Nobel Prize winner named Fellow of the Royal Society
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- M. Stanley Whittingham, a 2019 Nobel Laureate and distinguished professor at Binghamton University, State...
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Birds dealing with change — Mapping migration routes can lead to conservation areas
Credit: Photo: Ginny Chan Tracking migratory birds that carry tiny satellite transmitters in featherlight 'backpacks', can teach us a lot about change in the environment....
Liquid-like motion in crystals could explain their promising behavior in solar cells
Credit: (Image by Jill Hemman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.) The sun delivers more energy to Earth in one hour than humanity consumes over an entire...
Cognitive-behavioral approach to treatment of obesity yields significant results
The study showed that interdisciplinary action facilitates weight loss, improves quality of life and eating behavior, and reduces symptoms of depression.Credit: Suzana Maria Rossi Teixeira...
Virginia Tech scientists see fluid flow as potential key to fight Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Virginia Tech Scientists don't fully understand what causes Alzheimer's disease, but they have a primary suspect. Certain forms of a protein called amyloid beta...
Risk scores for predicting short-term outcomes for patients with unexplained syncope
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM Des Plaines, IL - The Canadian Syncope Risk Score (CSRS) is an accurate...
Long search finds grain of hope in the glume
Credit: John Innes Centre Researchers have found the elusive genetic element controlling the elongated grains and glumes of a wheat variety identified by the renowned...
Tampons, sanitary napkins could diagnose yeast infections with color-changing threads
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00806 The yeast Candida albicans can cause itchy, painful urinary tract and vaginal yeast infections. For women in...
Researchers use ‘hole-y’ math and machine learning to study cellular self-assembly
Credit: Wong lab/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The field of mathematical topology is often described in terms of donuts and pretzels. To most of us,...
Novel immunotherapy boosts long-term stroke recovery in mice
Credit: Xiaoming Hu/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2021 - Specialized immune cells that accumulate in the brain in the days and weeks after a...
Mapping the quantum frontier, one layer at a time
Researchers design new experiments to map and test the mysterious quantum realmCredit: Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer A heart surgeon doesn't need to grasp quantum mechanics...
Envisioning safer cities with AI
Researchers use crowdsourced data, neural networks, and supercomputers to simulate risks to cities and regionsCredit: Chaofeng Wang, SimCenter, UC Berkeley Artificial intelligence is providing new...
Carbohydrate ‘cage’ allows precise drug delivery to the gastrointestinal tract
A GlycoCage technology developed by GlycoNet researchers aims to improve current treatments for inflammatory bowel diseaseCredit: UBC, Michael Smith Laboratories More Canadians suffer from inflammatory...
NASA’s Webb to study how massive stars’ blasts of radiation influence their environments
Credit: Credits: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, Massimo Robberto (STScI, ESA), Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team IMAGE PROCESSING: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) In a nearby stellar...
Vegan and omnivorous diets promote equivalent muscle mass gain, study shows
Trials performed by researchers at the University of São Paulo with healthy young adults show that the right level of protein intake is the key...
