New study shows pandemic’s toll on jobs, businesses, and food security in poorer countries
A new study by an international team of economists published Feb.5 in Science Advances finds COVID-19 and its economic shock present a stark threat to...
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New microscopy concept enters into force
The first demonstration of an approach that inverts the standard paradigm of scanning probe microscopy raises the prospect of force sensing at the fundamental limit.Credit:...
US counties with more social capital have fewer COVID-19 infections and deaths
Credit: Christian Felix (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) US counties with more social capital have fewer COVID-19 infections and deaths - perhaps because these communities have greater...
UTIA researchers work to improve eastern grasslands
NIFA grant should improve productivity, sustainability and resiliency of grassland agroecosystemsCredit: Photo by Rebekah Norman, UT Extension agent and county director, Montgomery County, Tennessee. KNOXVILLE,...
Fingerprint for the formation of nitrous oxide emissions
Scientists succeeded in studying emissions of the greenhouse gas N2O under the influence of environmental impacts in an unprecedented level of detailCredit: Eliza Harris Scientists...
Today’s stem cell special: Small intestine on a plate!
Credit: Tokyo Tech Enterocytes, which line the epithelium of the small intestine, are the sites of absorption and metabolism of most orally consumed medications. For...
New way to power up nanomaterials for electronic applications
Credit: Jingjing Xue and Rui Wang/UCLA Samueli School of Engineering UCLA materials scientists and colleagues have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that...
W.M. Keck Foundation awards CSU $1 million to study rare sugars fundamental to biology
Credit: John Eisele/CSU Photography A multidisciplinary team including an analytical chemist, an ecosystem scientist and two microbiologists at Colorado State University have received a $1...
Pandemic increases substance abuse, mental health issues for those struggling with obesity
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Feb. 5, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic is having a detrimental impact on substance use, mental health, and...
Machine learning generates realistic genomes for imaginary humans
Credit: Burak Yelmen Machines, thanks to novel algorithms and advances in computer technology, can now learn complex models and even generate high-quality synthetic data such...
Drop the stress
How protein condensation slows down gene activity and ensures the survival of stressed cellsCredit: © MPI of Immunbiology and Epigenetic, P. Rawat All life on...
FGM safeguarding policies are alienating UK’s African diaspora communities
Credit: United Nations AHEAD of tomorrow's International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, by the United Nations, FORWARD, the leading African women-led organisation...
Forests of the world in 3D
Research team led by the University of Göttingen analyses complexity of forest structureCredit: Dominik Seidel Primeval forests are of great importance for biodiversity and global...
Link found between time perception, risk for developmental coordination disorder
Credit: Auditory Development Lab, McMaster University Neuroscientists at McMaster University have found a link between children who are at risk for developmental coordination disorder (DCD),...
Audiovisual professionalisation affects how the brain perceives media content
Credit: Neuro-Com (UAB), Instituto RTVE and the Neuroscience Division (UPO). Professionalisation in any field requires long-term experience and training. In the past decades, studies have...
