Small glowing protein allows researchers to peer deeper into living tissues
DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical and genetic engineers at Duke University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed a small fluorescent protein that emits...
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Machine learning diagnoses pneumonia by listening to coughs #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2022 – Pneumonia is one of the world's leading causes of death and affects over a million people a year in...
Space-bound clocks to detect dark matter
As the precision and portability of atomic clocks continue to improve, University of Delaware physicist Marianna Safronova and collaborators Yu-Dai Tsai of the University of...
X-rays reveal elusive chemistry for better EV batteries
UPTON, NY—Researchers around the world are on a mission to relieve a bottleneck in the clean energy revolution: batteries. From electric vehicles to renewable grid-scale energy...
Seventy percent of Florida’s coral reefs are eroding, new study finds
MIAMI-- A new study found that 70 percent of Florida’s reefs are eroding and experiencing net loss of reef habitat. The research, conducted by an...
Aging in the eye predicts risk for kidney failure
Among 35,864 United Kingdom residents, every one-year increase in retinal age, assessed by retinal microvasculature changes, was associated with a 10% higher risk of incident...
New quantum dots study uncovers implications for biological imaging
A new study involving researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago achieved a milestone in the synthesis of multifunctional photonic nanomaterials.Credit: P. Snee A new...
Understanding the cryptic role fungi play in ecosystems
When you say “fungi,” most people think of mushrooms, showy fruiting bodies, but most fungi do not produce mushrooms. It is estimated that there are...
Study shows the majority of California’s coastal airports are vulnerable to increased flooding caused by climate change
Credit: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4191058 TAMPA FL, December 5, 2022 – Most of California’s population and its largest airports are located along the Pacific coastline, which is...
Photon-efficient volumetric imaging with light-sheet scanning fluorescence microscopy
In biological imaging, researchers aim to achieve 3D, high-speed, and high-resolution, with low photobleaching and phototoxicity. The light-sheet fluorescence microscope (LSFM) helps meet that aim....
Can a playlist be your therapist? Balancing emotions through music #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2022 – Music has the potential to change emotional states and can distract listeners from negative thoughts and pain. It has...
Guiding conservation with local touch
As nature reels towards a hotter, drier, harsher future, new conservation tools – seed banks and frozen zoos, gene editing and assisted gene flow –...
New research shows people, wildlife, and marine environment benefit when island-ocean connections are restored
Restoring and rewilding islands that have been decimated by damaging invasive species provides benefits to not only the terrestrial ecosystem but to coastal and marine...
The Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern, and we finally know why
For centuries, sailors who had been all over the world knew where the most fearsome storms of all lay in wait: the Southern Hemisphere. “The...
Forest resilience linked with higher mortality risk in western US, study finds
A forest’s resilience, or ability to absorb environmental disturbances, has long been thought to be a boost for its odds of survival against the looming...
