Physicists develop record-breaking source for single photons
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a source of single photons that...
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Three mental health conditions contribute to violent offenses, WCU study finds
Credit: Western Carolina University Western Carolina University researchers find a disproportionate number of inmates with violent offenses suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder and...
Micro-brewing goes more micro
Credit: Ho Vu A PhD student and 'beer scientist' has inadvertently discovered a way to conduct extremely small-scale brewing experiments, potentially leading to better beer....
Listening to the call of the wild: Tracking deer movements using sound
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan -- In the marchland of Japan's Oze National Park, keeping track of the deer...
High schoolers discover four exoplanets through Harvard and Smithsonian mentorship program
The high schoolers turned scientists published their findings this week, thanks to a research mentorship program at the Center for Astrophysics; Harvard and SmithsonianCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech...
Senquan Liu named STEM CELLS Young Investigator of 2020
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Senquan Liu, Ph.D., is STEM CELLS's Young Investigator of 2020 for his work on human stem-cell derived extracellular vesicles...
Light pollution linked to preterm births, reduced birth weights
University of Colorado Denver researcher finds nighttime brightness linked to 13% increase in preterm birth likelihoodCredit: UNSPLASH.COM In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers discovered that light...
Fetal and neonatal therapies improve prognosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Credit: Tanimura et al. J Reprod Immunol. 2021. A cross-institutional research group has revealed for the first time in the world that infants with symptomatic...
Gender and spatial behavior
Gendered division of labor shaped human spatial behavior, Stanford study suggestsCredit: Brian Wood Navigating, exploring and thinking about space are part of daily life, whether...
Beckman Institute MRI expertise aids research on hemodialysis therapy patients
Credit: Photo courtesy the Beckman Institute Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology were part of a collaborative effort to investigate a...
Majority skeptical healthcare costs will fall anytime soon as Biden begins presidency
New West Health-Gallup survey finds new president faces a frustrated public reeling from pandemic, economic disruption and high healthcare costsCredit: West Health-Gallup Healthcare Survey WASHINGTON,...
Size matters: How the size of a male’s weapons affects its anti-predator tactics
Scientists demonstrate in a species of beetle that males adopt different survival tactics depending on the size of their mandibles, which they use as weaponsCredit:...
Using zirconium as an additive in super-strong composite materials
Introducing a layer of zirconium atoms between sheets of aluminum oxide and tungsten carbide creates exceptionally strong composite materialsCredit: Katsuyuki Matsunaga Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs)...
Discovery of early plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease
A research team at INRS has discovered two early plasma markers to detect Alzheimer's disease five years before its onset.Credit: INRS A Quebec research team...
635 million-year-old fungi-like microfossil that bailed us out of an ice age discovered
It is the oldest terrestrial fossil ever found.Credit: Credit: Andrew Czaja of University of Cincinnati. When you think of fungi, what comes to mind may...
