USC study shows dire impacts downstream of Nile River dam
The research forecasts water supply and economic risks as tensions mount over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DamCredit: (Photo/NASA-JPL) Rapid filling of a giant dam at the...
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Study shows forests play greater role in depositing toxic mercury across the globe
UMass Lowell-led research conducted in Mass., MaineCredit: Photo courtesy of Daniel Obrist. LOWELL, Mass. - Researchers led by a UMass Lowell environmental science professor say...
Emotions and culture are most important for acceptance of carnivore management strategies
Credit: Photo: Oliver Höner/Leibniz-IZW Emotions towards and cultural importance of large carnivores are better predictors of the acceptance of management strategies by local communities than...
Phasecraft reveals a more efficient method for modelling electrons in materials
UK quantum software startup Phasecraft, spun out of UCL and University of Bristol, releases peer-reviewed research that shows significant improvement beyond previous techniques for simulating...
Brain injury lab receives additional federal funding to boost research
UC Riverside postdoc and graduate students are recipients of new awardsCredit: Santhakumar lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Earlier this year, Viji Santhakumar, an associate...
Neutron-clustering effect in nuclear reactors demonstrated for first time
Long-theorized phenomenon observed in a working reactor could improve reactor safety, according to a new studyCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, N.M., July 12,...
Harnessing the dark side
Optical singularities could be used for a wide range of applications from super resolution imaging to optical trappingCredit: Daniel Lim/Harvard SEAS When we think about...
Demonstration of World Record: 319 Tb/s Transmission over 3,001 km with 4-core fiber
>120 nm signal bandwidth comprising 552 WDM channels and using both-doped fiber and Raman amplificationCredit: ©National Institute of Information and Communications Technology 319 Tb/s long-haul...
Crystal clear: Lepidopterans have many ways of being transparent
Credit: Nipam Patel Butterflies and moths have beautiful wings: the bright flare of an orange monarch, the vivid stripes of a swallowtail, the luminous green...
Sweet success: CABBI demonstrates first precision breeding of sugarcane with CRISPR-Cas9
Gene-editing offers a targeted, efficient way to develop new varieties of this productive but complex plantCredit: Amy Stuart, UF/IFAS Sugarcane is one of the most...
Selective, toxin-bearing antibodies could help treat liver fibrosis
In mouse models of human disease, immunotoxins targeting the protein mesothelin prevent liver cells from producing collagen, a precursor to fibrosis and cirrhosisCredit: UC San...
Magnetic field from MRI affects focused-ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier
Finding prompts researchers, clinicians to consider this impact in future research and clinical treatment of brain diseasesCredit: Washington University in St. Louis MRI-guided focused ultrasound...
Pitt engineer Mostafa Bedewy selected for the Frontiers of Materials award by Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
Credit: University of Pittsburgh The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) has selected Mostafa Bedewy, assistant professor of industrial engineering at the University of Pittsburgh...
Symbionts sans frontieres: Bacterial partners travel the world
Some bacterial symbionts in travel the globe and are true cosmopolitansCredit: Laetitia Wilkins The Lucinidae family, lucinids for short, comprises approximately 500 living species of...
The fine nose of storks
Smell leads storks to freshly mown meadowsCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior/ C. Ziegler The sharp eyes of an eagle, the extraordinary hearing of an owl...
