Toys demonstrate how biological machines move
By connecting small self-propelling toys in a chain, researchers at the UvA Institute of Physics have found the key to studying the movement of microscopic...
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SwRI, UTSA researchers develop new method to synthesize antimalarial drug
SAN ANTONIO – May 2, 2023 - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have developed a method to...
GAME-Net: a graph neural network for fast evaluation of the adsorption energy in heterogeneous catalysis
Tarragona (Spain), May 2nd 2023 – Achieving sustainability goals will require the use of feedstocks such as plastics and biomass instead of oil. Moreover, industries...
Chinese Medical Journal study suggests psilocybin could help treat fear-based and other mental disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition triggered by a terrifying event. Its symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, and severe anxiety. Most people experience...
PCORI offers up to $452 million through new health research funding opportunities on high-priority topics
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through nine funding opportunities. These PCORI...
Could wearables capture well-being?
New York, NY (May 2, 2023)—Applying machine learning models, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), to data collected passively from wearable devices can identify a...
Single-molecule valve: a breakthrough in nanoscale control
Scientists dream of using tiny molecules as building blocks to construct things, similar to how we build things with mechanical parts. However, molecules are incredibly...
Fish thought to help reefs have poop that’s deadly to corals
HOUSTON – (May 2, 2023) – Feces from fish that are typically thought to promote healthy reefs can damage and, in some cases, kill corals,...
Do people and monkeys see colors the same way?
New findings in color vision research imply that humans can perceive a greater range of blue tones than monkeys do.Credit: Yeon Jin Kim/University of Washington...
Interactive 3D model recreates Old Man of the Mountain
Twenty years after the Old Man of the Mountain collapsed, audiences around the world will now be able to explore the iconic symbol of New...
Columbia University study finds that improved access to mental health care is associated with reductions in suicide risk
Amid historically high suicide rates and mental health care provider shortages, new research from Incite @ Columbia University suggests that interventions to alleviate mental health...
Coal trains increase air pollution in San Francisco bay area
Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution to urban areas, more so than other freight or passenger...
A chronic wound model to investigate skin cellular senescence
“Here, we report a chronic wound healing model that can be used to decipher the paradoxical role of cellular senescence in acute versus chronic wound...
Researchers develop clever algorithm to improve our understanding of particle beams in accelerators
Whenever SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s linear accelerator is on, packs of around a billion electrons each travel together at nearly the speed of light through...
Internet search trends reflect concerns following Supreme Court health care decisions
Internet search trends may immediately capture how society seeks information related to reproductive health care, according to new research from Indiana University researchers.Credit: Indiana University...
