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When it comes to awareness of social and legal services available to people with dementia, financial knowledge is keyCredit: sabinevanerp via pixabay People with an...

Natural organic matter influences arsenic release into groundwater

Credit: Andreas Kappler Millions of people worldwide consume water contaminated with levels of arsenic that exceed those recommended by the World Health Organization. This could...

Climate change could threaten sea snails in mid-Atlantic waters

Common whelk live in one of the fastest warming marine areas, Rutgers-led study saysCredit: Sarah Borsetti/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Climate change could threaten the survival and...

Scientists visualize the structure of a key enzyme that makes triglycerides

The finding may help to better understand heart disease, obesity and diabetesCredit: Stony Brook University The News in Brief: Researchers visualized the first structure of...

DARPA awards $22 million to create ‘smart’ device for healing large muscle wounds

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, March 11, 2020 - A multi-institution research team led by the University of Pittsburgh secured a $22 million grant from the Defense...

A novel technique to produce cheaper and more efficient chlorine (Cl?)

Credit: UNIST Chlorine (Cl?) is one of the most widely used industrial chemicals in the world today, with 75 million tons produced annually. A team...

Microbes play important role in soil’s nitrogen cycle

Credit: Vivian Wauters Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different metabolisms and food choices, so...

Breakthrough made towards building the world’s most powerful particle accelerator

Credit: UNIST An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has for the first time succeeded in demonstrating the ionization cooling of muons. Regarded as...

Is intensive agriculture reducing mourning dove reproduction in the eastern US?

Credit: David Muñoz Populations of some common bird species, including the familiar Mourning Dove, have been on the decline for decades in North America. Agricultural...

Engineering Professor Dereje Agonafer receives alumni award from Howard University

Howard University honors a MaverickCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington engineering professor has received the Howard University 2020 Alumni Award for Distinguished...

Feeding fusion: hydrogen ice pellets prove effective for fueling fusion plasmas

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Researchers have found that injecting pellets of hydrogen ice rather than puffing hydrogen gas improves fusion performance at the...

Chemists create new artificial enzyme

Designed at the University of Miami, the triple-stranded molecule may help put chemistry's holy grail in reachCredit: Photo: Jenny Hudak/University of Miami Enzymes are nature's...

NIST study uncovers a potential driver of premature solar panel failures

Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Unlike diamonds, solar panels are not forever. Ultraviolet rays, gusts of wind and heavy rain wear away at them over their lifetime....

Leaf-inspired surface prevents frost formation

New design could conserve energy used for defrosting airplanes, appliances and moreCredit: Stephan Herb Optimized surface structure innately reduces frost without heat or special coating...

Slime mold simulations used to map dark matter holding universe together