University of Houston expert warns red light myopia therapy can injure retina
A University of Houston optometry researcher is warning against the use of low-level red light (LLRL) therapy as a method to control myopia, or nearsightedness,...
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Can science beat counterfeit detector pens? (video)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2024 — Counterfeit detector pens use a starch-iodine reaction to identify fake bills. But could you fool them with chemistry? In today’s...
High time to rethink how we define scientific expertise and authority, argue psychologists
A shift away from the individual expert as a source of scientific knowledge and authority is proposed by researchers in a recent scholarly paper, published...
Researchers map genome for cats, dolphins, birds, and dozens of other animals
Researchers mapped genetic blueprints for 51 species including cats, dolphins, kangaroos, penguins, sharks, and turtles, a discovery that deepens our understanding of evolution and the...
Lopsided galaxies shed light on the speed of dark matter
So how can the speed of dark matter be measured? The prerequisite is to find a galaxy in the universe that moves relative to dark...
First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white
Great whites, the largest predatory sharks in the world with the most fatal attacks on humans, are tough to imagine as newborn babies. That is...
New horizons in chemical biology: A novel approach to synthesize dibenzothiophene s-oxides
Organic compounds in the field of chemistry range from simple hydrocarbons to complex molecules, with diverse functional groups added to the main carbon backbone. These...
Variant in the synaptonemal complex protein SYCE2 associates with pregnancy loss through effects on recombination
A sequence variant that increases risk of pregnancy lossScientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen and their collaborators from Iceland, Denmark and USA published...
How does a “reverse sprinkler” work? Researchers solve decades-old physics puzzle
For decades scientists have been trying to solve Feynman’s Sprinkler Problem: How does a sprinkler running in reverse—in which the water flows into the device...
EPB, ORNL announce plans for research collaborative focused on energy resilience, quantum technology
Building on $180 million in joint energy-related research, EPB and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) marked 10 years of collaboration Friday with the announcement of...
New tool helps predict progression of Alzheimer’s
About 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. The most common form is Alzheimer’s disease, an incurable condition...
USC Stem Cell study shows how gene activity modulates the amount of immune cell production in mice
As people age or become ill, their immune systems can become exhausted and less capable of fighting off viruses such as the flu or COVID-19....
Study: Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way’s edge
By clocking the speed of stars throughout the Milky Way galaxy, MIT physicists have found that stars further out in the galactic disk are traveling...
Orchestrating plant organ symmetry in style
Credit: Credit – Dr Yuxiang Jiang Journal Nature Plants DOI 10.1038/s41477-023-01617-4 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research Cells Article Title O-glycosylation of the...
Opportunities for ionic liquid-based electrolytes in rechargeable lithium batteries
This work is led by Prof. Heng Zhang and Prof. Zhibin Zhou (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology).Credit: ©Science...
