Great white feeding ground
New research suggests unexpected presence of great white sharks in Gulf of CaliforniaCredit: Photos courtesy of Jack Musick and Scot Anderson Perhaps no other ocean...
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Verbal fluency deficits in multiple sclerosis may reflect impaired language ability
Researchers at Kessler Foundation upend long-held assumption that language ability is largely intact in individuals with multiple sclerosis, suggesting the need for more comprehensive neuropsychological...
New process breaks down biodegradable plastics faster
Invention could solve waste management challenges on the battlefieldCredit: Courtesy University of California, Berkeley RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- With Army funding, scientists invented a...
Recolonization of Europe after the last ice age started earlier than previously thought
Credit: G. Oxilia A study that appeared today on Current Biology sheds new light on the continental migrations which shaped the genetic background of all...
Bubble with titanium trigger titanic explosions
Credit: NASA/CXC/RIKEN/T. Sato et al.; NuSTAR: NASA/NuSTAR Scientists have found fragments of titanium blasting out of a famous supernova. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra...
Jane Austen quote encoded in a polymer
Credit: Sarah Moor Using a novel molecular-data-storage technique, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have encoded a quote from Jane Austen's classic novel...
New results about the diets of people who lived on the Great Hungarian Plain
A transdisciplinary study of the dietary evolution of the first agricultural and pastoral communities in Central EuropeCredit: Photo credit: Marina Lozano Photo credit Tamás Hajdu...
To design truly compostable plastic, scientists take cues from nature
New technology could steer plastics from landfills, oceans -- and into your backyard compost binCredit: UC Berkeley photo by Ting Xu Despite our efforts to...
Georgia Tech shares $15M from NASA to advance deep space exploration
New Space Technology Research Institute brings together multiple universities to tackle the challenges associated with electric propulsion ground testingCredit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Every few...
Improved management of farmed peatlands could cut 500 million tons CO2
Reduced emissions from halving drainage depths would be equivalent to 1% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gasesCredit: Picture: Alex Cumming Substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas...
Illuminating invisible bloody fingerprints with a fluorescent polymer
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00710 Careful criminals usually clean a scene, wiping away visible blood and fingerprints. However, prints...
Scientists reveal origin of neuronal diversity in hypothalamus
Credit: IGDB A mechanistic understanding of brain development requires a systematic survey of neural progenitor cell types, their lineage specification and maturation of postmitotic neurons....
New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable
Polymer-eating enzymes embedded in plastic allow programmed degradationCredit: Christopher DelRe, UC Berkeley Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution to the plastic pollution problem...
Brushing away oral health disparities in America’s rural children
Children living in rural America are less likely to receive preventive dental care than their urban counterparts, according to a study from investigators at the...
Bistable pop-up structures inspired by origami
Next-generation inflatable buildings maintain their shape without constant input of pressureCredit: (Image courtesy of Benjamin Gorissen/David Melancon/Harvard SEAS) In 2016, an inflatable arch wreaked havoc...
