Rice’s Yingyan Lin receives NSF CAREER Award
Engineer recognized for advances in ubiquitous on-device intelligence and green AICredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 22, 2021) - Yingyan Lin, an assistant professor of...
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Toddler sleep patterns matter
UD study links inconsistent sleep times to higher body mass index (BMI) percentilesCredit: Photo by Ashley Barnas Establishing a consistent sleep schedule for a toddler...
Politics and the brain: Attention perks up when politicians break with party lines
fMRI study shows stronger neurological responses for politically incongruent positionsCredit: Craig Chandler University Communication University of Nebraska-Lincoln In a time of extreme political polarization, hearing...
NASA’s Swift helps tie neutrino to star-shredding black hole
Credit: ZTF/Caltech Optical Observatories For only the second time, astronomers have linked an elusive particle called a high-energy neutrino to an object outside our galaxy....
Unique study of isolated bobcat population confirms accuracy of extinction model
Genetic follow-up on offspring of felines brought to island 30 years earlier validates population viability analysisCredit: Jim Jordan/Town of Kiawah Island The reintroduction of 32...
Biological assessment of world’s rivers presents incomplete but bleak picture
Credit: Oregon State University An international team of scientists, including two from Oregon State University, conducted a biological assessment of the world's rivers and the...
Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox
TB-causing bacteria remember prior stress, react quickly to new stressCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 22, 2021) -Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful...
Vilcek Foundation video celebrates developmental geneticist Ruth Lehmann
Ruth Lehmann is the recipient of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical ScienceCredit: The Vilcek Foundation NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2021--The Vilcek Foundation celebrates the...
How do patients with cystic fibrosis respond to COVID-19?
A grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will aid researchers in their search for answersCredit: Ruobing Wang, MD, Boston Children's Hospital So far, based on...
NYUAD researchers develop high throughput paper-based arrays of 3D tumor models
New technology will help researchers predict the outcomes of drug efficacy and can guide the development of drug treatments for tumorsCredit: NYU Abu Dhabi Abu...
New therapeutic approach may help treat age-related macular degeneration effectively
Inhibiting a gene involved in the abnormal growth of blood vessels in certain ocular disorders may reduce retinal neovascularization, researchers report in The American Journal...
Synthesis of a rare metal complex of nitrous oxide opens new vistas for
Credit: Monika Stolar and Chris Gendy Like its chemical relative carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas and the dominant ozone-depleting...
Kessler Team tests regenerative approach to preventing osteoarthritis after knee injury
With funding from The Geneva Foundation, Kessler Foundation and New Jersey Regenerative Institute conduct an in-depth study of the role of hemarthroses in the development...
New “metalens” shifts focus without tilting or moving
The design may enable miniature zoom lenses for drones, cellphones, or night-vision goggles.Credit: Image courtesy of Tian Gu, et al Polished glass has been at...
New technique reveals switches in RNA
Structural switches could be targets to fight coronavirusCredit: University of Groningen Scientists at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands), in collaboration with colleagues from the...
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