What makes brown rice healthy? Decoding the chemistry of its nutritional wealth
Asian diets feature rice as a staple grain, contributing towards nearly 90% of the world’s rice consumption. Brown rice, in particular, is known to have...
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Scientists advise a major shift in chemicals management in the U.S. and Canada
A new approach can help governments and businesses eliminate harmful chemicals from daily use and exposure, according to a paper published today in Environmental Science...
New ‘chain mail’ material of interlocking molecules is tough, flexible and easy to make
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have created a new type of material from millions of identical, interlocking molecules that for the first time allows the...
Correlated rattling atomic chains reduce thermal conductivity of materials
A group of researchers has recently unveiled a novel mechanism that leads to further suppression of thermal conductivity in thermoelectric materials, something that will help...
Researchers reach milestone in measurement of airborne mercury
Credit: Photo by Olivier Magand. Journal Science of The Total Environment DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159219 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research Not applicable Article Title...
USC researchers find music education benefits youth wellbeing as California looks to boost arts in school
The latest USC research on the impact of music education shows that for adolescents, the benefits appear to extend beyond a surge in neural connections...
Cyborg cells could be tools for health and environment
Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created semi-living “cyborg cells.” Retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate, the cyborg...
Interbreeding of white cotton lines produces a new cultivar whose fabric is naturally flame-resistant
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278696Credit: Thyssen et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278696 Article Title: Flame resistant cotton lines generated by synergistic epistasis in...
Exploring the features of music that people fall asleep to
A new study has identified several characteristics typical of music associated with sleep, such as being quieter and slower than other music. However, popular sleep...
In the Neanderthal site of Combe-Grenal, France, hunting strategies were unaffected by changing climate
Neanderthals in Combe-Grenal (France) preferred to hunt in open environments, and their hunting strategies did not alter during periods of climatic change, according to a...
Better hydrogen transfer brings better hydrogen evolution reaction performance
The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the most efficient methods for producing green hydrogen. However, the inefficient mass transfer of hydrogen has...
Mummified crocodiles provide insights into mummy-making over time
Crocodiles were mummified in a unique way at the Egyptian site of Qubbat al-Hawā during the 5th Century BC, according to a study published January...
Is your global health research partnership truly equal? A new twenty-point checklist helps LMICs and HICs achieve equitable collaborations
Is your global health research partnership truly equal? A new twenty-point checklist helps LMICs and HICs achieve equitable collaborations.Credit: Dan Hodson Is your global health...
Underlying assumptions of air quality need to be redefined
The 40-meter-high monitoring tower of the Innsbruck Atmospheric Observatory near the city center of Innsbruck in Austria, Europe, continuously provides data on the composition of the...
Researchers uncover 92 fossil nests belonging to some of India’s largest dinosaurs
The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a study published...
