Sandia Science & Technology Park injecting billions into state economy
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park is being credited with playing a critical role in New Mexico’s economy over the last 25...
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Two UCSB professors selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to be Experimental Physics Investigators
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — UC Santa Barbara professors Andrew Jayich and Jon Schuller have been selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to be...
Next time you beat a virus, thank your microbial ancestors
When you get infected with a virus, some of the first weapons your body deploys to fight it were passed down to us from our...
Unveiling GlycoRNA: New study proves they do exist
In a groundbreaking exploration of cell surface biology, Ryan Flynn has uncovered a surprising role for RNA outside the confines of the cell. Flynn’s research, which focuses...
Lehigh University is a core institution of new $26 Million NSF Engineering Research Center
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $26 million to establish a new Gen-4 Engineering Research Center (ERC) named Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub...
From genome to grocer’s aisle: decoding the Chinese cherry for firmer fruits
A significant milestone in horticultural genomics has been reached with the successful decoding of the tetraploid Chinese cherry genome. This study provides essential insights into...
Birds have accents, too: Researchers find cultural change in the dialects of parrots over 22-year period
JOHNSTOWN, PA – While distinct languages and dialects are common to human societies, most people are unaware that other species may similarly have culturally significant...
Homicide rates are a major factor in the gap between Black and White life expectancy
Homicide is a major reason behind lower and more variable reduction in life expectancy for Black rather than White men in recent years, according to...
Researchers search coastal oceans for crucial environmental data
Excess carbon dioxide emitted by human activities – such as fossil fuel burning, land-use changes and deforestation – is absorbed by the world’s oceans. While...
US Congress members’ wealth statistically linked with ancestors’ slaveholding practices
Per a new study, as of April 2021, US Congress members whose ancestors enslaved 16 or more people had a net worth that was five...
WPI researchers awarded $2 Million grant to use science to combat wildlife trafficking
Worcester, Mass. (Aug. 21, 2024) – Focusing on certain species of sharks, rays, and sea turtles, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is leading a potentially groundbreaking...
The role of an energy-producing enzyme in treating Parkinson’s disease
An enzyme called PGK1 has an unexpectedly critical role in the production of chemical energy in brain cells, according to a preclinical study led by...
Freeze-frame: U of A researchers develop world’s fastest microscope that can see electrons in motion
Imagine owning a camera so powerful it can take freeze-frame photographs of a moving electron – an object traveling so fast it could circle the...
The real price of the “zero-price effect”
Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that there may be a cost to the zero-price effect: statistically identical homes that were published in free service...
New heaviest exotic antimatter nucleus
UPTON, N.Y. — Scientists studying the tracks of particles streaming from six billion collisions of atomic nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) — an “atom...
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