Woodpeckers’ heads act more like stiff hammers than safety helmets
Scientists had long wondered how woodpeckers can repeatedly pound their beaks against tree trunks without doing damage to their brains. This led to the notion...
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Eco-friendly sound absorbers from seaweed
From airplanes to apartments, most spaces are now designed with sound-absorbing materials that help dampen the droning, echoing and murmuring sounds of everyday life. But...
North American birds not fully adjusting to changing climate
Climate change poses a number of challenges to plants and animals. For example, as the climate changes, appropriate climatic conditions for many species are changing,...
Rensselaer researchers learn to control electron spin at room temperature to make devices more efficient and faster
TROY, N.Y. — As our devices become smaller, faster, more energy efficient, and capable of holding larger amounts of data, spintronics may continue that trajectory....
DTC genetics company Nucleus Genomics raises $18 million in funding in one year
New York City, NY, July 14, 2022 – Nucleus Genomics, a next-generation consumer genetic testing and analysis company, has raised $14 million in a new...
A brain network for social attraction
Humans are famously social animals. But they are not alone in their tendency to team up with other individuals of the same species (conspecifics) to...
Europe supports Jena’s energy storage research
Jena, Germany (14.07.2022) The energy turnaround can only succeed if the electricity, which is produced in an ecological way, is also available at any time...
Waves in the maze of no return
A bad wireless reception, the noise in the radio signal or poor visibility in the fog – all these annoyances have to do with the...
Take the burn out of sunscreen testing: Experts
Exposing humans to ultraviolet radiation to test sunscreen effectiveness should be phased out, according to scientists and cancer experts. The recommendation from the Australian Radiation...
Breaking up is hard to do – but many men find healthy ways to cope
The popular stereotype that men don’t want support during a breakup, separation or divorce is simply not true, according to a new paper by researchers...
New research from Dignity Health on improving quality of life for LVAD patients
Sacramento, Calif. (July 14, 2022) – A study at Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital showed that use of a special liquid adhesive to increase the...
Not enough men in their 40s are getting screened for diabetes: Study
Not enough men in Alberta, Canada — especially those in their 40s — are getting tested for diabetes, putting them at risk for heart disease,...
Shockwave caused by Tonga underwater eruption may help scientists predict future tsunami
Using data from the eruption of the underwater volcano near Tonga in 2022, a research group at Nagoya University in Japan has used disturbances in...
Consumer product-related traumatic brain injury in children has increased significantly since 2000
Ann Arbor, July 14, 2022 – A major public health concern, traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in children 0-4...
‘Maths’ genes used by fish to count may help us treat human neurodevelopmental diseases
Fish are helping researchers track down the origins of how brains compute maths, reports a review in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. An international team has reviewed...
