Biggest ever supercomputer simulation to investigate Universe’s evolution
Astronomers have carried out the biggest ever computer simulations from the Big Bang to the present day to investigate how the Universe evolved.Credit: Image credit...
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WVU researchers team up with middle school students to study potential benefits of acid rain
West Virginia University biologists will tap local eighth graders for help on important research studying what happens when acid rain stops falling.Credit: WVU Photo/Edward Brzostek...
SLAC scientists shed light on potential breakthrough biomedical molecule
Scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have gained valuable insights into producing nitroxide, a molecule with potential applications in the biomedical...
ET phone Dublin? Astrophysicists scan the Galaxy for signs of life
Astrophysicists from Trinity College Dublin are scanning the Universe for “technosignatures” emanating from distant planets that would provide support for the existence of intelligent, alien...
Professor Yong Sik Ok becomes the first Korean President of the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ISTEB), a Prestigious Global Society
Founded in Austria in 1999, the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ISTEB) is a non-profit scientific organization of scientists and professionals who are interested...
Tiny spirits roam the corals of Japan – two new pygmy squids discovered
The seagrass beds and coral reefs surrounding the Japanese sub-tropical islands of Okinawa are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Home to...
Child care centers unlikely source for COVID-19 transmission, study finds
Children in child care centers are not spreading COVID-19 at significant rates to caregivers or other children at the center, nor to their households, according...
Making chemistry more accessible at the University of Oxford by providing period products
When it comes to the question of who gets to be a scientist, gender disparities are well-documented in many fields. Patching the infamous “leaky pipeline”...
$9 million award from the Department of Defense will fund groundbreaking FutureG research
Lingjia Liu, professor of electrical and computer engineering who is also an inaugural faculty member at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, has been awarded the...
World Scientists’ Climate Report highlights perils as Earth enters “uncharted territory”
In a year marked by wildfire, catastrophic flooding, and deadly weather events, an international team of scientists has updated its influential 2019 World Scientists Warning...
Normative values of vertical jump (VJ) and sit-and-reach (SR) for Chinese general population.
Muscle fitness is a crucial component of health-related fitness, playing a fundamental role in the maintenance of overall well-being and the preservation of regular physical...
The true costs of corn
A model examines farmers’ profits and the health and environmental costs of growing corn in the US Midwest, where about 20% of the world’s corn...
Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains
If you’ve ever belly-flopped into a pool, then you know: water can be surprisingly hard if you hit it at the wrong angle. But many...
Preventing airborne infection without impeding communication with ions and electric field
A novel device developed by researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Chiba University in a new study utilizes ions...
How to slow the spread of deadly ‘superbugs’
Harnessing new advances in genomic surveillance technology could help detect the rise of deadly ‘superbugs’ and slow their evolution and spread, improving global health outcomes,...
