How Americans really feel about the teaching of controversial topics in schools
While Americans overwhelmingly agree on the fundamental value of public education, a new study by researchers at USC reveals deep partisan divides on sensitive topics...
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Climate change could push bowhead whales to cross paths with shipping traffic
This press release is available online at: https://news.agu.org/press-release/climate-change-could-push-bowhead-whales-to-cross-paths-with-shipping-traffic/Credit: AGU, modified from Szeciorka et al. (2024) This press release is available online at: https://news.agu.org/press-release/climate-change-could-push-bowhead-whales-to-cross-paths-with-shipping-traffic/ AGU press...
UT Health Science Center researchers partner on multi-institutional $20 million award to develop new radiopharmaceutical cancer therapies
UT Health Science Center researchers Gabor Tigyi, MD, PhD, Harriet Van Vleet Endowment Professor in Basic Oncology Research, Junming Yue, PhD, associate professor in the...
Muscle as a heart-health predictor
Body composition — often expressed as the amount of fat in relation to muscle — is one of the standard predictors of cardiac health. Now,...
Leading technology investment executive Troy LeMaile-Stovall appointed to University of Maryland School of Medicine Board of Visitors
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, along with UMSOM Board of Visitors Chair Cynthia Egan, announced today that Troy LeMaile-Stovall, MS,...
Stargazers gravitate to Planetarium for solar eclipse talk
The stars aligned at The University of Texas at Arlington Planetarium Monday for a panel discussion on the upcoming total solar eclipse. In partnership with The...
μkiss-and-tell: A new method for precision delivery of nanoparticles and small molecules to individual cells
The delivery of experimental materials to individual cells with exactness and exclusivity has long been an elusive and much sought-after ability in biology. With it...
Stowers Institute Scientific Director Kausik Si receives coveted award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
KANSAS CITY, MO—February 21, 2024—The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced the awardees of their second cycle of Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Awards, part of...
Black hole at center of the Milky Way resembles a football
BERKS, Pa. — The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it...
Aston University to find greener method of processing Ghana’s staple crop
Aston University is to help one of the world’s largest cassava processers develop a sustainable and faster way to dry its crops.Credit: Augustine Fiifi Amoah...
Raised blood pressure is the leading risk factor for death in Australia
Raised blood pressure has been the leading risk factor for death in Australia for the past three decades, according to a study published February 21,...
NSU researcher helps international team create plan to protect the biodiversity of US waters
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Marine biodiversity is in crisis around the globe.Credit: PHOTO: DEEPEND- Dante Fenolio FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Marine biodiversity is in crisis around the...
Snaking toward a universal antivenom
LA JOLLA, CA—Scripps Research scientists have developed an antibody that can block the effects of lethal toxins in the venoms of a wide variety of...
Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds
The electron is the basic unit of electricity, as it carries a single negative charge. This is what we’re taught in high school physics, and...
ERC project will integrate above- and below-ground plant traits for improved ecological forecasting
Integrating data on plant traits from the top to the roots will allow researchers to predict the effects of different global change scenarios on plant...
