Study of marten genomes suggests coastal safe havens aided peopling of Americas
Credit: L. L. Master LAWRENCE -- How did the first humans migrate to populate North America? It's one of the great scientific puzzles of our...
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Experts’ predictions for future wind energy costs drop significantly
Berkeley Lab-led study shows expected cost declines of 17%-35% by 2035 and 37%-49% by 2050Credit: Berkeley Lab Technology and commercial advancements are expected to continue...
Drought-induced mortality of conifers
Credit: Manuela Schwendener / University of Basel The extreme summer drought of 2018 was a special situation for both nature and scientists. It was very...
Discount on charging electric cars helps to solve traffic jams
Credit: C. Cenedese Charging electric cars can put a strain on the electricity grid. And commuting to work by car can cause traffic congestion. PhD...
Researcher uses bat-inspired design to develop new approach to sound location
Credit: Virginia Tech Inspired by the workings of a bat's ear, Rolf Mueller, a professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has created bio-inspired technology...
Researchers unveil new ‘time machine’ technique to measure cells
Using a new single-cell technique, WEHI researchers have uncovered a way to understand the programming behind how stem cells make particular cell types.Credit: Wang Cao...
Betting on drones as smart agricultural tools for pesticide use in farms
Researchers assess whether drones can spray pesticides better than conventional technologies in terms of cost, capacity, and management efficiencyCredit: Yuna Seo Besides enabling more potent...
COVID-19 reduces access to opioid dependency treatment for new patients
Credit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University COVID-19 has been associated with increases in opioid overdose deaths, which may be in part because the pandemic limited access...
Designing better antibody drugs with artificial intelligence
Credit: ETH Zurich Antibodies are not only produced by our immune cells to fight viruses and other pathogens in the body. For a few decades...
Confirmed: Island gigantism and dwarfism result of evolutionary island rule
Credit: Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Ted M. Townsend, Miguel Vences, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons It is an old-standing theory in evolutionary ecology: animal...
Researchers generate human-monkey chimeric embryos
Credit: Weizhi Ji, Kunming University of Science and Technology Investigators in China and the United States have injected human stem cells into primate embryos and...
Transparent nanolayers for more solar power
Nanostructured material and a new cell design pave the way for the production of silicon solar cells with more than 26 percent efficiencyCredit: Forschungszentrum Jülich...
New type of cell contributes to increased understanding of ALS
Credit: Ulf Sirborn The causes of the serious muscle disease ALS still remain unknown. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology,...
Coral reefs prevent more than $5.3 billion in potential flood damage for US property owners
Credit: Map by Chris Lowrie and Jessica Kendall-Bar Coral reefs provide many services to coastal communities, including critical protection from flood damage. A new study...
CityU biologists discover super-enhancers that switch on breast cancer genes
Credit: City University of Hong Kong Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive type of breast cancer with a high fatality rate. Currently, chemotherapy is...
