Discovery by UMass Lowell-led team challenges nuclear theory
Researchers test the way we understand forces in the universeCredit: Photo courtesy of UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - A discovery by a team of researchers...
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PREDICT receives extension for COVID-19 pandemic emergency response
Early laboratory detection of SARS CoV-2, tracking animal source among prioritiesCredit: Courtesy USAID PREDICT PREDICT will provide emergency support to other countries for outbreak response...
The candy-cola soda geyser experiment, at different altitudes
Credit: Adapted from Journal of Chemical Education 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b01177 Dropping Mentos® candies into a bottle of soda causes a foamy jet to erupt. Although...
Stable perovskite LEDs one step closer
Perovskite-molecule composite thin films for efficient and stable light-emitting diodesCredit: Magnus Johansson Researchers at Linköping University, working with colleagues in Great Britain, China and the...
Possible lives for food waste from restaurants
Credit: University of Cordoba More than a third of the food produced ends up being wasted. This situation creates environmental, ethical and financial issues, that...
Rutgers launches genetic testing service for new coronavirus
Thousands of samples can be analyzed dailyCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched a test for the SARS-CoV-2...
Cloud-based electronic system may help first responders better react to natural disasters
Credit: Purdue University/Yuehwern Yih WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Every year natural disasters kill around 90,000 people and affect close to 160 million people worldwide, according...
Guidelines on caring for ICU patients with COVID-19
The guidelines will be used by frontline clinicians, allied health professionals and policy makers involved in the care of patients with COVID-19Credit: Photo courtesy McMaster...
Tiny fly from Los Angeles has a taste for crushed invasive snails
Credit: Kat Halsey As part of their project BioSCAN - devoted to the exploration of the unknown insect diversity in and around the city of...
Online NeurekaTM challenge launches to crowdsource EEG solutions for epilepsy
Novela Neurotech and NeuroTechX are teaming up in an effort to accelerate epilepsy researchCredit: NeuroTechX/Novela Neurotech San Francisco, CA - Novela Neurotech, a medtech company...
Traces of ancient rainforest in Antarctica point to a warmer prehistoric world
Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/James McKay Researchers have found evidence of rainforests near the South Pole 90 million years ago, suggesting the climate was exceptionally warm at the...
BESSY II: Ultra-fast switching of helicity of circularly polarized light pulses
The ultra-fast change of light helicity is particularly interesting to observe processes in magnetic materials and has long been expected by a large user communityCredit:...
Natural light flicker can help prevent detection
Credit: University of Bristol Movement breaks camouflage, making it risky for anything trying to hide. New research, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society...
Elephant welfare can be assessed using two indicators
Non-experts can help evaluate animal stressCredit: Virpi Lummaa Across the world, animals are kept in captivity for various reasons: in zoos for education and research,...
Consumption of 3-6 eggs/week lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease and death
Credit: ©Science China Press Eggs have been acknowledged as a good source of high-quality proteins and contain bioactive components beneficial for health, while they are...
