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The Hadley circulation is a key atmospheric circulation pattern in the tropics. It helps even out the temperature between the equator and the poles by...

Alleviate the drought in the east Hungarian plains

Intensive agricultural cultivation and the resulting changes in soil structure cause low humidity in the near-surface air during heat waves in really dry years. As...

Silicon-based anodes in lithium-ion batteries

Researchers overview recent progress and challenges in silicon-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

Research in recent years displays that several chemical modifications (binders, composite materials, and electrolytes) provide superior stability and enhance electrochemical performance in Si-based anodes in...

Researchers Explore 'Vast Sea' of Big Medicare Data

New AI technique significantly boosts Medicare fraud detection

Medicare is sporadically compromised by fraudulent insurance claims. These illicit activities often go undetected, allowing full-time criminals and unscrupulous health providers to exploit weaknesses in...

Autoimmune disease and pregnancy

SEATTLE – For many aspiring mothers with autoimmune disease, pregnancy can be daunting and full of unknowns. In some cases, those suffering from specific autoimmune...

Enhancing Luminescence of π-Electronic Organoplatinum(II) Complexes

Enhancing solid-state phosphorescence in π-electronic molecules

Photoluminescent molecules, capable of absorbing and re-emitting light, play an important role in the development of technologies such as light-emitting diodes, sensors, and displays. Among...

Dr. Matthew Segar, The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Cardiovascular Disease Fellow

Machine learning informs a new tool to guide treatment for acute decompensated heart failure

A recent study co-authored by Dr. Matthew Segar, a third-year cardiovascular disease fellow at The Texas Heart Institute and led by his research and residency mentor,...

Scientists pinpoint growth of brain’s cerebellum as key to evolution of bird flight

**EMBARGOED UNTIL 7:01 P.M. ET TUESDAY, JAN 30**Credit: Amy Balanoff **EMBARGOED UNTIL 7:01 P.M. ET TUESDAY, JAN 30** Evolutionary biologists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report...

Researchers find early symptoms of psychosis spectrum disorder in youth higher than expected

A new study co-led by Associate Professor Kristin Cleverley of the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing has found evidence that Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms (PSS) are...

Pitt receives new grant to improve opioid use disorder treatment

PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy’s Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) has received a five-year, $7.8 million grant from the National...

The emergence of successive SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern during 2020-22 created a need to understand the drivers of such growth

The emergence of successive SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern during 2020-22 created a need to understand the drivers of such growth; this study uses a Bayesian...

Festive opening of the Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) recently inaugurated its new Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (IQCB) in the presence of Clemens Hoch, the Minister of...

As cities grow, how will city trash, wastewater, and emissions rise?

More than half of the world’s population—4.4 billion people—lives in cities, and that proportion will grow to two-thirds by the year 2050, according to the...

Design, synthesis and applications of functional zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks

This review is led by Prof. Zhijie Chen’s group from Department of Chemistry at Zhejiang University. The authors provide an overview of recent progress in...

Efficient photothermal CO2 methanation over NiFe alloy nanoparticles