Increasing ventilation in child-care settings may not always be effective at preventing flu virus spread, according to a new study published by a team of...
(Memphis, Tenn. – August 6, 2024) To effectively treat a disease or disorder, doctors must first know the root cause. Such is the case for developmental and...
or many plants, more branches means more fruit. But what causes a plant to grow branches? New research from the University of California, Davis shows...
A new way to combat Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by Takaomi Saido and his team at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in...
A new UBC study has revealed regular seasonal shifts in people’s moral values.Credit: Evolutionary Social Cognition Laboratory at UBC A new UBC study has revealed...
The chemical and energy industries depend upon catalysts to drive the reactions used to create their products. Many important reactions use heterogeneous catalysts — meaning...
The Objective: Best Possible Catalytic PerformanceCredit: Photo: ITCP, KIT The Objective: Best Possible Catalytic Performance Noble-metal catalysts are used in many processes in the chemical...
Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better understand the physics behind nuclear fusion.Credit: Lehigh University Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better understand the physics behind nuclear...
Rome (Italy), August 6, 2024 - At concerts, in stadiums, in nightclubs, or during group dances on the beach, what helps people move to the...
A paper out today in Nature Communications reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly...
Some believe the future of fusion in the U.S. lies in compact, spherical fusion vessels. A smaller tokamak, it is thought, could offer a more economical...
Compared to other mammals, human children are dependent on their caregivers for a remarkably long time. Throughout the ages, they have developed “psychological tactics” to...
More than 1 in 4 people age 50 and older helps take care of at least one family member or friend who has a health...
Tropical waters are not as thermally stable as once thought. Ocean waters vary widely in temperature over space and time, but the spatial and temporal...
Melanin protects the skin—the body's largest organ and a vital component of the immune system—from the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. When the skin...
