Mystery of Galaxy’s Missing Dark Matter Deepens
When astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope uncovered an oddball galaxy that looked like it didn't have much dark matter, some thought the finding was...
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Lesley Chow honored with national Early-Career Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award
CUR award recognizes Lehigh bioengineering and materials science and engineering assistant professor for commitment to undergraduate-student research, scholarship, and experiential learning Lesley Chow, an assistant...
On the road to practical, low-cost superconductors with unexplored materials
Researchers from Japan report advantages of high temperature superconductivity in a mixed rare-earth elements systems prepared using trending techniques Superconductors are something like a miracle...
Beneficial bacteria can be restored to C-section babies at birth
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 17, 2021) - Babies born by cesarean section don't have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally, but a Rutgers-led...
Sulfur enhances carbon storage in the Black Sea
Study finds new explanation for the accumulation of organic compounds in oxygen-depleted marine areas The Black Sea is an unusual body of water: below a...
CZI awards nearly $28 million for visual proteomics and announces new funding opportunity
Grants support visualizing proteins in cells, while new request for applications calls for plugin development projects for the napari Image Analysis Platform Today, the Chan...
University of Groningen scientists design superfast molecular motor
Light-driven molecular motors have been around for over twenty years. These motors typically take microseconds to nanoseconds for one revolution. Thomas Jansen, associate professor of...
Complications following dental implant therapy are common
More than four out of ten patients who received dental implants suffered complications within a nine-year period, these are the results of a thesis presented...
DOE Early Career Research Awardee to study quantum materials
University of Arkansas physicist Jin Hu received a prestigious grant from the US Department of Energy to advance research into novel topological quantum materials The...
Passive rewilding can rapidly expand UK woodland at no cost
Long-term study finds natural regeneration could make significant contribution to tree planting targets -- with jays playing a leading role A long-term passive rewilding study...
New LOINC® release features enhanced SearchLOINC application
INDIANAPOLIS -- LOINC® from Regenstrief Institute published new health data standardization codes and an updated search app in its semiannual release. This update features 1,340...
Swim first, hunt later: Young Weddell seals need to practice navigating before hunting
Young Antarctic Weddell seals, unlike most other seals, swim with their mother, and they prioritize learning to swim and navigate over learning to forage while...
A promising new target for urinary tract infections and kidney stones
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that the secretion of uromodulin protein into urine can be induced by treatments that may protect...
RUDN University biologists develop a rapid test for detecting the fire blight in plants
RUDN University biotechnologists have created a method for detection of bacterial infection in apple, pear, hawthorn and other plants of the Rosaceae family. The test...
First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with ‘considerable care’
In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic - the Black Death - which killed between 40 and 60 per cent of...