Multiple uses of tropical mosaic landscapes
Many landscapes in the tropics consist of a mosaic of different types of land use. How people make use of these different ecosystems, with their...
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Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex...
Researchers study lingering Lyme disease symptoms
An estimated 1,200 Americans, on average, are diagnosed with Lyme disease each day. Some of those patients continue to experience negative effects, even after treatment.Credit:...
Liverpool chemist wins prestigious Eni Energy Frontiers Award
Professor Matt Rosseinsky, from the University’s Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, has won the 2023 Eni Energy Frontiers Award for the digital design...
New fossil flying reptile ‘Elvis’ takes flight
A new 145-million-year-old pterosaur (extinct flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs) was named today by a team of British, American and German researchers. The...
Explore the most realistic 3D interactive sharks ever created with Save Our Seas Foundation and UMass Amherst
AMHERST, Mass. – Ground-breaking 3D interactive shark imagery created by a University of Massachusetts Amherst biology professor is powering a new World of Sharks website...
NIH spent $8.1B for phased clinical trials of drugs approved 2010-19, ~10% of reported industry spending
BENTLEY UNIVERSITYCredit: Bentley University BENTLEY UNIVERSITY The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed $8.1 billion in project funding for phased clinical trials involving drugs...
Ocean animals vacate areas both around and outside deep-sea mining operations
In 2020, Japan performed the first successful test extracting cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt—a mineral used in electric vehicle...
Rapid fabrication of a polymer lens on a laser chip for miniaturized spectroscopy
There is a growing demand for portable gas sensors, from both environmental and health sciences as well as industry. Resonant optical sensors, in particular planar...
Linewidth narrowing in self-injection-locked on-chip lasers
On-chip laser diodes based on quantum well (QW) and quantum dot (QD) semiconductor materials have become the primary candidates for several applications due to their...
This eight-armed octopus-like pore detects taste
The neurons in our bodies are dotted with tiny pores that let essential molecules pass in and out of our cells. Neurons need these channels...
App helps identify autistic children in India – study
Children with autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders in India can be successfully identified by community healthcare workers using a low-cost app, a study has found.Credit:...
Rensselaer researcher receives grant to study enzymes in deep sea organisms
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Catherine Royer, Constellation Chair Professor of Bioinformatics and Biocomputation at the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)...
Researchers’ sweeping discovery shows how kidney cells self-renew
University of Texas at Dallas scientists have discovered a previously unknown “housekeeping” process in kidney cells that ejects unwanted content, resulting in cells that rejuvenate...
James Webb Telescope catches glimpse of possible first-ever ‘dark stars’
Stars beam brightly out of the darkness of space thanks to fusion, atoms melding together and releasing energy. But what if there’s another way to...
