Was warfare responsible for the fall of small-scale societies?
— Complexity scientist Peter Turchin and his team at CSH, working as part of an international and interdisciplinary collaboration, may have added a meaningful piece...
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2023 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize honors pioneer in computational biology
The 2023 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to scientist David J. Lipman for his visionary work in the conception, design, and implementation of computational tools, databases, and...
How good or evil are you when gaming?
Credit: Macquarie University Two papers published by Macquarie University researchers reveal that most of us ignore the meter when a moral choice is clear, but...
Fish farms can become biogas producers
Digesting fish waste can allow circular fish and vegetable farms (aquaponics) to produce biogas that can be fed back into the energy system of these...
Completing genome of rusty patched bumble bee may offer new approach to saving endangered bee
LOGAN, Utah, June 20, 2023 — A detailed, high-resolution map of the rusty patched bumble bee’s genome has been released by U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Chinese paleogeneticist FU Qiaomei awarded UNESCO–AI Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists
FU Qiaomei, a paleogeneticist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), received the UNESCO–AI Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in Science,...
Human Brain Project study offers insights into neuroreceptor organization
A key challenge in neuroscience is to understand how the brain can adapt to a changing world, even with a relatively static anatomy. The way...
These long-necked reptiles were decapitated by their predators, fossil evidence confirms
In the age of dinosaurs, many marine reptiles had extremely long necks compared to reptiles today. While it was clearly a successful evolutionary strategy, paleontologists...
Extreme DNA resolution: Researchers slow down and scan multiple times individual DNA molecules
Aleksandra Radenovic, head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology in the School of Engineering, has worked for years to improve nanopore technology, which involves passing a molecule...
De facto decriminalization of drug possession reduces the overall arrest toll on the Black community, although racial disparities persist
Ann Arbor, June 19, 2023 – De facto decriminalization of drug possession may be a good first step in addressing the disproportionate impact of an...
ACQUIRE therapy framework shows results for intensive pediatric rehabilitation
Virginia Tech researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have demonstrated that children with a wide range of diagnoses that affect their motor...
New research shows HIV can lie dormant in the brain
As a part of its life cycle, the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) inserts a copy of its DNA into human immune cells. Some of these...
Wider search needed to improve outcomes for eosinophilic food allergy
The good news: a monoclonal antibody treatment called benralizumab proved quite effective in a clinical trial at depleting the number of eosinophils found in the...
Disorient the malaria parasite to prevent it from causing harm
With almost 250 million cases a year, 621,000 of them fatal, malaria remains a major public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is a parasitic...
Chemistry without detours: TUD researchers introduce a two-step process for producing phosphorus-containing chemicals
Phosphorus and its compounds are essential components of life and indispensable in our daily lives. In the human body, this element plays a crucial role...
