New cloud model could help with climate research
When clouds meet clear skies, cloud droplets evaporate as they mix with dry air. A new study involving researchers from the University of Gothenburg has...
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$2 million grant from The Roe Green Foundation catalyzes multidisciplinary research building in Uganda
CLEVELAND--For the past 38 years, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and University Hospitals (UH) have worked closely with a variety of institutions in Uganda to...
Scientists track world’s largest turtles to previously unknown foraging locations
Leatherback sea turtles, the largest of all living turtles, undertake extensive migrations that can span multiple years. They travel from subtropical and tropical nesting locations...
‘The future is fungal’: New research finds that fungi that live in healthy plants are sensitive to climate change
Spruce, pine, fir and other trees tower across the frigid swaths of land that span North America, northern Europe and Russia in a great ring...
Cracking the code to a healthier potato chip
In a breakthrough for the snack food industry, a team of scientists led by Michigan State University professors Jiming Jiang and David Douches has discovered...
Fixing rogue brain cells may hold key to preventing neurodegeneration
A team led by scientists at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has identified a new therapeutic approach for combating neurodegenerative diseases, offering hope of...
Low oxygen in lakes may breathe new life into conservation efforts for water quality
Abigail Lewis traveled all across the United States for college and graduate school, and she ended up researching lakes in her own hometown. Credit: Courtesy Virginia...
Reducing insecurity in security engineering
Marc W. Tobias, J.D. earns his living designing security systems – and then breaking into them.Credit: Marc W. Tobias Marc W. Tobias, J.D. earns his...
Scientists may have cracked the ‘aging process’ in species
LAWRENCE — New research from the University of Kansas might resolve a mystery in the “aging process” in species — or, how a species’ risk...
New non-toxic method for producing high-quality graphene oxide
Researchers from Umeå have found a new way to synthesize graphene oxide which has significantly fewer defects compared to materials produced by most common method....
SwRI to host second Automotive Corrosion Symposium
SAN ANTONIO — February 20, 2024 —Southwest Research Institute will host its second Automotive Corrosion Symposium in Detroit April 11-12. The event, first held in...
Salk scientists discover new target for reversible, non-hormonal male birth control
LA JOLLA (February 20, 2024)—Surveys show most men in the United States are interested in using male contraceptives, yet their options remain limited to unreliable...
A new species of rare pseudoscorpion named after the Slovak president
There are about 25,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The most remote of them are in North and East Polynesia, the Hawaiian Islands, and French...
Panama Canal expansion rewrites history of world’s most ecologically diverse bats
Most bats patrol the night sky in search of insects. New World leaf-nosed bats take a different approach. Among the more than 200 species of...
Nature’s checkup: Surveying biodiversity with environmental DNA sequencing
A thousand kilometers south of Tokyo, far into the largest ocean on Earth, lies a chain of small, volcanic islands - the Ogasawara Islands. Nature...
