Sweet snacks: Children have very different preferences
Would third- and fourth-graders buy fewer unhealthy snacks if they were more expensive? The answer provided by researchers at the University of Bonn is nuanced:...
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New study could help unlock ‘game-changing’ batteries for electric vehicles and aviation
Significantly improved electric vehicle (EV) batteries could be a step closer thanks to a new study led by University of Oxford researchers, published today in...
Pre-basophils: A basophil origin story
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that pre-basophil and mast cell progenitors differentiate into pre-basophils before producing mature basophils in miceCredit: Inflammation,...
What does ChatGPT say when you tell it you were sexually assaulted, you’re suicidal, or want to quit smoking?
La Jolla, Calif. (June 5, 2023) — What does ChatGPT say when you tell it you were sexually assaulted, want to commit suicide, or are...
Columbia scientists discover that water molecules define the materials around us
For decades, the fields of physics and chemistry have maintained that the atoms and molecules that make up the natural world define the character of...
Combining bioprinting techniques to pursue functional blood vessels
In this project volumetric bioprinting was for the first time successfully combined with melt electrowriting. This combines the speed and cell-friendliness of volumetric printing with...
Randy Yeh, MD, receives SNMMI Mars Shot Fund award
Reston, Virginia—The SNMMI Mars Shot Research Fund is excited to announce that Randy Yeh, MD, a radiologist and nuclear medicine physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering...
Amir Iravani, MD, receives SNMMI Mars Shot Fund award
Reston, Virginia—The SNMMI Mars Shot Research Fund is excited to announce that Amir Iravani, MD, associate professor of radiology in the Department of Radiology at...
Craig Levin, PhD, receives SNMMI Mars Shot Fund award
Reston, Virginia—The SNMMI Mars Shot Research Fund is excited to announce that Craig Levin, PhD, professor of radiology, physics, electrical engineering and bioengineering at Stanford...
When it comes to bumblebees, does size matter?
Certain crops, like greenhouse tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and blueberries, rely on bumblebees for a style of pollination that only bumblebees can perform. Among growers, the...
Introducing Environmental Research: Food Systems – IOP Publishing’s new OA journal dedicated to achieving sustainable global food solutions
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is expanding its open access (OA) Environmental Research portfolio to address the urgent need for sustainable food solutions globally. Environmental Research: Food...
Knowledge coproduction: Working together to solve a complex conservation problem
A new publication from a team of scientists at USGS, Point Blue Conservation Science, and Conservation Biology Institute shows how knowledge coproduction - the collaborative...
Researchers dig deep to unveil causes of decline for North America’s smallest falcon
The American Kestrel, a colorful and charismatic falcon, has kept researchers scratching their heads for years. Population declines are confirmed across North America, but who...
Does multimorbidity impact chronic disease treatment?
Treatment efficacy for a broad range of chronic diseases does not differ depending on patients’ comorbidities, according to a new study publishing June 6th in...
Order in chaos: Atmosphere’s Antarctic oscillation has natural cycle
HOUSTON – (June 6, 2023) – Climate scientists at Rice University have discovered an “internally generated periodicity” — a natural cycle that repeats every 150...
