Novel materials: Sound waves traveling backwards
Researchers of the 3D matter made to order cluster of excellence use rotons for metamaterials - Nature Communications publishes first results Acoustic waves in gases,...
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Three factors may predict college students’ loss of self-control, WVU study finds
The study, 'Predictors of initial status and change in self-control during the college transition,' observed 569 first-year students ages 18-19 at five points over the...
Soot from heaters and traffic is not just a local problem
Study from Thuringia shows: 50% of the soot that is harmful to health comes from local sources and 50% from long-distance transport Leipzig. Soot particles...
Brian Chen to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
Brian Chen to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conference Thursday, 10th of June,...
Tuning the energy gap: A novel approach for organic semiconductors
Organic semiconductors have earned a reputation as energy efficient materials in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) that are employed in large area displays. In these...
New method eliminates interference of nicotine in detection of methamphetamine
Recently, a research group led by CHU Yannan and HUANG Chaoqun from the Institute of Health & Medical Technology of the Hefei Institutes of Physical...
RUDN University chemist proposed eco-friendly synthesis of fluorescent compounds for medicine
RUDN and Shahid Beheshti University(SBU) chemist proposed an eco-friendly method for the synthesis of pyrrole and pyrazole derivatives with a wide range of applications in...
Botany: Scent of death attracts coffin flies to pipevine flowers
Plants use numerous mechanisms for their pollination. Now botanists have discovered a particularly sophisticated system among pipevines that is based purely on deception. The flowers...
Machines can help wine grape industry survive labor shortage
Study reviews best practices for growers Wine grape growers in California and elsewhere face increasing labor costs and severe labor shortages, making it difficult to...
World’s largest outdoor earthquake simulator undergoes major upgrade
A major upgrade to the world's largest outdoor earthquake simulator reached a milestone mid-April when the facility's floor--all 300,000 lbs of it--was put back into...
Bacteria hijack latent phage of competitor
Biochemists discover highly selective phage activation based on signal molecule This targeted control of phages provides entirely new biotechnological and therapeutic approaches, e.g. for phage...
Holberg Prize to Martha C. Nussbaum and Griselda Pollock
The 2020 and 2021 Holberg Prizes were conferred upon Professor Griselda Pollock and Professor Martha C. Nussbaum, respectively At a virtual award ceremony on June...
IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
Global experts identify key options for solutions; First-ever collaboration between IPBES- and IPCC-selected scientists BONN, 10 June - Unprecedented changes in climate and biodiversity, driven...
New methods needed to boost success of Classical Biological Control to fight insect pests
The success of Classical Biological Control in the Western Paleartic ecozone is rarely dependent on the released biological control agent, but more often on other...
Changing community networks impact disease spread
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the importance of understanding precisely how diseases spread throughout networks of transportation. However, rigorously determining the connection between disease...
