Nine in 10 women enter pregnancy with at least one indicator that risks baby’s health
Nine in ten women in England enter pregnancy with at least one indicator that may increase health risks to them and their baby, according to...
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The devil is in the details: Re-imagining fertilizer precursor synthesis
Osaka, Japan – The Haber–Bosch reaction helps feed the world by converting nitrogen into ammonia, a fertilizer precursor. However, its carbon footprint is huge: this...
Loch Leven monitoring data now available through new online portal
An online portal to help local people, policy-makers and regulators understand the ecology of Loch Leven better is being launched today by the UK Centre...
New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and farming choices
Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming. Credit: University...
TMAC helping businesses prevent pollution
The University of Texas at Arlington-based Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) has received a grant worth nearly $500,000 to assist manufacturers in developing and adopting...
New compact and low-cost lensless radiomicroscope developed for nuclear medicine imaging
Reston, VA—A novel imaging modality that can visualize the distribution of medical radiopharmaceuticals with very fine resolution has been developed and successfully tested, according to...
University hosts world congress on behavioural research
Are certain animal species capable of empathic behaviour? How do populations react to climatic changes, and how does navigation by magnetism work in the animal...
AIP recognizes mathematical physicist Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou with 2023 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2023 – AIP has selected Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou as the winner of the 2023 John Torrence Tate Medal for International Leadership in...
Visualization of electron dynamics on liquid helium for the first time
An international team led by Lancaster University has discovered how electrons can slither rapidly to-and-fro across a quantum surface when driven by external forces.Credit: Lancaster...
Imaging the proton with neutrinos
Protons and neutrons, the building blocks of atomic nuclei, are themselves made up of strongly interacting quarks and gluons">quarks and gluons. Because the interactions are so strong,...
Climate crisis calls world’s top scientists to Montreux
World-renowned scientists and thought leaders will gather next month at the Frontiers Forum Live in Montreux, Switzerland, to address critical issues including the climate crisis, improving global...
Aging | Age-related methylation changes in the human sperm epigenome
“ we identified > 1,000 candidate genes with genome-wide significant age-related methylation changes in sperm.”Credit: 2023 Bernhardt et al. “ we identified > 1,000 candidate...
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System awarded $30 million from NIH to support its Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
March 21, 2023—BRONX, NY—Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System have received a seven-year, $30 million grant from the National Institutes of Health...
Defunding prevention and climate change drive rebound of malaria in Peru
DURHAM, N.C. -- Malaria control programs in Amazonian Peru helped reduce the incidence of the deadly parasitic disease by 78 percent. That is, until the...
A recipe for 3D-printing food
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2023 – 3D-printing food could address global challenges in food supply and nutrition. But there are hurdles involved in adapting additive manufacturing...
