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A team of researchers from the Center for Research and Innovation in Metamaterials at the University of Exeter and the Laser Processing Group at the...

Oldest extant plant has adapted to extremes and is threatened by climate change

The rare moss Takakia has adapted over millions of years to a life at high altitudes. An international research team led by Prof. Dr. Ralf...

2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists Honorees Announced

NEW YORK – August 9, 2023 – The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences today announced the three Laureates and six...

New research confirms land-sea relationship is a major driver of coral reef health outcomes

Climate change has long been considered as one of the greatest drivers of declining coral reefs, but the specifics of human impact have been largely...

There and back again: how neurons make room for growth in a developing organ

To function properly, organs require a precise number of cells and a functional architecture, which are established during embryogenesis. Embryos are proficient multitaskers; they grow, and...

CAREER Award: Fixing AI’s blind spot in image analysis

For all the astonishing things artificial intelligence can do, it has a particular blind spot that one University of Virginia researcher seeks to remedy.Credit: University...

The protein protectors of fertility

Osaka, Japan – You’re likely familiar with RNA, the molecule that plays an important role in protein production and gene expression control. Perhaps you’re less...

New research links early Europeans’ cultural and genetic development over several thousand years

A new DNA study has nuanced the picture of how different groups intermingled during the European Stone Age, but also how certain groups of people...

Over one million acres of tribal land submerged by dams in the US

Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the US contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for...

The voices of indigenous peoples and local communities as an important part of the climate fight

Coinciding with the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, an ICTA-UAB study calls for indigenous peoples' in-depth knowledge of climate change to be considered.Credit: Author Mouna...

Booster shot being developed to avoid recapturing koalas to fight Chlamydia disease

A booster vaccine using implant technology for koalas is being developed by QUT researchers in the fight against the deadly Chlamydia disease.Credit: QUT Media A...

Opioids, methadone and babies

LOS ANGELES (August 8, 2023) — Whatever the opioid crisis calls to mind, it likely isn’t pacifiers and diapers. But when 1 out of every...

UTHealth Houston researcher awarded $3.1M NIH grant to study sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

A five-year, $3.1 million grant to study preventive strategies for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of...

Inhibiting NLRP3 signaling in aging podocytes improves longevity

“Together, these results suggest a critical role for the NLRP3 inflammasome in podocyte and liver aging.”Credit: 2023 Kaverina et al. “Together, these results suggest a...

Study: Vaccination campaign in Cambodia protects endangered wild cattle from highly contagious potentially fatal skin disease