Entangled quantum circuits
A group of researchers led by Andreas Wallraff, Professor of Solid State Physics at ETH Zurich, has performed a loophole-free Bell test to disprove the...
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Don’t call it panic buying if it’s rational
We all remember 2020. At the grocery store, toilet paper shelves were empty. Cleaning supplies and disinfectants were treasured finds. Rattled consumers, concerned that they...
A journey to the origins of multicellular life: Long-term experimental evolution in the lab
The world would look very different without multicellular organisms – take away the plants, animals, fungi, and seaweed, and Earth starts to look like a...
Inhaling menthol improves cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease
Pamplona (Spain), May 10, 2023. Researchers from Cima University of Navarra (Spain) have shown in animal models of Alzheimer's disease that inhaling menthol improves cognitive...
UW Medicine scientists among leads of NIH pangenome studies
UW Medicine genome experts made significant scientific contributions to a National Institutes of Health Human Genome Research Institute reference collection that better represents the genetic...
Behind the scenes of a major genomic discovery
EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2023, AT 11AM ETCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2023, AT 11AM ET New York, NY (May...
Researchers discover liquid quasicrystal with dodecagonal tiling pattern
An unusual quasicrystal has been discovered by a team from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Sheffield and Xi'an Jiaotong University. It...
Scientists release a new human “pangenome” reference
Researchers have released a new high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that captures substantially more diversity from different human populations than what was previously...
Achieving linguistic justice for African American English #ASA184
CHICAGO, May 10, 2023 – African American English (AAE) is a variety of English spoken primarily, though not exclusively, by Black Americans of historical African...
Human pangenome reference will enable more complete and equitable understanding of genomic diversity
UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome—a new, usable reference for genomics that...
21st Staffordshire Conference on Clinical Biomechanics
We are pleased to invite you to the 21st consecutive Staffordshire Conference on Clinical Biomechanics at the University Campus, Stoke on Trent (18th-20th May 2023)....
Paleoclimatic research shows the connection between climate variability and mercury levels in the Arctic
Mercury, a global pollutant that is especially toxic health and the environment, is the focus of a new Italian-led study recently published in the scientific...
Pandemic stress reshapes the placentas of expectant moms
WASHINGTON (May 10, 2023) – Elevated maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic changed the structure, texture and other qualities of the placenta in pregnant mothers...
Small but mighty: insect-inspired microphones #ASA184
CHICAGO, May 10, 2023 – What can an insect hear? Surprisingly, quite a lot. Though small and simple, their hearing systems are highly efficient. For...
St. Jude scientist M. Madan Babu elected to the Royal Society of London
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientist Madan Babu Mohan, Ph.D., Center of Excellence in Data-Driven Discovery director and member of the Department of Structural Biology,...
