Disadvantaged communities in Massachusetts twice as likely to have poor roads—and pay the cost in gas
Credit: Courtesy of Egemen Okte AMHERST, Mass. – A new study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst engineers paints ...
Landmark UN report reveals shocking state of wildlife: the world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing
The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report was launched today by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...
The Complete Library of Charles Darwin revealed for the first time
Charles Darwin – arguably the most influential man of science in history, accumulated a vast personal library throughout his working ...
Anne Ephrussi wins the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2024
11 February 2024 – EMBO and FEBS are delighted to announce that Anne Ephrussi, emerita of EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, is ...
How ancient sea creatures can inform soft robotics
ROCKVILLE, MD – Soft robotics is the study of creating robots from soft materials, which has the advantage of flexibility ...
Scientists find new way to roll atomically thin nanosheets into scrolls
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have come up with a new way of rolling atomically thin sheets ...
Harnessing human evolution to advance precision medicine
Humans are still evolving, and Tatum Simonson, PhD, founder and co-director of the Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen ...
Surprisingly vibrant colour of 12-million-year-old snail shells
Snail shells are often colourful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of ...
In the Cerrado, crop diversification has beneficial effects on wildlife and reduces the presence of boars
There are no substitutes for native vegetation, but replacing large areas of monoculture with diversified crops in places where agricultural ...
New study shows nutritional epigenetics education improves diet and attitude in parents of children with autism and ADHD
In a recent publication released by PubMed, American scientists led by Dr. Dufault at the Food Ingredient and Health Research ...
How electron spectroscopy measures exciton “holes”
Semiconductors are ubiquitous in modern technology, working to either enable or prevent the flow of electricity. In order to understand ...
UA team plans a science advisory program for Arizona lawmakers
Civil and architectural engineering and mechanics professor Kevin Lansey is leading an interdisciplinary team of University of Arizona faculty and ...
University Hospitals now offering FDA-approved medication for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
CLEVELAND—University Hospitals (UH) Brain Health & Memory Center is now treating patients with LEQEMBI® (lecanemab), a Food and Drug Administration-approved ...
Unlocking quantum precision: Expanded superconducting strips for enhanced photon-counting accuracy
Using single photons as qubits has become a prominent strategy in quantum information technology. Accurately determining the number of photons ...
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variant JN.1 raises concerns with increased transmissibility and immune evasion
Since December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed a worldwide threat. The emergence of the BA.2.86 ...
Mariana Mesel-Lemoine appointed as Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Institut Pasteur
Acting on a proposal from the Institut Pasteur President Yasmine Belkaid, the Institut Pasteur Board of Governors appointed Mariana Mesel-Lemoine ...
How does Zika virus replicate and transmit from mother to fetus?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus, driven by a heavy rain season and subsequent boom ...
Towards a natural prosthetic hand: A study published in Med has developed a temperature-sensitive prosthetic limb that improves amputee interactions and feelings of human connection
Pisa, 9 February 2024. “When one of the researchers placed the sensor on his own body, I could feel the ...
Molecular manganese complex as superphotooxidant
Highly reducing or oxidizing photocatalysts are a fundamental challenge in photochemistry. Only a few transition metal complexes with Earth-abundant metal ...
New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France
Nearly 400 exceptionally well-preserved fossils dating back 470 million years have been discovered in the south of France by two ...