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RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A study showing how electrons flow around sharp bends, such as those found in integrated circuits, has the potential to improve how...

CDC awards $17.5 million to team led by UC San Diego to strengthen response to disease outbreaks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $17.5 million to a coalition led by researchers at UC San Diego to develop innovative...

University of Louisville Resilience Justice Project Fellows

Grant awarded to University of Louisville law professor will fund climate adaptation project

The Resilience Justice Project (RJ Project) at the University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law has been awarded a one-year multi-institutional grant through a national competitive process to evaluate...

The case of a young woman suffering perinatal ill health who suspects her former midwife of witchcraft. August 1. Monday 12.15pm. 1603

Witchcraft accusations an ‘occupational hazard’ for female workers in early modern England

While both men and women have historically been accused of the malicious use of magic, only around 10–30% of suspected witches were men by the...

Keeping Vilsmeier reagent in the flow: From toxin to medicine in one go

The Vilsmeier reagent is necessary for producing a large range of pharmaceuticals, but its unstable nature and toxic precursor phosgene are challenges for its use....

Patients visiting emergency departments because of alcohol abuse are more likely to make return visits and to die in the following decades

Barcelona, Spain: People who come to emergency departments with alcohol-related diseases or conditions are more likely to make return visits and to die in the...

UT Dallas to lead $30 million battery initiative

As announced by the Department of Defense today, The University of Texas at Dallas will receive $30 million over three years from the DOD to...

Disparities in flu vaccine uptake persist in people with kidney disease

Among adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) enrolled in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC), young age, Black race, and low levels of education and...

Single Cell Protein: an alternative eco-friendly protein source derived from microorganisms

Researchers and businesses are increasingly drawn to alternative protein sources as they grapple with the challenge of meeting the growing global demand for protein. Among...

Peace with Nature: : 50 Inspiring Essays on Nature and the Environment

Peace with nature in a world of turmoil

4 SEPTEMBER 2023: The book launch of Peace with Nature: 50 Inspiring Essays on Nature and the Environment unfolded on September 4, 2023 inside the...

Fig. 3. Wildfire susceptibility index based on modelling at the continental scale and the location of koala-browse species for the present and projected for 2070.

Almost half of koala habitats will be under high bushfire threat by 2070

Australian koala populations have been decimated by bushfires in recent years - and researchers are forecasting that bushfires will threaten them and their habitat even...

Researchers find new mechanisms that cause blindness and open the door to future treatments

There are still many enigmas about the mechanism of action of the CERKL gene, which causes retinitis pigmentosa and other hereditary vision diseases. Now, a...

An implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can produce insulin when needed, which can free...

Development of a noise barometer for measuring epigenetic pressure of aging and disease

“ we describe a conceptually different measurement (not a prediction) of persons’ biological age, which we term a noise barometer ”Credit: 2023 Mei et al....

Images of nontreated control and mouse treated with 2 cycles of HER2 225Ac-PRIT

Nuclear medicine treatment cures lethal form of ovarian cancer in preclinical setting