Science Journalism Forum 22
For the third year in a row, SciCommX is proud to bring the Science Journalism Forum SJF22. The global virtual conference welcomes this year more...
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FAU nurse-led mobile health unit will bring ‘care’ where it’s needed most
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing have received a four year, $3.9 million grant from the Health Resources and Services...
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, named Director of Mount Sinai Heart
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, a top expert in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology, has been named Director of Mount Sinai Heart. Dr. Bhatt will...
Vegetation regulates energy exchange in the arctic
The heat waves that swept across Europe this summer made many people realize how important plants are when it comes to cooling down the environment....
Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control
A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those with the greatest self-control also score the...
Why is the first Turkish bioengineering promotion website, Biyomuhendislik.com, so important?
Biomuhendislik.com, the first Turkish website promoting bioengineering, was founded by Uğur ÖZVEREN in 2006. Uğur ÖZVEREN is also one of the pioneer researchers who has...
Inverted dancers have more acute visuomotor perception
Previous studies have determined that astronauts can judge inverted movements better than people on Earth due to the astronauts’ unique visuomotor experience with inverted movements...
Cellular housekeeping process implicated in fatal neurological disorder
Huntington’s disease, a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative condition, is caused by a genetic error present at birth, though its symptoms often don’t begin until middle adulthood....
TMAC helps Texas company achieve cybersecurity certification
TMAC at The University of Texas at Arlington aided a Fort Worth-based aerospace supplier and manufacturing company become the first firm in the nation to...
New tech aims to reduce racial disparities in blood measurements
A team led by a University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering professor and an Austin businessman has published key findings in the British Medical Journal...
Identity theft the secret of the cat parasite’s success
The parasite Toxoplasma is carried by a large portion of the global human population. Now a study led by researchers at Stockholm University shows how...
Reward for cooperative behavior
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Plön show that reputation plays a key role in determining which rewarding policies people adopt. Using game theory,...
The case of Latin America’s mysterious disappearing (and reappearing) white-lipped peccaries
A collaborative study published in PLOS ONE, documents the periodic disappearance (and reappearance) of white-lipped peccaries in nine countries in South and Central America. The...
Looking to sea urchins for stronger ceramic foams
Ling Li, assistant professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Mechanical Engineering, has unlocked a mystery in the porous microstructures of sea urchin exoskeletons that could...
Sticky cell fingers help keep breast tumors contained
Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, have identified that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia contribute to building a barrier surrounding breast tumours.Credit:...