California Academy of Sciences researchers reveal how extinct Steller’s sea cow shaped kelp forests
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 28, 2022) — For millions of years, the Steller’s sea cow, a four-ton marine mammal and relative of the manatee, shaped...
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For female astronomers, the COVID-19 pandemic widened publishing’s gender gap
Before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shut down labs and sent scientists home to work, female astronomers on average published about nine papers for every 10...
A crystal shape conundrum is finally solved
HOUSTON – (Nov. 28, 2022) – A crystal’s shape is determined by its inherent chemistry, a characteristic that ultimately determines its final form from the...
Mom’s dietary fat rewires male and female brains differently
DURHAM, NC -- More than half of all women in the United States are overweight or obese when they become pregnant. While being or becoming...
Unlocking the organic chemistry of N2O3 through continuous flow process technology
Researchers at CiTOS - Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis (University of Liège, BE) led by Jean-Christophe Monbaliu have devised an on-demand flow platform...
Nanoengineers develop a predictive database for materials
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering have developed an AI algorithm that predicts the structure and dynamic properties of...
COVID-19 has had positive effect on astronomy research, but negative effect on new and female researchers
The COVID-19 pandemic has had both positive and negative impacts on astronomy research, where overall the number of research papers being produced increased, but the...
Researchers discover root exudates have surprising and counterintuitive impact on soil carbon storage
Ecosystem ecology studies often focus on what’s happening to plants above ground, for instance exploring photosynthesis or water loss in leaves. But what is happening...
Unique features of octopus create ‘an entirely new way of designing a nervous system’
Octopuses are not much like humans — they are invertebrates with eight arms, and more closely related to clams and snails. Still, they have evolved...
New analysis finds pandemic didn’t dampen deforestation
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally proceeded more or less as expected from the trends established over...
New research on how affective polarization might lead to changes in our democratic attitudes
Today in many countries we witness democratic backsliding that manifests itself with a lapse in political rights, civil liberties, and fair elections. At the same...
Samin Sharma, MD, named Director of the Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Clinical Institute
Samin K. Sharma, MD, has been named Director of the Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Clinical Institute. In this new role within Mount Sinai Heart, Dr. Sharma...
Women in scientific societies, a positive development
Using the Econometric Society and other international societies as the basis for their research, the group of researchers comprising Nagore Iriberri, David Card, Stefano DellaVigna...
Brining poultry: Cooking with chemistry or hot nonsense? (video)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2022 — The chemistry behind brining meat is well established — but is this decades-old technique just foodie smoke-and-mirrors, or does it...
How to fire projectiles through materials without breaking anything
It sounds a bit like a magic trick: Some materials can be shot through with fast, electrically charged ions without exhibiting holes afterwards. What would...
