A new kind of magnetism
For a magnet to stick to a fridge door, inside of it several physical effects need to work together perfectly. The magnetic moments of its...
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Visualizing “traffic jams” inside living cells
Researchers at the IBS Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics (IBS CMSD), led by Director CHO Minhaeng and Professor HONG Seok-Cheol, have unveiled a revolutionary...
On two small islands in the Indian Ocean, an endangered palm with the world’s largest seed sows a lesson about landscape restoration
Every tree species has its story. Unraveling all 73,000 of them is a significant undertaking for science, in no small part because a considerable proportion...
Surveilling wetlands for infectious bird flu — and finding it
Recently, morning omelets and holiday dinners have gotten more expensive. One likely cause is bird flu, outbreaks of which led to the deaths of millions...
The Future of Future Earth: How global science programs can navigate the complex, shifting challenges in sustainability science
The global change program Future Earth is an international alliance of organizations and agencies that was launched by the UN in June 2012. The Future...
University of Basel delivers first biological implants for treatment of cartilage lesions and osteoarthritis in humans
The Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel, today announced that it delivered the first surgical procedure to treat...
New study finds association between insecticide exposure and lower sperm concentration in adult men
EMBARGOED until November 15, 2023Credit: George Mason University College of Public Health EMBARGOED until November 15, 2023 Contact: Michelle Thompson George Mason University [email protected] ...
New deep learning AI tool helps ecologists monitor rare birds through their songs
Researchers have developed a new deep learning AI tool that generates life-like birdsongs to train bird identification tools, helping ecologists to monitor rare species in...
Study finds increasingly popular oral nicotine pouches do little to curb smokers’ cravings
Oral nicotine pouches, a tobacco-leaf-free product marketed as an alternative to cigarettes, do little to curb current smokers’ nicotine cravings, according to a new study....
The role of iron in blindness caused by ocular toxoplasmosis
Researchers from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine have identified the role of iron in ocular toxoplasmosis (OT), a form of toxoplasmosis that causes blindness....
Tau-ting the importance of protein mapping
Credit: QBI Shanley Longfield Journal Nature Communications DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-43130-4 Method of Research Imaging analysis Subject of Research Cells Article Title Tau forms synaptic nano-biomolecular condensates...
Shark fear: Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water…
It’s one of the most famous taglines in film history, immortalising sharks as ruthless predators. But beyond the horror generated by Spielberg’s Jaws series, a...
THE LANCET: Alarming new projections reveal soaring health risks of persistent global inaction over the climate emergency
Peer-reviewed / Review and Analysis / PeopleCredit: Please credit 'The Lancet' Peer-reviewed / Review and Analysis / People The Lancet: Alarming new projections reveal soaring...
SFI Press releases new editions of Murray Gell-Mann books
The opening lines of Homer’s Odyssey describe its eponymous hero as polytropos, a man of many turns. It’s no coincidence that SFI co-founder Murray Gell-Mann invoked Homer’s crafty,...
Study finds strongest evidence yet for local sources of cosmic ray electrons
A new study using data from the CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) instrument on the International Space Station has found evidence for nearby, young sources of...
