Mary Jane West Eberhard receives Linnean Medal for Zoology
Mary Jane West Eberhard, staff scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, has just received the 2021 Linnean Medal for Zoology,...
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Rice lab peers inside 2D crystal synthesis
Simulations could help molecular engineers enhance creation of semiconducting nanomaterials HOUSTON - (June 11, 2021) - Scientific studies describing the most basic processes often have...
Gaps to fill: Income, education may impact inequalities in seeking dental care
University of Tsukuba study finds urgent and substantial dental care have small regional inequalities in Japan, while periodontal care and outreach services are largest; income,...
Researchers discover a key cause of energy loss in spintronic materials
Study could help engineers build more efficient magnetic materials for computers A study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers uncovered a property of...
Near-field routing of hyperbolic metamaterials
Flexible control of the propagating direction of near-field light can be realized with hyperbolic metamaterials, using an all-electric metasource Near-field light is invisible light at...
High genetic running capacity promotes efficient metabolism with aging
Adipose tissue may have a key role in healthy aging High running capacity is associated with health and longevity. However, whether high genetic running capacity...
How electrons behave in quantum critical ferromagnets?
At a classical second-order phase transition, condensed matter systems acquire long-range order upon cooling below the transition temperature, and the properties near the transition are...
Many prolonged sick leaves for COVID-19
Nearly 12,000 people in Sweden received sickness benefit from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency for COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic. The median...
A step closer to a hydrogen-fuelled economy using an efficient anode for water splitting
Development of highly efficient nickel sulfide nanowires stuffed into carbon nitride scabbards as anodes with extremely low overpotential for electrocatalytic water splitting applications Niigata, Japan...
USC study reveals potential new treatment target for Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC identify a novel target related to the blood-brain barrier and a potential therapy that offers hope for...
Hair follicles heal blisters at personal cost
A team of scientists has shown that the healing of skin blisters is driven by hair follicle stem cells, which delay their own development in...
A new model of Alzheimer’s progression
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and is characterized by neurodegeneration in regions of the brain involved in memory and learning. Amyloid...
Professor Jim Al-Khalili awarded CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Distinguished Chair in physics at the University of Surrey as well as a university chair in public...
Boundary of heliosphere mapped for the first time
Using data from NASA's IBEX satellite, scientists created the first-ever 3D map of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space Los Alamos, N.M.,...
Brain capillary structures show a correlation with their neuron structures
Drs. Itokawa, Mizutani and colleagues performed microtomography experiments the BL20XU beamline of the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility and found that brain capillary structures show a...