Soil tainted by air pollution expels carbon
New UC Riverside research suggests nitrogen released by gas-powered machines causes dry soil to let go of carbon and release it back into the atmosphere,...
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Smart stitches could reduce infection and simplify post op monitoring
A new antimicrobial suture material that glows in medical imaging could provide a promising alternative for mesh implants and internal stitches.Credit: RMIT University. A new...
Genomic methods aid study of Seattle 2017-2022 Shigella outbreak
A genomic study of a sustained, multidrug-resistant Shigellosis outbreak in Seattle enabled scientists to retrace its origin and spread. Additional analysis of the gut pathogen...
Over 4% of summer mortality in European cities is attributable to urban heat islands
Over four percent of deaths in cities during the summer months are due to urban heat islands, and one third of these deaths could be...
Ancient fossils shed new light on evolution of sea worm
Ancient fossils shed new light on evolution of sea worm Credit: Credit: Zhang Zhifei Ancient fossils shed new light on evolution of sea worm Embargoed until...
Ochsner Health opens Clearview Medical Complex in Metairie
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Ochsner Health leaders joined with Jefferson Parish officials today to celebrate the opening of Ochsner Medical Complex – Clearview (4430 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie,...
University of Alberta and Amii usher in a new wave of broadened AI research with the recruitment of 20 new AI Chairs
The University of Alberta and Amii (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute) are ushering in a next generation of Canadian AI research through the planned recruitment of...
Two Tufts faculty elected to world’s largest scientific society
Two Tufts faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific society. They join 504 other...
With rapidly increasing heat and drought, can plants adapt?
At a time when climate change is making many areas of the planet hotter and drier, it's sobering to think that deserts are relatively new...
Five UC Santa Barbara professors have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Climate sensing. Neural circuits. Active matter. Molecular beam epitaxy. Multimedia learning. Five UC Santa Barbara professors in disciplines spanning geology to biology, physics to psychology...
Stem cells provide a model to understand sensorineural hearing loss
Disabling hearing loss affects one in every ten people and up to 25% of people over 60, according to the World Health Organization, and can...
Aging | Clearance of p16Ink4a+ cells: limited effects on β-cell mass and proliferation in mice
“ we set out to explore the effects of removing p16Ink4a+ senescent cells on the proliferative capacity and mass of β-cells .”Credit: 2023 Bahour et...
UH scientist Eric Bittner elected as AAAS Fellow
University of Houston chemist and physicist Eric Bittner has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, joining a...
Scientists document two separate reservoirs of latent HIV in patients
CHAPEL HILL, NC – When people living with HIV take antiviral therapy (ART), their viral loads are driven so low that a standard blood test...
Call for abstracts and registration are open for ISSCR 2023 annual meeting 14-17 June 2023
Abstracts and registration are open for the ISSCR 2023 Annual Meeting, the most comprehensive gathering of scientists in stem cell research and regenerative medicine in...
