Smart material prototype challenges Newton’s laws of motion
COLUMBIA, Mo. – For more than 10 years, Guoliang Huang, the Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering at the University of Missouri, has been...
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Call for Canada, US to braid Indigenous rights, endangered species laws
Climbing caribou numbers in northeastern British Columbia prove that collaborations between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse decades-long declines, but focus needs to shift to...
Out of the frying pan: Coyotes, bobcats move into human-inhabited areas to avoid apex predators — only to be killed by people
Link to Google Drive folder containing images:Credit: Zachary Wardle Link to Google Drive folder containing images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Wv5Va5E0Pti0kLRogMUdoSnCEIaWlEFy?usp=sharing FROM: James Urton University of Washington 206-543-2580...
In schools, masks and air cleaners were associated with stopping COVID-19
A new study shows that masking and portable air cleaners reduced the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 in two Swiss schools. A team...
In years after El Niño, global economy loses trillions
In the years it strikes, the band of warm ocean water spanning from South America to Asia known as El Niño triggers far-reaching changes in...
£2.5m Grant awarded to establish a West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG) to provide best evidence for health and social care
A £2.5m grant will enable researchers from the West Midlands region led by the University of Warwick to provide sound evidence to healthcare policymakers, to...
WVU researcher searching for ‘holy grail’ of sustainable bioenergy
Searches for sustainable bioenergy and climate change solutions may be one in the same, according to a West Virginia University researcher.Credit: WVU Photo Searches for...
From Seattle to space: Science that began at the Allen Institute blasts off to International Space Station
SEATTLE — May 18, 2023 — This Sunday (May 21) at 2:37 p.m. PDT1, astronauts from Axiom Space in partnership with Cedars-Sinai will blast off to...
If the Higgs can reach the Hidden Valley, we will see new physics already in next-generation accelerators
It may be that the famous Higgs boson, co-responsible for the existence of masses of elementary particles, also interacts with the world of the new...
Boosting solar cell energy capture efficiency with a fullerene-derivative interlayer
Solar cells are a critical component to the transition to renewable energy sources, and enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE), or amount of power captured with...
Jefferson Lab Director makes 2023 Hampton Roads Power List
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Stuart Henderson, director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, has again been named to the Hampton...
Taking a big step in structural biology
The composition of every living cell includes small, highly specialized conduits known as potassium (K+) channels that are responsible for the extremely selective and rapid...
Low-cost, waterproof sensors may create new health-monitoring possibilities
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Penn State-led team of researchers has literally put pencil to paper to create an accessible, affordable, waterproof and wearable sensor...
Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power
Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as...
“In the sea everything is connected”: Portugal welcomes International Symposium “Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity”
The international symposium “Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity” takes place between May 22-25, 2023, at Sesimbra (Portugal). More than one hundred researchers, marine managers...
