Celeritas code will accelerate high energy physics simulations with supercomputers
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are leading a new project to ensure that the fastest supercomputers can keep up with...
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Exercise, mindfulness don’t appear to boost cognitive function in older adults
A large study that focused on whether exercise and mindfulness training could boost cognitive function in older adults found no such improvement following either intervention. Researchers at...
Producing ‘green’ energy — literally — from living plant ‘bio-solar cells’
Though plants can serve as a source of food, oxygen and décor, they’re not often considered to be a good source of electricity. But by...
Paris Agreement temperature targets may worsen climate injustice for many island states
AMHERST, Mass. – While the world focuses on limiting the rise in global temperature to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius over the preindustrial average, increasing...
Flying snakes help scientists design new robots
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2022 – Robots have been designed to move in ways that mimic animal movements, such as walking and swimming. Scientists are now...
Watching water droplets merge on the international space station
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2022 – Understanding how water droplets spread and coalesce is essential for scenarios in everyday life, such as raindrops falling off cars,...
Gene therapy for heart attacks in mice just got more precise
DURHAM, N.C. -- If humans are ever going to be able to regrow damaged tissues the way lizards and fish routinely do, it will require...
Simulations show weak electrical pulses could treat atrial and ventricular fibrillations
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2022 – Atrial and ventricular fibrillations are dangerous heart arrhythmias that claim millions of lives each year. Current treatment for them is...
UMaine-led study shows mountain glacier melting is linked to shifting westerlies and likely to accelerate
The combination of global atmospheric warming and westerly winds shifting toward the poles will likely speed up the recession of mountain glaciers in both hemispheres,...
Phase separation of scaffold protein regulates microbial asymmetric cell division
By polarizing different cell fate determinants at opposite cell poles, asymmetric cell division (ACD) that produces distinct daughter cells is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism to...
Increasing the global bandwidth of optical communications
WASHINGTON – The Optica Foundation today issued details on the information research being funded by its 20th Anniversary Challenge. From photonic integration and nanotechnology to free-space...
Sir Frank Lowy donates $18-million USD to Tel Aviv University’s International School
The gift from the Israeli-Australian businessman will expand TAU's offering of global programs and collaborations; it will include a scholarship fund for outstanding international students,...
Bifunctional flexible electrochromic supercapactiors were successfully fabricated
Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology and Southern University of Science and Technology have fabricated bifunctional flexible electrochromic energy-storage devices based on silver nanowire...
Fish larvae find their way using external cues, new study finds
MIAMI —The first global analysis of larval orientation studies found that millimeter-size fish babies consistently use external cues to find their way in the open...
Molecular shape-shifting
The concept of remodeling is familiar to most people: those who have ever played with Lego bricks know that many combinations and structures possible from...
