Plastic cloud: New study analyzes airborne microplastics in clouds
Plastic particles less than 5 mm in size are called “microplastics.” These tiny bits of plastic are often found in industrial effluents, or form from...
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Golden Goose Award announces 2023 awardees for discoveries in DNA sequencing technique, a bacteria-inspired method that saves crops and chicken pedigree lines
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Golden Goose Award, which celebrates federally funded research that sounds silly, but ultimately benefits society, has selected five researchers across the...
A novel role discovered for vagus nerve
The vagus nerve, known for its role in ‘resting and digesting’, has now been found to have an important role in exercise, helping the heart...
Patients who quit smoking after percutaneous coronary intervention do as well as non-smokers – unless they had smoked heavily
Patients who quit smoking after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for narrowed arteries have similar outcomes as non-smokers during four years of follow-up after the...
Living donor liver transplant access is optimal for high-risk waitlisted cirrhosis patients
“Access to LDLT in a transplant program can optimize the timing of transplant for the increasingly older, frail patient population ”Credit: 2023 Arisar et al....
RPI researcher of circadian rhythms receives $2 million grant
With daylight savings time ending soon, we anticipate a change in the timing of daylight hours with the sunrise occurring earlier in the morning. Already,...
Researchers fabricate chip-based optical resonators with record low UV losses
WASHINGTON — Researchers have created chip-based photonic resonators that operate in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible regions of the spectrum and exhibit a record low...
New material captures coronavirus particles and could transform face mask efficiency
A research team at the University of Liverpool has developed a new material that captures coronavirus particles and could transform the efficiency of face masks and...
Aston University research pioneers making renewable hydrogen and propane fuel gases from glycerol
Credit: Aston University’s Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute. Research shows way forward for making renewable hydrogen from glycerol Crude glycerol from biodiesel production plants...
SRI spins off AI-powered drug discovery platform Synfini, Inc.
SRI International announced today it is spinning off Synfini, a biosciences platform that accelerates the process by which pharmaceutical and other companies can design, synthesize,...
Latest version of the Healthy Eating Index covers toddler diet quality
Philadelphia, September 26, 2023 – In four articles in the Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, published by Elsevier, leading nutrition experts describe and evaluate the...
UH researcher on team developing sense-and-respond cancer implant technology
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has awarded $45 million to rapidly develop sense-and-respond implant technology that could slash U.S. cancer-related deaths by...
Ecological theory can help explain why segregation persists
An ecological theory may help to explain why segregation is so widespread and persistent in US cities, according to a paper published today in Buildings...
Invertebrate decline reduces natural pest control and decomposition of organic matter
Leipzig. The decline in invertebrates also affects the functioning of ecosystems, including two critical ecosystem services: aboveground pest control and belowground decomposition of organic material,...
New study finds disparities among management of pediatric chronic asthma
Black children may have more severe asthma episodes than their white counterparts but are less likely to be transported to the hospital by emergency medical...
