How the COVID-19 pandemic impacted social cohesion
Did the pandemic bring societies together or increase the drifting apart? That was one of the central questions posed by the scientists. "The empirical knowledge...
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Prescribed burns encourage foul-smelling invaders
Though prescribed burns reduce wildfire threats and even improve habitat for some animals, new research shows these fires also spread stinknet, an aptly named weed...
Viewers actually ‘binge-watch’ TV with a lot of self-control
If viewers sometimes feel guilty about binge-watching television programing, they really shouldn’t. Though its name implies impulsive behavior, binge-watching TV is a common activity planned...
What marsupials can teach us about brain development
Credit: Adobe Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI 10.1073/pnas.2208654120 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research Animals Article Title Cortical activity...
Open fully funded PhD positions at McGill Nanofactory, McGill University
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Grant funds study of cannabis effects on HIV-infected brain tissue
Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $11.6 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health to study...
Sexing chicken eggs by scent
Fertilized chicken eggs can be sexed by “sniffing” volatile chemicals emitted through the shell, according to new work by researchers at the University of California,...
IOS Press honors outgoing Editors-in-Chief I. Ralph Edwards and Marie Lindquist for their distinguished service to the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine
Amsterdam, May 22, 2023 – The International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine (JRSM) would like to announce that Editors-in-Chief I. Ralph Edwards, Hon...
Flexing crystalline structures provide path to a solid energy future
A team of researchers at Duke University and their collaborators have uncovered the atomic mechanisms that make a class of compounds called argyrodites attractive candidates...
How a drought affects trees depends on what’s been holding them back
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Droughts can be good for trees. Certain trees, that is. Contrary to expectation, sometimes a record-breaking drought can increase tree growth....
Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine discover metabolic sensor may play role in Alzheimer’s disease
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 22, 2023 – It’s well-known that people with Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but the...
Study points out errors in illustrations of one of the most famous scientific experiments
Illustrations of scientific experiments play a fundamental role in both science education and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the general public. Confirming the adage...
New book eyes Earth’s excavators, from microbes to elephants and dinosaurs
The ordinary person looks at Georgia’s Stone Mountain and sees a solid, unmovable monolith. Emory University paleontologist Anthony Martin, who thinks in geologic time, sees...
GPR141 regulates breast cancer progression via oncogenic mediators and the p-mTOR/p53 axis
“This research uncovers GPR141 as a stimulator of breast tumorigenesis and metastasis, making it a candidate target for breast cancer therapeutics.”Credit: 2023 Parija et al....
Study may explain why high-sugar diets can worsen IBD
Excess sugar hampers cells that renew the colon’s lining in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new study by University...
