An illuminated water droplet creates an ‘optical atom’
Shining light on a water droplet creates effects analogous to what happens in an atom. This can help us understand how atoms work, write researchers...
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Connections between peripheral artery disease, negative social determinants of health like poverty may lead to earlier diagnosis, intervention in at-risk Blacks
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 31, 2023) – Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, in which impaired blood flow to the legs can make walking painful and even...
Monitoring an ‘anti-greenhouse’ gas: Dimethyl sulfide in Arctic air
Data stored in ice cores dating back 55 years bring new insight into atmospheric levels of a molecule that can significantly affect weather and climate.Credit:...
In the Netherlands, some 400,000 women at high risk of fracture remain untreated for osteoporosis
An estimated 100,000 to 120,000 fragility fractures occur annually in the Netherlands, the equivalent of at least 11 broken bones per hour. The cause is...
Terry McGovern named CUNY SPH Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
New York, NY | January 30, 2023 - The City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) has...
Warmer climate may drive fungi to be more dangerous to our health
DURHAM, N.C. – The world is filled with tiny creatures that find us delicious. Bacteria and viruses are the obvious bad guys, drivers of deadly...
$1M grant to U chemists could accelerate drug development
Michael Grünwald, Ryan Looper and Rodrigo Noriega, of the University of Utah Department of Chemistry, received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation...
Fishing in synchrony brings mutual benefits for dolphins and people in Brazil, research shows
NEWPORT, Ore. – By working together, dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil each catch more fish, a rare example of an interaction by two top...
New method to control electron spin paves the way for efficient quantum computers
Quantum science has the potential to revolutionize modern technology with more efficient computers, communication, and sensing devices. Challenges remain in achieving these technological goals, however,...
Machine learning identifies drugs that could potentially help smokers quit
HERSHEY, Pa. — Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes,...
Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
WHAT: A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in...
A landmark solid material that “upconverts” visible light photons to UV light photons changes how we utilize sunlight
The importance of solar power as a renewable energy resource is increasing. Sunlight contains high-energy UV light with a wavelength shorter than 400 nm, which...
Mixing between species reduces vulnerability to climate change
Genetic diversity is the raw material that enables populations to evolve in response to changes in the environment – essentially, the more diversity the better.Credit:...
New vaccine platform could ease development, delivery of virus-fighters
To many, EV stands for “electric vehicle.” To researchers at Harvard University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, it’s shorthand for another vehicle — this one...
Study: Superconductivity switches on and off in “magic-angle” graphene
With some careful twisting and stacking, MIT physicists have revealed a new and exotic property in “magic-angle” graphene: superconductivity that can be turned on and...
