Male babies “talk” more in the first year than female babies do
Young babies make many squeals, vowel-like sounds, growls, and short word-like sounds such as “ba” or “aga.” Those precursors to speech or “protophones” are later...
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Scientists’ report world’s first X-ray of a single atom in Nature
A team of scientists from Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and others, led by Ohio University Professor of Physics, and Argonne...
Desert ant increase the visibility of their nest entrances in the absence of landmarks
Desert ants have outstanding navigational skills. They live in the saltpans of North Africa, an extremely inhospitable environment. To find food for their nest mates,...
Further link identified between autoimmunity and schizophrenia
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify a protein in some people with schizophrenia that causes schizophrenia-like features in miceCredit: Department of Psychiatry...
A nanocrystal shines on and off indefinitely
New York, NY—May 31, 2023—In 2021, lanthanide-doped nanoparticles made waves—or rather, an avalanche—when Changwan Lee, then a PhD student in Jim Schuck’s lab at Columbia...
Microbes powered by electricity
In microbial electrosynthesis, microorganisms use CO2 and electricity to produce alcohol, for example. How this process works biologically, however, has only been speculated about until...
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Volume 13, Issue 5 Publishes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acta-pharmaceutica-sinica-b/vol/13/issue/5Credit: APSB https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/acta-pharmaceutica-sinica-b/vol/13/issue/5 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (APSB) was founded with the goal of creating a global high-level forum centred around drug discovery and pharmaceutical...
When the media believe that a firm is really green
When firms make their environmental policies public, they can get favorable media coverage only if their narrative carefully articulates signals of conformity (actions aimed at...
Eat right, live longer: could a moderate protein diet be the coveted elixir of youth?
As the proverb “You are what you eat” goes, the type of food we consume influences our health and longevity all through our lives. In...
Fairy tales offer accessible ways to communicate energy research in the social sciences to help tackle climate change
A team of researchers, led by Lancaster University, has been developing accessible and creative means of communicating sustainability research from the social sciences for policymakers...
Color-changing material shows when medications get too warm
Some foods and medicines, such as many COVID-19 vaccines, must be kept cold. As a step toward a robust, stable technique that could indicate when...
Spinosaur Britain: Multiple different species likely roamed Cretaceous Britain
Analysis of a British spinosaur tooth by palaeontologists at the EvoPalaeoLab of the University of Southampton shows that several distinct spinosaur groups inhabited Cretaceous Britain. Credit:...
New health indicator can revolutionize how we measure and achieve well-being
The term ‘well-being’ entered popular vocabulary during the Covid-19 pandemic soon after ‘lockdown’ and ‘quarantine’. We quickly discovered that without the ability to take walks,...
The clams that fell behind, and what they can tell us about evolution and extinction
Every so often, life on Earth steps onto a nearly empty playing field and faces a spectacular opportunity. Something major changes—in the atmosphere or in...
Genetic change increased bird flu severity during U.S. spread
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – May 29, 2023) St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists discovered how the current epizootic H5N1 avian influenza virus (bird flu) gained new...
