered that the weakened form of the bacteria Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii) not typically known to cause disease, naturally acquired an...
Cellular scaffolding rewired to make microscopic railways
Princeton researchers have learned to harness the gossamer scaffolding that maintains the structure of living cells and used it to develop a nanotechnology platform. The...
Oder River crisis: Statistics give a chance to prevent river tragedies
Hundreds of tons of dead fish flowed down the Oder River at the turn of July and August 2022. The scale of the event was...
C-Path promotes Cécile Ollivier to Vice President of Global Affairs, expanding leadership in drug development
AMSTERDAM and TUCSON, Ariz., January 25, 2024 — Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced the promotion of Cécile Ollivier, M.S., from Managing Director, Europe to Vice President of Global Affairs.Credit:...
David Brydges wins 2024 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2024 – AIP and the American Physical Society (APS) are pleased to announce David Brydges as the recipient of the 2024 Dannie...
UTSA to establish new college in AI, cyber, computing and data science
UTSA announced a pioneering initiative to reshape its academic landscape with the creation of a new college dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, computing, data...
UTSA researchers reveal faint features in galaxy NGC 5728 though JWST image techniques
(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) — Mason Leist is working remotely—127 million light-years from Earth—on images of a supermassive black hole in his office at the UTSA Department...
Suicide and race: Uncovering patterns underlying increasing suicide rates in the USA
Are there specific communities that bear the brunt of suicide mortality? Certain studies have revealed that historically marginalized and economically deprived indigenous populations are linked...
Deep learning reveals molecular secrets of explosive perchlorate salts
Perchlorates are a class of compounds that are notorious for their explosive nature. This raises safety concerns during experiments involving complex compounds that contain perchlorate...
Development of real-time trace hydrogen gas leakage via a novel terahertz-wave optical platform
Hydrogen gas is the smallest and lightest of all known molecules, and its colorless and odorless nature makes it easy to leak. Also when concentrated...
Recovering lossless propagation: HKU physicists overcoming optical loss in polariton system with synthetic complex frequency waves
A collaborative research team co-led by Professor Shuang ZHANG, the Interim Head of the Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), along with...
A pathway to environmental restoration: Sustainable strategies for cesium removal from radioactive wastewater
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, resulted in a severe release of radioactive materials, including cesium,...
Avoiding cloudy messaging: Vape prevention campaigns face challenges
Flinders University researchers say that cohesive and collaborative action from preventive health communicators and organisations is needed to inform young people about the devastating harms...
Lights, detector, action!
Kyoto, Japan -- Our understanding of the world relies greatly on our knowledge of its constituent materials and their interactions. Recent advances in materials science...