UCLA-led study reveals ‘hidden costs’ of being Black in the US
Black men face near-daily discrimination despite financial and educational successCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA A woman grips her purse tightly as you approach. A store manager follows...
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Oceans were stressed preceding abrupt, prehistoric global warming
Shelled organisms helped buffer ocean acidification by consuming less alkalinity from seawaterCredit: Northwestern University Microscopic fossilized shells are helping geologists reconstruct Earth's climate during the...
What is life? And will we find it on other planets? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 -- Chemistry is helping us figure out how life got started on Earth and is giving...
Atmospheric drying will lead to lower crop yields, shorter trees across the globe
Credit: Maria H Park A global observation of an ongoing atmospheric drying -- known by scientists as a rise in vapor pressure deficit -- has...
Six research teams win Carbon Hub funding
Zero-emissions initiative aims to 'move the needle, far and fast'Credit: Photo by Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 8, 2021) - Carbon Hub, Rice University's...
Insatiable demand for cannabis has created a giant carbon footprint
Colorado State University researchers provide the most detailed accounting to date of the industry's greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: Hailey Summers/Colorado State University It's no secret that...
‘Island of Rats’ recovers
Island birds, seashore ecosystem return to natural balance after invasive rodent removalCredit: Rory Stansbury Along the western edge of Alaska's Aleutian archipelago, a group of...
Unique sensor network for measuring greenhouse gases
MUCCnet: Precision technology allows quantification of urban greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: F. Dietrich / TUM The sensor network MUCCnet (Munich Urban Carbon Column network) consists of...
Paw hygiene no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals
Assistance dogs' paws are cleaner than their users' shoe soles, Utrecht University researchers discoverCredit: Private photo of Iris and Sandy - may be re-used. Over...
Nanoenzymes designed with a unique combination of structure and functions
Credit: IBB-UAB Researchers at the UAB have designed minimalist biostructures that imitate natural enzymes, capable of carrying out two differentiated and reversibly regulated activities thanks...
Predicting success in therapy with individualized cancer models
Credit: Marianna Kruithof-de Julio and Marta De Menna In the EU alone, 78,800 men died of prostate cancer last year. While tumors discovered at an...
Establishing the origin of solar-mass black holes and the connection to dark matter
Credit: Takhistov et. al. What is the origin of black holes and how is that question connected with another mystery, the nature of dark matter?...
A biosensor for measuring extracellular hydrogen peroxide concentrations
Credit: Kanazawa University Several processes in the human body are regulated by biochemical reactions involving hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Although it can act as a 'secondary...
Finnish researchers introduce a nasal COVID vaccine
Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen Rokote Laboratories Finland Ltd., a newly-founded academic spin-out based in Finland is working to develop and introduce to the markets...
Critically endangered macadamia species becomes a plant supermodel
Credit: Bruce Topp, University of Queensland One of the world's rarest tree species has been transformed into a sophisticated model that University of Queensland researchers...
