Coal trains increase air pollution in San Francisco bay area
Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution to urban areas, more so than other freight or passenger...
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A chronic wound model to investigate skin cellular senescence
“Here, we report a chronic wound healing model that can be used to decipher the paradoxical role of cellular senescence in acute versus chronic wound...
Researchers develop clever algorithm to improve our understanding of particle beams in accelerators
Whenever SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s linear accelerator is on, packs of around a billion electrons each travel together at nearly the speed of light through...
Internet search trends reflect concerns following Supreme Court health care decisions
Internet search trends may immediately capture how society seeks information related to reproductive health care, according to new research from Indiana University researchers.Credit: Indiana University...
More than a decade after the theory of interdependent networks was introduced, researchers establish the first physics laboratory benchmark for its manifestation
In 2010 Prof. Shlomo Havlin and collaborators published an article in the journal Nature proposing that the abrupt electricity failure causing the famous 2003 Italy...
Efficient synthesis of indole derivatives, an important component of most drugs, allows the development of new drug candidates
A research group at Nagoya University in Japan has successfully developed an ultrafast and simple synthetic method for producing indole derivatives. Their findings are expected...
Computational analysis shows how dengue virus evolved in India
A multi-institutional study on dengue led by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) shows how the virus causing the disease has evolved dramatically...
Occludin protein plays key role in spread of coronavirus throughout body’s cells
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- While the coronavirus continues to infect people around the world, researchers at the University of Missouri have identified a specific protein inside...
Towards a sustainable superconductor technology with magnesium diboride super magnets
Magnesium diboride (MgB2), a binary compound, behaves as a superconductor – a substance that offers no resistance to electric current flowing through it – at...
Assessing the impact of going off-grid on transmission charge and energy market outcomes
Efforts to combat climate change have contributed to the rise of renewable energy production through solar panels, windmills, and other technologies. Because of this, consumers...
Bacteria could make salmon healthier
Researchers, including from NTNU, are breeding bacteria-free fish fry. This pursuit is more important than you might think.Credit: Alexander Fiedler, NTNU Researchers, including from NTNU,...
Pusan National University study suggests that hospital admissions for acute kidney injury may be linked to air pollution
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a clinical syndrome characterized by a decrease in kidney function. AKI is very common in the United States' Medicare population,...
Life on land and water teeters between haves and have-nots
In the race to make the world more livable for people and nature, progress on land outpaced successes in the seas, raising red flags that...
Texas A&M research redefines mammalian tree of life
Research led by a team of scientists from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences puts to bed the heated scientific debate...
Twelve outstanding journalists named 2023 MBL Logan Science Journalism Fellows
WOODS HOLE, Mass. –Twelve accomplished science and health journalists have been awarded a highly competitive fellowship in the Logan Science Journalism Program at the Marine...
