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More than 720,000 Floridians will be living with Alzheimer’s disease by 2025. Currently, Florida has the second highest prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in the United...

SLAC fires up the world’s most powerful X-ray laser: LCLS-II ushers in a new era of science

The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory successfully produced its first...

Protecting children from poor air quality

National Poll: 2 in 3 parents say their kids have experienced poor air quality

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – As smoke from Canada's historic wildfires triggers poor air quality alerts across the country, many parents worry about the impact on their...

Early treatment of child obesity is effective

The early treatment of obesity in children is effective in both the short and long term, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report in a study published...

Women less likely to be given CPR than men in public places

September 17, 2023

Barcelona, Spain: Bystanders are less likely to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to women than men, particularly if the emergency takes place in a public area,...

Prescribing just a few opioid tablets to patients discharged from emergency departments can ease pain but prevent misuse

September 17, 2023

Barcelona, Spain: Half of patients discharged from the emergency department need only five tablets or fewer of morphine 5 mg or an equivalent opioid pain killer,...

NIH clinical trial of universal flu vaccine candidate begins

Enrollment in a Phase 1 trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in...

HKU scientists pioneer dual trojan horse approach to combat superbugs

In the relentless battle against antibiotic-resistant superbugs, science continues to unveil ingenious strategies to address their vulnerability. Like other bacteria, superbugs have a unique weakness...

Chemistry Professor Holger Braunschweig receives Frederick Hawthorne Award

Holger Braunschweig can still remember very well the first scientific research lecture he ever heard. It was in 1984, in his first semester as a...

The spiral galaxy Messier 77 (NGC 1068), as observed by ALMA and the Hubble Space Telescope

Supermassive black holes alter galactic chemistry

New research shows that the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy can have a direct impact on the chemical distribution of the...

Philip Low, Purdue University’s Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the College of Science

Purdue researcher awarded $1.3 million for malaria drug trials in Southeast Asia and Africa

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue researcher is taking a giant leap forward in the fight against drug-resistant strains of malaria in developing countries.Credit: Purdue...

Hydroelectric power plants in Brazil threaten turtles that depend on rapids, study warns

A research project supported by FAPESP shows that the construction of new hydroelectric power plants in Brazil’s South region could have an impact on more than 30%...

Medical school awarded grants for enhancing health systems science in both medical and residency education

Health systems science is an emerging field that focuses on how care is delivered, how health professionals collaborate, and how the health system can improve...

Liquid entrained by rod with arrayed millimetric structures

Researchers find that millimeter structures improve liquid entrainment

In a study published in Science Advances, Chinese researchers have demonstrated the dynamics of liquid entrainment on solid surfaces with millimeter structures. Credit: TIPC In a...

New double z-scheme photocatalyst for selective removal of sulfamethoxazole in water