Mangroves: Environmental guardians of our coastline
Credit: UniSA They are the salt-tolerant shrubs that thrive in the toughest of conditions, but according to new UniSA research, mangroves are also avid...
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Hollings cancer scientist finds dramatic rise in anal cancer in Midwest and Southeast
South Carolina is seeing one of the fastest rises in anal cancer incidence among women and anal cancer mortality among men, according to a study...
Illinois Tech awards Grainger Computing Innovation Prize to stablecoin payment solution to benefit Mexico’s unbanked
CHICAGO—The second annual Grainger Computing Innovation Prize was awarded to a team of Illinois Tech student innovators for their invention of a cross-compatible, simple-to-use stablecoin payment solution...
LSU Health New Orleans’ Smith nationally recognized for educational leadership
New Orleans, LA – Dean G. Smith, PhD, Professor and Dean of LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, was selected as the recipient...
Locally-grown school meals can help children, farmers and the climate
According to UNICEF, school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic brought a decade’s growth in school feeding programmes to a dramatic halt, leaving about 370 million...
Study: Canada geese beat humans in longstanding territory battle
URBANA, Ill. – Canada geese collide with aircraft, intimidate unassuming joggers, and leave lawns and sidewalks spattered with prodigious piles of poop. They’re widely considered...
Novel sex-determination mechanism revealed in mammals
The Sox9 gene is upregulated in the absence of sex-determining Y chromosome and Sry gene in Amami spiny rat.Credit: Asato Kuroiwa The Sox9 gene is...
The evolution of Asia’s mammals was dictated by ancient climate change and rising mountains
The idea that climate change and geological events can shape evolution isn’t a new one: anyone who’s heard of dinosaurs knows that a big change...
Scientists capture detailed snapshots of mouse brain cells nibbling on neurons
JoAnn Buchanan, Ph.D., was deep into the data. One click at a time, she scanned through the branching, twisting 3D shapes of mouse brain cells...
Study explains formation of rich mammal diversity in Asia
Asia is home to a great many species as well as 14 of the globe's 36 biodiversity hotspots. Its present biodiversity is assumed to be...
Cutting-edge tool to expand nanoscale study of material deformation
Researchers across Lehigh University’s colleges and departments will soon be able to conduct experiments using a new, state-of-the-art plasma focused ion beam system, or FIB,...
Novel method automates the growth of brain tissue organoids on a chip
A team of engineers at UC Santa Cruz has developed a new method for remote automation of the growth of cerebral organoids – miniature, three-dimensional...
Organizing nanoparticles into pinwheel shapes offers new twist on engineered materials
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —Researchers have developed a new strategy to help build materials with unique optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties. These pinwheel-shaped structures self-assemble from...
California Academy of Sciences researchers reveal how extinct Steller’s sea cow shaped kelp forests
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 28, 2022) — For millions of years, the Steller’s sea cow, a four-ton marine mammal and relative of the manatee, shaped...
For female astronomers, the COVID-19 pandemic widened publishing’s gender gap
Before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shut down labs and sent scientists home to work, female astronomers on average published about nine papers for every 10...
