Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production
Researchers led by Ryuhei Nakamura at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have improved on their ...
Breast cancer rates rising among Canadian women in their 20s, 30s and 40s
Rates of breast cancer in women under the age of 50 are rising in Canada according to a study which ...
UNC Charlotte bioinformatics professor discovers surprising evolutionary pattern in landmark yeast study
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics Abigail Leavitt LaBella has co-led an ambitious research study — published ...
DOE Under Secretary for Science and Innovation visits Jefferson Lab
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – On April 18, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility welcomed Under Secretary ...
Research expo highlights student and faculty creativity
Hundreds of faculty, students and business leaders flocked to The University of Texas at Arlington for its second annual Research ...
People with rare longevity mutation may also be protected from cardiovascular disease
A new study highlights possible cardiovascular health advantages in individuals with a rare condition known as growth hormone receptor deficiency ...
From disorder to order: flocking birds and “spinning” particles
Researchers Kazuaki Takasan and Kyogo Kawaguchi of the University of Tokyo with Kyosuke Adachi of RIKEN, Japan's largest comprehensive research ...
Scientists capture X-rays from upward positive lightning
Globally, lightning is responsible for over 4,000 fatalities and billions of dollars in damage every year; Switzerland itself weathers up ...
AMS Science Preview: Hawaiian climates; chronic pain; lightning-caused wildfires
The American Meteorological Society continuously publishes research on climate, weather, and water in its 12 journals. Many of these articles ...
More efficient molecular motor widens potential applications
Light-driven molecular motors were first developed nearly 25 years ago at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. This resulted in ...
Mutualism, from biology to organic chemistry?
Heteroatom tin compounds (SSn, OSn, NSn, PSn) composed of heteroatoms S, O, N, P and tin atoms have attracted intense ...
Could fishponds help with Hawaiʻi’s food sustainability?
Indigenous aquaculture systems in Hawaiʻi, known as loko iʻa or fishponds, can increase the amount of fish and fisheries harvested ...
High-precision blood glucose level prediction achieved by few-molecule reservoir computing
1. A collaborative research team from NIMS and Tokyo University of Science has successfully developed a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Reno/Sparks selected to be part of Urban Heat Mapping Campaign
Several municipal, county, and Tribal governments and community groups based in the Reno-Sparks area are teaming up to map the ...
Unprecedented research probes the relationship between sleep and memory in napping babies and young children
A University of Massachusetts Amherst sleep scientist, funded with $6.7 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ...
RNA modification is responsible for the disruption of mitochondrial protein synthesis in Alzheimer’s disease
A team of researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has identified a mechanism that causes mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s ...
Barley plants fine-tune their root microbial communities through sugary secretions
Different types of barley recruit distinct communities of soil microbes to grow around their roots by releasing a custom mix ...
First-of-its-kind study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
A new study published online today, April 25, in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that ...
These jacks-of-all-trades are masters, too: Yeast study helps answer age-old biology question
MADISON – In a landmark study based on one of the most comprehensive genomic datasets ever assembled, a team led ...
Treatment for deadly superbug C. diff may be weakening
The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not ...