Downwind states face disproportionate burden of air pollution
A recent Supreme Court decision to block a federal rule curbing interstate air pollution further complicates efforts to reduce emissions and adds to an already...
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ASU researchers explore cancer susceptibility in birds
In one of the largest studies of cancer susceptibility across bird species, researchers at Arizona State University describe an intriguing relationship between reproductive rates and...
Cracking the carb code: Researchers create new glycemic index database to improve dietary awareness
Karen Della Corte, BYU nutrition and dietetics professor, recently authored a new study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, that developed a national...
The rotation of a nearby star stuns astronomers
The rotation of a nearby star stuns astronomersCredit: Jani Närhi, University of Helsinki The rotation of a nearby star stuns astronomers Astronomers from the University...
New principle for treating tuberculosis
Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have together succeeded in identifying and synthesising a group of molecules that...
Pusan National University researchers explore the potential of clean energy markets as a hedging tool
Climate change has significantly impacted lives worldwide and prompted governments to adopt policies promoting sustainability and use of clean energy sources. This shift to clean...
FANCI that! Decades long mystery of how DNA damage by sunlight, alcohol and pollution is identified so it can be repaired, is solved. Opens up opportunities for improved cancer treatments.
An elegant collaboration between researchers in the UK’s two core-funded Medical Research Council Research Institutes, the Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London and the...
A new use for propofol in treating epilepsy?
The general anesthetic propofol may hold the keys to developing new treatment strategies for epilepsy and other neurological disorders, according to a study led by...
Physicists use light to probe deeper into the ‘invisible’ energy states of molecules
A new optical phenomenon has been demonstrated by an international team of scientists led by physicists at the University of Bath, with significant potential impact in pharmaceutical...
PNNL partners with DOE to improve access to DOE’s intellectual property
RICHLAND, Wash.— A new database that makes thousands of the ideas, technologies, methods and software developed by the Department of Energy available in one place...
This protein does “The Twist”
Proteins are constantly performing a kind of dance. They move and contort their bodies to fulfill specific functions inside our bodies. The NMDAR protein executes an especially...
Shared awareness could lead to greener, more ethical, and useful smart machines
The future deployment of AIs and robots in our everyday work and life, from fully automated vehicles, to delivery robots, and AI assistants, could either...
For bigger muscles push close to failure, for strength, maybe not
When performing resistance training such as lifting weights, there’s a lot of interest in how close you push yourself to failure – the point where...
Keck Hospital of USC earns five stars on CMS 2024 quality star rating report for second year in a row
LOS ANGELES — Keck Hospital of USC earned five stars, the highest rating possible, on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2024 quality...
Newly discovered sheets of nanoscale “cubes” make excellent catalysts
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created sheets of transition metal chalcogenide “cubes” connected by chlorine atoms. While sheets of atoms have...
