LIGO surpasses the quantum limit
In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, made history when it made the first direct detection of gravitational waves, or ripples in space...
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$3.6 million NIH award funds research to treat painful diabetic neuropathy
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A $3.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health will allow neurosurgical, neurology and neuroscience researchers at The Ohio State University...
Researchers capture first images of a radio ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have captured the Oct. 14 solar eclipse in a way never seen before...
University of Montana leads $12.3 million contract to advance TB vaccine
MISSOULA – The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a $12.3 million contract to the University of Montana to develop a novel vaccine adjuvant for...
Breastfeeding in the setting of substance use
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) has released new literature-based recommendations related to breastfeeding in the setting of substance use and substance use disorder (SUD)...
Genomic stability: A double-edged sword for sharks
Sharks have been populating the oceans for about 400 to 500 million years. While our planet and many of its inhabitants have undergone massive changes...
RCSI and Irish Blood Transfusion Service partnership to boost blood products for patients
Monday, 23 October 2023: Researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) are joining forces in a...
Mummified mice discovered atop sky-high Andean volcanoes
They were the summits of 20,000-foot volcanoes. Amid the driest desert on Earth. Where temperatures never breached freezing, where less than half of sea-level oxygen...
Interdisciplinary team receives $5 million grant to explore COVID-19 virus ecology at the human-animal interface
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia Tech disease ecologists wondered if the virus was having the same effect on wildlife.Credit: Photo by Joseph...
An antidote for deadly mushrooms? (video)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2023 — Almost all mushroom-related fatalities worldwide are caused by a single group of molecules, cyclopeptides, which are found in death caps...
Mouse mummies point to mammalian life in “Mars-like” Andes
The dry, wind-swept summits of volcanoes in the Puna de Atacama of Chile and Argentina are the closest thing on Earth to the surface of...
Scientists develop ‘pseudo cell’ formulation for vitreoretinal disease therapy
Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital have developed a new "pseudo cell" formulation...
Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals
What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe? Scientists are closer to realizing this vision, having successfully engineered a plant to...
UTIA examines online grocery shopping attributes and subsequent influence on food choices
Researchers from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have received a grant to examine delivery timing...
Researchers use pioneering new method to unlock brain’s noradrenaline system
An international team of researchers has provided valuable insights into the brain’s noradrenaline (NA) system, which has been a longtime target for medications to treat...
