Four classes of planetary systems
In our solar system, everything seems to be in order: The smaller rocky planets, such as Venus, Earth or Mars, orbit relatively close to our...
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Smart contact lens with navigation function, made with 3D printer!
Dr. Seol Seung-Kwon's Smart 3D Printing Research Team at KERI and Professor Lim-Doo Jeong's team at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) developed...
A tool to prevent deaths due to female underrepresentation in clinical trials
ROCKVILLE, MD – Women are often underrepresented in cardiac clinical trials—yet they are at least at equally high risk of death due to cardiovascular disease,...
Leonardo da Vinci’s forgotten experiments explored gravity as a form of acceleration
Engineers from Caltech have discovered that Leonardo da Vinci’s understanding of gravity—though not wholly accurate—was centuries ahead of his time.Credit: Caltech Engineers from Caltech have discovered...
Research aims to expand understanding of link between chronic stress and heart disease, among other age-related conditions
A University of Massachusetts Amherst epidemiologist has been awarded a five-year, $4 million grant renewal by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance her...
Telemedicine reduces hospital transfers for very ill kids at rural, community emergency departments
Many rural and community emergency departments lack access to pediatric specialty care physicians. So, when an acutely ill child is seen in one of these...
Coral reefs in the Eastern Pacific could survive into the 2060s, new study finds
Scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science found that some reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean could maintain...
Neurosteroid deficits leads to depressed behavior
The latest generation of antidepressants relieves symptoms by mimicking steroids produced by the brain to ensure neurons are effectively talking to each other. How these...
Method found for analysing complex, tiny crystals
When analysing crystal structure, the combination of electron microscopy and synchrotron radiation – particularly intense X-rays generated using a special technique at a large-scale research...
Scientific AI’s ‘black box’ is no match for 200-year-old method
HOUSTON – (Feb. 13, 2023) – One of the oldest tools in computational physics — a 200-year-old mathematical technique known as Fourier analysis — can...
Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery
Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long and widely distributed geographically. They died out...
Genetic switch makes the eyes of male bees large and of female bees small
Bee researchers at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) headed by Professor Dr Martin Beye have identified a new gene in honeybees, which is responsible for...
Mother’s blessing: microbiota from mothers regulates lung immunity in newborns
A new study led by Bruno Silva Santos, group leader and vice-director at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in the scientific journal Cell Reports* discovered...
Seasonal and circadian genetic variation charted across the human body
The daily rotation of Earth and its yearly voyage around the Sun marks the natural rhythm of life on the planet. Human health indicators such...
The surprising similarities of packed particles
The ways in which particles, such as sand or liquid droplets, behave during various mechanical processes is well studied. Typically, in situations where space is...
