Earth has a hot new neighbour — and it’s an astronomer’s dream
A rocky planet discovered in the Virgo constellation could change how we look for life in the universeCredit: RenderArea, https://renderarea.com A newly discovered planet could...
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Peter Goadsby, migraine expert, awarded the Brain Prize 2021
Credit: UCLA Health Dr. Peter Goadsby, professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been chosen as one of four...
A new strategy for pooling COVID-19 tests to detect outbreaks early
Novel protocol draws on mathematical models that account for false-negative test resultsCredit: Jean-François Rupprecht, the Centre for Theoretical Physics (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université/Université de Toulon), 2021 Researchers...
Recommended for you: Role, impact of tools behind automated product picks explored
Jindal School researchers examine pros, cons of recommender systemsCredit: UT Dallas As you scroll through Amazon looking for the perfect product, or flip through titles...
Animal aggression depends on rank within social hierarchies
Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS Humans and animals alike constantly size up one another. In the workplace, a new employee quickly learns which coworkers are the most...
Extreme-scale computing and AI forecast a promising future for fusion power
Credit: Photo by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Simulation and image from Robert Hager and Seung-Hoe Ku. Efforts to duplicate on Earth the fusion reactions...
Breaking the patrisharky: Scientists reexamine gender biases in shark, ray mating research
New study analyzes biological drivers of multiple paternity in sharks and rays, challenging decades of unbalanced researchCredit: Georgia Aquarium Shark scientists at Georgia Aquarium, Scripps...
Exploring pieces of heart muscle that fail to compact
University of Houston researcher awarded $2.5M to study "spongy heart"Credit: University of Houston University of Houston pharmacologist Mingfu Wu has been awarded $2.5 million from...
Newly discovered millipede, Nannaria hokie, lives at Virginia Tech
Credit: Virginia Tech Hearing the words "new species discovered" may conjure images of deep caves, uncharted rainforests, or hidden oases in the desert. But the...
A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models
Credit: RenderArea During the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction...
CSU’s Kyle Horton leads NASA study on impact of artificial light on migratory birds
Credit: Kyle Horton A groundbreaking study published in 2017 found that artificial light from the Tribute in Light installation at the National September 11 Memorial...
New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants
Worrisome new coronavirus variants can evade antibodies that neutralize original virusCredit: Matt Miller/Washington University New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis...
Neural networks need more than neurons, new project posits
Credit: Vincent Breton-Provencher/MIT Picower Institute By encoding a feature of biological intelligence called reinforcement learning, in which we iteratively learn from successes and failures, "deep...
Fermented wool is the answer
FAU researchers reveal the secret of the famous Pazyryk carpetCredit: FAU/Dr. Andreas Späth The Pazyryk carpet is the world's oldest example of a knotted-pile carpet...
Easy-to-deliver mRNA treatment shows promise for stopping flu and Covid-19 viruses
Credit: (Photo: Georgia Institute of Technology) With a relatively minor genetic change, a new treatment developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and...
