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Heatwaves pushing Mongolia's climate to a tipping pointCredit: Ken Shono, Unsplash Mongolia's semi-arid plateau may soon become as barren as parts of the American Southwest...

ECDC and WHO call for improved HIV testing in Europe

AIDS-free future at stakeCredit: ECDC The number of people living with undiagnosed HIV is increasing in the WHO European Region. According to data published today...

A cold-health watch and warning system for cold waves in Quebec

A team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique and the Institut national de santé publique du Québec has recently developed a cold-health watch...

German researchers compile world’s largest inventory of known plant species

Catalogue vastly expands global knowledge of plant diversityCredit: Swen Reichhold Leipzig could mean for the future of plant taxonomy what Greenwich meant for world time...

ETRI Hologram Technologies won I-zone Best Prototype Award in Displayweek 2020

1μm pixel pitch panel and 360° table top hologram were exhibited. warded for the first time to South Korea, a recognition of ETRI's future display...

Scientists claim controversial results of comets observations are consistent

Opposite data sets only benefit the researchersCredit: FEFU press office Astrophysicists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) joined the international research team for explaining the...

The smell of cooperation

Research team with the University of Göttingen finds effect of odour on helpfulness in ratsCredit: Manon Schweinfurth Despite their reputation, rats are surprisingly sociable and...

Engineering researcher receives EPSCoR grant for electrocatalysis work

Research will provide scientific basis improving battery materials and electrocatalysts for polymer recycling and water treatmentCredit: Russell Cothren, University of Arkansas Lauren Greenlee, associate professor...

Neutrinos yield first experimental evidence of catalyzed fusion dominant in many stars

The CNO energy-production mechanism in the universe is detectedCredit: Borexino Collaboration AMHERST, Mass. - An international team of about 100 scientists of the Borexino Collaboration,...

An ionic forcefield for nanoparticles

Tunable coating allows hitch-hiking nanoparticles to slip past the immune system to their targetCredit: (Image courtesy of Eden Tanner/ Harvard SEAS) Nanoparticles are promising drug...

Pitt researchers create nanoscale slalom course for electrons

Professors from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have created a serpentine path for electronsCredit: Jeremy Levy PITTSBURGH--A research team led by professors from the...

Offshore submarine freshwater discovery raises hopes for islands worldwide

Credit: University of Hawai'i Twice as much freshwater is stored offshore of Hawai'i Island than was previously thought, according to a University of Hawai'i study...

Quantum nanodiamonds may help detect disease earlier

The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for earlier detection of diseases such...

Doctors use existing treatment earlier to save the lives of Covid-19 patients

Credit: Lancaster University The lives of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are being saved by doctors who are using an existing medical treatment at an earlier...

Novel haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding