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Radiative heat transfer is a ubiquitous physical process in our universe. Any object with a temperature above absolute zero exchanges thermal energy with the environment....

Wildlife camera photos of various species at cheetah marking trees in Namibia

Cheetah marking trees are hotspots for communication also for other species

Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent marks, urine and scats. A...

Washington D.C. data dashboard comes to BikePed Portal

In a big step forward for nonmotorized planning, a dashboard with bike data from the Washington, D.C. metro area is coming to BikePed Portal. Previously,...

Schematic summary from the Scientific article

Systems analysis of kidney metabolism reveals unexpected links to viral protection

Our kidney filters 180 liters of blood every day and retains nutrients through a process called ‘endocytosis’ and through active transport in the kidney cells....

Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research

Canadian physician Gordon Guyatt and the Psychological Science Accelerator honored as this year’s recipients of the €500,000 prize for enhancing quality in research

The Einstein Foundation Berlin is to honor Canadian physician Gordon Guyatt and the Psychological Science Accelerator (PSA) with this year’s Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting...

Study reveals extent of residual lung damage after COVID-19 hospitalization

Dec. 2, 2022─ In a new study published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, researchers sought to...

Synchronized neural oscillations in the right brain induce empathic behavior

A research team led by Dr. SHIN Hee-Sup at the Center for Cognition and Sociality (CCS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Daejeon,...

Capturing Ecology – Winning images from the British Ecological Society photography competition announced

Credit: Roberto Garcia Roa and British Ecological Society

New analysis approach could help boost sensitivity of large telescopes

WASHINGTON — Some of the largest and most sophisticated telescopes ever made are under construction at the Simons Observatory in Northern Chile. They are designed...

Scientists receive $4.8m to pursue gene therapy for ‘incurable’ disease

Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is an inherited, degenerative neuromuscular disorder that initially impairs motor function, such as gait and coordination, but can lead to scoliosis, heart...

The mummichog, or Atlantic killifish, which occurs along the Atlantic coast, from Florida to Canada.

To save nature, focus on populations, not species

AMHERST, Mass. – Human-released greenhouse gasses are causing the world to warm, and with that warming comes increasing stress for many of the planet’s plants...

Protein mutation that causes Parkinson’s may prevent another neurodegenerative disease

A University of Massachusetts Amherst scientist has discovered that a mutation in the misfolding protein that causes Parkinson’s disease offers protection against another fatal neurodegenerative...

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine offers long-term protection against severe disease

FOR RELEASE AT: Thursday, December 1, at 2 p.m. US ETCredit: UNC School of Medicine FOR RELEASE AT: Thursday, December 1, at 2 p.m. US...

Oncotarget | Essential amino acids as diagnostic biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma based on metabolic analysis

“The current and previous findings provide a rationale for further investigations into the potential utility of leucine, valine, and tryptophan as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers...

SkillFlix Video Production Behind the Scenes

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