Gravitational waves from colossal black holes found using ‘cosmic clocks’
You can't see or feel it, but everything around you — including your own body — is slowly shrinking and expanding. It's the weird, spacetime-warping...
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Clamor of gravitational waves from universe’s merging supermassive black holes ‘heard’ for first time
Following 15 years of data collection in a galaxy-sized experiment, scientists have “heard” the perpetual chorus of gravitational waves rippling through our universe for the...
Vaccine to protect crocodiles and multi-million dollar industry
A University of Queensland developed vaccine will protect farmed saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus (WNV), providing economic and biodiversity benefits to northern Australia.Credit: RRA...
Scientists use exotic stars to tune into hum from cosmic symphony
Astrophysicists using large radio telescopes to observe a collection of cosmic clocks in our Galaxy have found evidence for gravitational waves that oscillate with periods...
Dolphin ages, pod health revealed with drone photographs
Using unoccupied aerial system (UAS), or drone, photographs, researchers from the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology...
Senescence and senotherapies in biliary atresia and biliary cirrhosis
“Our data provide the first integrative report about premature senescence in pediatric ”Credit: 2023 Jannone et al. “Our data provide the first integrative report about...
Bjornsti begins her term as president of FASEB
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mary-Ann Bjornsti, Ph.D., professor and former chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, begins...
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft stuns with ultraviolet views of red planet
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In animal assisted therapy, horses may aid the treatment of patients with substance use disorders by boosting mood and quality of life
In animal assisted therapy, horses may aid the treatment of patients with substance use disorders by boosting mood and quality of lifeCredit: Michaela Bartoňová, CC-BY...
Kindness meditation helps people with depression recall positive memories, study finds
A meditation that guides people to practice unconditional kindness to themselves and others helps people with a history of depression recall specific personal memories, according...
GPT-3 informs and disinforms us better
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Zurich delved into the capabilities of AI models, specifically focusing on OpenAI’s GPT-3, to determine...
Skin disease in endangered killer whales concerns scientists
Scientists studying endangered southern resident killer whales have observed a strong increase in the prevalence of skin disease in this population. Credit: Joe Gaydos, UC Davis...
NYC researchers’ community-led response to the mpox outbreak used principles learned from Global South colleagues
NYC researchers' community-led response to the mpox outbreak used principles learned from Global South colleagues.Credit: MPX NYC / Burness, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) NYC researchers' community-led...
BMI cutoffs for total shoulder arthroplasty increase health disparities by preventing those in need from undergoing surgery
In June, the American Medical Association announced a new policy that encourages physicians not to focus solely on body mass index, or BMI, as a determinant of...
Electrochemical device captures carbon dioxide at the flick of a switch
HOUSTON – (June 28, 2023) – New technology developed by Rice University engineers could lower the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from all types of emissions,...
