$26M NIH grant addresses environmental influences on child health
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Backed by a $26 million federal grant, researchers at three Michigan universities, a leading health care system, and a state agency...
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Kidder receives American Chemical Society’s 2023 Mid-Career Award
Michelle Kidder, a senior R&D staff scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the American Chemical Society’s Energy and Fuels...
Warming climate worsens groundwater depletion rates in India
Increased withdrawals of groundwater resources are accelerating groundwater depletion rates in India, a groundwater depletion hotspot, a new study finds. The study, published today in...
Precarious employment conditions can increase risk of early death
People without a secure job contract can reduce their risk of premature death by 20 per cent if they gain permanent employment, a study from...
Anode models for green hydrogen production
Researchers from the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society conducted experiments using atomically defined model pre-catalysts to unveil...
Researchers discover quantum switch for regulating photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a crucial process that allows plants to convert carbon dioxide into organic compounds using solar energy. Light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) is a complex...
UMC Utrecht investigates the link between RSV infection and chronic respiratory tract disease
UMC Utrecht will lead an international consortium that will try to answer a key question that’s in the mind of many pediatricians, infectiologists, pulmonologists and...
Di-isononyl phthalate disrupts pregnancy in mice, study finds
We are constantly exposed to phthalates in our environment through plastic products such as storage containers, medical devices, packages, fabrics, and toys. Specifically, di-isononyl phthalate...
Health System Program Improved Equity in Allocation of Scarce Medication
A program designed to ensure fairness and that people living in the most disadvantaged U.S. neighborhoods would be offered a scarce, potentially life-saving medication proved...
Climate shifts set stage for surge in agricultural flash droughts, warns new study
A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences sheds light on the alarming increase in agricultural flash droughts over the 21st century. Agricultural flash...
Roadmap drafted for research into metallic ‘sponges’ for clean hydrogen
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) could deliver a major efficiency boost to the photocatalytic production of clean hydrogen. Chemical engineers have drafted a comprehensive overview of...
Flowering for naught: 120 years with nothing to show
A long-lived monocarpic species of bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis, only flowers once every 120 years before it dies. The upcoming flowering event for this...
Radical new approach to managing type 2 diabetes receives $3.5 million from NIH
The National Institutes of Health has provided $3.5 million for a large-scale clinical trial testing a radical new approach to managing type 2 diabetes that,...
FAIR data and inclusive science to enable clean energy
Fusion is the process of combining two light atomic nuclei to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy. The Sun and...
COVID-19: Lessons from the Pandemic
Where did COVID-19 originate? Prof Angus Dalgleish shows that the virus that emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019 had been modified in a laboratory to...
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