Developer dollars not enough to save species
Financial payments made by land developers to offset their impacts on threatened species may fall short, according to University of Queensland-led research. Professor Jonathan Rhodes from...
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Madagascar hippos were forest dwellers
Extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa, researchers at the University...
Soft tissue restoration, blood vessel formation focus of $3M grant
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The ability to regenerate and pattern blood vessels, the literal lifelines extending deep into soft tissues, remains an elusive milestone in...
Learning the language of molecules to predict their properties
Discovering new materials and drugs typically involves a manual, trial-and-error process that can take decades and cost millions of dollars. To streamline this process, scientists...
nTIDE June 2023 Jobs Report: Employment hovers around all-time highs for people with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – July 7, 2023 – June’s job numbers remained around all-time highs for people with disabilities, according to...
Uncovering secrets of plant regeneration
Ikoma, Japan – Plants have the unique ability to regenerate entirely from a somatic cell, i.e., an ordinary cell that does not typically participate in...
CT with CTA versus MRI in patients with dizziness
Leesburg, VA, July 7, 2023—According to an accepted manuscript published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), patients discharged from the emergency department (ED) after...
The great weight debate: Researchers find all forms of weightlifting build strength and muscle, details matter less
Hamilton, ON, July 7, 2023 – Whether you use heavy or light weights, lifting them as many times as you can builds strength and muscle....
Charles ‘Chipper’ Griffith named dean of UK College of Medicine
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 6, 2023) — Charles “Chipper” Griffith III, M.D., has been named dean of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Credit: Photo by Shaun Ring,...
With head and leg to the beautiful cut
Up to three million specimens, translated into human terms about twice as many inhabitants as Munich - that's how large a single colony of leafcutter...
Researchers discover drug-resistant, often deadly pathogen living in dogs’ ears, creating concern it may jump to humans
Hamilton, ON, July 7, 2023 – Scientists at McMaster University and India’s University of Delhi have discovered and isolated the first live culture of the...
Rice U. physicist to lead world’s longest-running nuclear collider experiment
HOUSTON – (July 7, 2023) – Rice University physicist Frank Geurts is one of two scientists elected to lead the world’s longest-running nuclear physics experiment at...
Building models to predict interactions in plant microbiomes
Plants, animals, and humans are all home to numerous microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. These form complex communities that have a profound impact on...
Record-breaking tandem solar cell now with precise scientific explanations
"This achievement was possible because we at HZB have built up expertise in both silicon heterojunction technology and perovskite solar cells and work very closely...
Climate-neutral air travel: Is it possible?
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have performed calculations to work out how air traffic could become climate-neutral by 2050. They...
