Distant, spiralling stars give clues to the forces that bind sub-atomic particles
Space scientists have found a new way to probe the internal structure of neutron stars, giving clues about the makeup of matter at an atomic...
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New mechanism by which senescent cells turn on genes encoding for tumor-regulating factors
New insights into expression of the senescence-associated secretory phenotypeCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (April 1, 2021 -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute identified a...
NASA OSIRIS-REx’s final asteroid observation run
Credit: Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it made on asteroid Bennu's surface...
Away with the bad cliché: Bacterial complexity is often underestimated
Credit: Nina Lautenschlaeger The project is one of thirteen priority programs approved by the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) this week. The funding...
UConn researcher develops successful Zika vaccine in preclinical studies
The vaccine is generated from a novel platform technologyCredit: UConn Photo UConn researcher Paulo Verardi, associate professor of pathobiology and veterinary science in the College...
Finnish study detects lottery-like behavior in cryptocurrency market
Credit: Pexels.com Alisia Kozik (CC) Recent research from the University of Vaasa and the University of Jyväskyla shows that speculation and lottery-like behavior is a...
African elephants only occupy a fraction of their potential range
Elephants have plenty of habitat if spared from the ivory trade, new research showsCredit: David Giffin Many wildlife species are threatened by shrinking habitat. But...
Time to shift from ‘food security’ to ‘nutrition security’ to increase health and well-being
Tufts and Georgetown scientists, and humanitarian José Andrés, call for a new approach to address food and nutrition inequitiesCredit: Samantha Higgins for World Central Kitchen....
New scholarship to reduce barrier for most promising medical students
$1.1 million gift from philanthropist Ann Bedell Hunt establishes Bedell Family Endowed Medical Scholarship at UC San Diego School of Medicine in memory of her...
Researchers realize synthetic gauge fields in single optomechanical resonator
Credit: CHEN Yuan et al. The research team led by Prof. GUO Guangcan and Dr. DONG Chunhua from the University of Science and Technology of...
Replacing what was lost: A novel cell therapy for type I diabetes mellitus
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Type I Diabetes Mellitus (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder leading to permanent loss...
2D materials for conducting hole currents from grain boundaries in perovskite solar cells
Credit: by Peng You, Guanqi Tang, Jiupeng Cao, Dong Shen, Tsz-Wai Ng, Zafer Hawash, Naixiang Wang, Chun-Ki Liu, Wei Lu, Qidong Tai, Yabing Qi, Chun-Sing...
UMD helps quantify how climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth
Collaborative research shows more severe slowdowns in warmer regions like Africa and Latin AmericaCredit: Edwin Remsberg, University of Maryland The University of Maryland (UMD) has...
Skin deep: Aquatic skin adaptations of whales and hippos evolved independently
Hippos and cetaceans are close relatives, but their shared "aquatic" skin traits did not come from a common ancestorCredit: Carl Buell A new study shows...
BrainGate: First human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer interface
Credit: Braingate.ord PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are an emerging assistive technology, enabling people with paralysis to type on computer screens or manipulate robotic...
