DOE backs Rice physicists’ collaboration
HOUSTON – (June 27, 2022) – Two Rice University nuclear physicists have received Department of Energy backing to continue their research on the fundamental properties of...
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Single-atom tractor beams power chemical catalysis
By trapping light into tiny gaps only a few atoms wide, a team from the NanoPhotonics Centre has magnified optical forces a thousand-fold, strong enough...
Structural racism drives higher COVID-19 death rates in Louisiana, study finds
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND–Disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality rates among Black populations in Louisiana parishes are the result of longstanding health vulnerabilities associated with institutional and societal...
Top predators could ‘trap’ themselves trying to adapt to climate change, study shows
Link to Google Drive folder containing images:Credit: Bobby-Jo Vial Link to Google Drive folder containing images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U7acqtX0fuqAHq45YPxTSKXbZAaD6Xlh?usp=sharing As climate change alters environments across the globe,...
Fossils in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ may be more than a million years older than previously thought
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a...
Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit 1 million years older than previously thought
Fossils found at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa reveal nearly four million years of hominin and environmental evolution. Since research began at the site...
Long-term liquid water also on non-Earth-like planets?
Liquid water is an important prerequisite for life to develop on a planet. As researchers from the University of Bern, the University of Zurich and...
New genetic associations in pediatric NAFLD affect both risk and severity
In a pair of overlapping studies, a diverse team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have deepened...
Oxytocin spreads cooperation in social networks
Administering oxytocin to the central members of a social network spreads cooperation via increased punishment of uncooperative behavior, according to new research published in JNeurosci.Credit:...
Rensselaer researchers receive $3.5 million grant for development of COVID antiviral drug
TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers Gaetano Montelione and Christopher Cioffi will use a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy...
Making dark semiconductors shine
Whether or not a solid can emit light, for instance as a light-emitting diode (LED), depends on the energy levels of the electrons in its...
Virus discovery offers clues about origins of complex life
The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been found, researchers at The...
What sea cucumbers can teach us about self-defence
Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes in the murky depths. Credit: Frithjof...
nTIDE May 2022 COVID Update: Uncertainty about inflation tempers good news for people with disabilities
East Hanover, NJ. June 27, 2022. Unemployment declined again in May for people with disabilities, while people without disabilities saw a slight increase, according to...
Discovered epigenetic alterations associated with the COVID-19 related severe inflammatory syndrome in childhood
June 27th, 2022. Researchers from the Cancer Epigenetics group led by Dr. Manel Esteller at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and Dr. Aurora Pujol,...
