Changing cropping systems in impaired watersheds can produce water quality gains
New approach might finally show the way to restoring the Chesapeake BayCredit: Patrick Drohan, Penn State Growing the right crop in the right place within...
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5G testing center for rapid connectivity to launch at Purdue’s Discovery Park District
The NineTwelve center is the first of its kind in the U.S. to create 5G rapid development for faster, low-cost 5G applications with the potential...
Commodity farming accelerating climate change in the Amazon rainforest
Credit: Eduardo Maeda Researchers report that large-scale commercial farms on deforested land in the southern Amazon result in higher temperature increases and less rainfall than...
Seventeen from Argonne recognized with Secretary of Energy’s Honor Awards
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Six groups that included 17 scientists, engineers and other staff from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory were recipients...
Training the next generation of innovative leaders in business and digital transformation
EINST4INE project launchCredit: EINST4INE EINST4INE (the European Training Network for InduStry Digital Transformation across Innovation Ecosystems) is a €4M research initiative addressing some of the...
Researchers identify a new molecular mechanism related to severe anaphylaxis
Credit: JACI Anaphylaxis is a systemic allergic reaction that can affect the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system. The most...
Embry-Riddle alumna helps unravel key mysteries of rare stars
Credit: Embry-Riddle/Jason Kadah Within the constellation Cygnus, an elderly star and its massive companion are having one last hurrah, flinging off mass at an incredible...
Children’s finger length points to mothers’ income level
- links with diseases that begin in the wombCredit: John Manning, Swansea University Low-income mothers feminize their children in the womb by adjusting their hormones,...
School closures may not reduce coronavirus deaths as much as expected
Extensive simulations seek the ideal distancing scenario to reduce severe coronavirus cases with minimal social disruptionCredit: Jiannan Yang, Qingpeng Zhang, Zhidong Cao, Jianxi Gao, Dirk...
Expanded spina bifida guidelines cover care from newborn to adult
Noted experts present scientifically-based guidelines for spina bifida care to the worldwide community of clinicians and investigators to improve patients' quality of life in this...
Porous materials unfavorable for coronavirus survival
Why coronavirus survives for less time on porous materials and the implications for the safety of different materials in schools, workplaces, and public spacesCredit: S....
Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces
Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.Credit: Sushma Kumari WASHINGTON, February 9,...
Quantum causal loops
Credit: @ULB Causal reasoning is ubiquitous - from physics to medicine, economics and social sciences, as well as in everyday life. Whenever we press the...
Blueprint for understanding the pandemic
Credit: ETH Zurich /Giulia Marthaler Scientific and public health experts have been raising the alarm for decades, imploring public officials to prepare for the inevitability...
All in the head? Brains adapt to support new species
Credit: Rich Merrill Scientists studying forest dwelling butterflies in Central and South America have discovered that changes in the way animals perceive and process information...
