Density matters for better battery material performance, researchers find
Zinc — cheap, abundant, environmentally friendly — may be the answer to better batteries, but there’s a major problem: Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) cannot...
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Ensuring Transparency and Trust in Digital Services for the Academic Community
Scispace by Typeset.io recently made a decision that sparked controversy in academic circles. The platform was known for offering its "Lifetime Researcher" membership, which promised...
Mount Sinai Health System names Brendan Carr, MD, MA, MS, as next Chief Executive Officer
Mount Sinai Health System announced that Brendan Carr, MD, MA, MS, a nationally recognized leader in academic medicine and health policy, will be its next...
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation awards $10.5 million to new Allen Distinguished Investigators
SEATTLE, WASH.—November 21, 2023—Uncovering biological properties of extracellular vesicles, which play a vital role in how cells communicate, and understanding how sex hormones drive behavior...
Babies as young as four months show signs of self-awareness – study
Babies as young as four months old can make sense of how their bodies interact with the space around them, according to new research from...
Trilobites rise from the ashes to reveal ancient map
Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of Thailand, could be the missing pieces in an intricate...
Toward sustainable energy applications with breakthrough in proton conductors
Donor doping into a mother material with disordered intrinsic oxygen vacancies, instead of the widely used strategy of acceptor doping into a material without oxygen...
Ochsner participates in study showing aspirin may not be necessary with LVAD
A groundbreaking study recently published in JAMA indicates that aspirin may not be necessary as part of an antithrombotic regimen for patients with a fully...
“Triple star” discovery could revolutionise understanding of stellar evolution
A ground-breaking new discovery by University of Leeds scientists could transform the way astronomers understand some of the biggest and most common stars in the...
Low-quality studies on early interventions for autism dominate the field, says researchers
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that autism is becoming more common in young children. In an effort to...
Predicting the molecular functions of regulatory genetic variants associated with cancer
“Effectively integrating these rich resources with GWAS results will continue to help prioritize causative inherited genetic variants and improve our molecular understanding of disease etiology...
‘Woman the hunter’: Studies aim to correct history
When Cara Ocobock was a young child, she often wondered at the images in movies, books, comics and cartoons portraying prehistoric men and women as...
Personalized cancer medicine: humans make better treatment decisions than AI
Treating cancer is becoming increasingly complex, but also offers more and more possibilities. After all, the better a tumor’s biology and genetic features are understood,...
Blasts to clear World War II munitions could contaminate the ocean
World War II concluded decades ago, but live mines lurking on the ocean floor still pose threats, potentially spewing unexpected geysers or releasing contaminants into...
Two conductors of a chemical reaction
Catalysts are essential for numerous chemical technologies, ranging from exhaust gas purification to the production of valuable chemicals and energy carriers. Often, tiny traces of...
