Special Feature calls attention to biological invasion research in China
This month, the Ecological Society of America spotlights the challenge posed by invasive alien species in China with the release of a Special Feature, “Management...
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The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to the four discoverers of the biological mechanisms behind protein function and their role in the origin of multiple diseases
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine has gone in this sixteenth edition to the four scientists who unraveled the physiological...
New pieces in the puzzle of first life on Earth
Microorganisms were the first forms of life on our planet. The clues are written in 3.5 billion-year-old rocks by geochemical and morphological traces, such as...
Sub-wavelength confinement of light demonstrated in indium phosphide nanocavity
WASHINGTON — As we transition to a new era in computing, there is a need for new devices that integrate electronic and photonic functionalities at...
New model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance
A good shoe can make a huge difference for runners, from career marathoners to couch-to-5K first-timers. But every runner is unique, and a shoe that...
UBC researchers advocate for sustainable logging to safeguard against global flood risks
It’s time to recognize the power of healthy forests in managing global growing flood risk, and to shift towards more sustainable forestry practices and policy.Credit:...
Global groundwater depletion is accelerating, but is not inevitable
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Groundwater is rapidly declining across the globe, often at accelerating rates. Writing in the journal Nature, UC Santa Barbara researchers present...
A large percentage of European plastic sent to Vietnam ends up in nature
Despite strict EU regulations on plastic recycling, there is little oversight on plastic waste shipped from the EU to Vietnam. A large percentage of the...
A year of breakthroughs from Cincinnati Children’s
Cincinnati Children’s continues to be a cradle for great discoveries.Credit: Cincinnati Children's Cincinnati Children’s continues to be a cradle for great discoveries. Our latest Research...
Exposure to flame retardants linked to premature birth, higher birth weight
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — In the largest study of its kind, researchers at UC Davis Health found that exposure to organophosphate ester flame retardants during pregnancy...
Facial recognition app for dogs developed to help in fight against rabies
A new mobile phone-based facial recognition application for dogs has the potential to significantly improve rabies vaccination efforts in endemic areas like Africa and Asia,...
New study unveils how plants control the production of reactive oxygen species
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are highly reactive molecules containing oxygen. These compounds, which are normal byproducts of biological processes in all living organisms such as...
The fountain of youth is … a T cell?
The fountain of youth has eluded explorers for ages. It turns out the magic anti-aging elixir might have been inside us all along.Credit: Amor Vegas...
Ultrafast excitations in correlated systems
An international team of researchers from the European XFEL together with colleagues from the Max Born Institute in Berlin, Universities of Berlin and Hamburg, The...
TRAILS AI Institute announces first round of Seed Funding
The Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRAILS) has unveiled an inaugural round of seed grants designed to integrate a greater diversity of...
