The smell of cooperation
Research team with the University of Göttingen finds effect of odour on helpfulness in ratsCredit: Manon Schweinfurth Despite their reputation, rats are surprisingly sociable and...
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Engineering researcher receives EPSCoR grant for electrocatalysis work
Research will provide scientific basis improving battery materials and electrocatalysts for polymer recycling and water treatmentCredit: Russell Cothren, University of Arkansas Lauren Greenlee, associate professor...
Neutrinos yield first experimental evidence of catalyzed fusion dominant in many stars
The CNO energy-production mechanism in the universe is detectedCredit: Borexino Collaboration AMHERST, Mass. - An international team of about 100 scientists of the Borexino Collaboration,...
An ionic forcefield for nanoparticles
Tunable coating allows hitch-hiking nanoparticles to slip past the immune system to their targetCredit: (Image courtesy of Eden Tanner/ Harvard SEAS) Nanoparticles are promising drug...
Pitt researchers create nanoscale slalom course for electrons
Professors from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have created a serpentine path for electronsCredit: Jeremy Levy PITTSBURGH--A research team led by professors from the...
Offshore submarine freshwater discovery raises hopes for islands worldwide
Credit: University of Hawai'i Twice as much freshwater is stored offshore of Hawai'i Island than was previously thought, according to a University of Hawai'i study...
Quantum nanodiamonds may help detect disease earlier
The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for earlier detection of diseases such...
Doctors use existing treatment earlier to save the lives of Covid-19 patients
Credit: Lancaster University The lives of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are being saved by doctors who are using an existing medical treatment at an earlier...
Novel haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding
Credit: John Innes Centre Wheat researchers at the John Innes Centre are pioneering a new technique that promises to improve gene discovery for the globally...
Understanding the power of our Sun
The Borexino collaboration, in which also scientists from TU Dresden are involved, has succeeded after more than 80 years in experimentally confirming the Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle.Credit:...
A microscope for everyone: Jena researchers develop open-source optical toolbox
The open-source system from the 3D printer delivers high-resolution images like commercial microscopes at hundreds of times the priceCredit: UC2 Modern microscopes used for biological...
COVID-19 vaccine candidate tested preclinically at UAB nears first clinical test in people
Maryland-based Altimmune Inc. has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a Phase 1 clinical study of...
Wheat diversity due to cross-hybridization with wild grasses
Credit: Rebecca Leber, UZH A variety of bread wheat that flourishes across Switzerland would remain just a poorly growing grass in India. This ability to...
Landmark study generates first genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
USask-led study sequences genomes of 15 wheat varieties around the worldCredit: Christina Weese/USask SASKATOON - In a landmark discovery for global wheat production, a University...
Progress in electronic structure and topology in nickelates superconductors
Credit: ©Science China Press The discovery of high Tc superconductivity in cuprates attracts people to explore superconductivity in nickelates, whose crystal structures are similar to...
