Gold in limbo between solid and melted states
By capturing the laser-induced structural changes happening in polycrystalline gold thin films over time, scientists determined that melting does not occur uniformly -- a finding...
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5,000-year-old milk proteins point to the importance of dairying in eastern Eurasia
Recent findings push back estimates of dairying in the eastern Steppe by more than 1,700 years, pointing to migration as a potential means of introductionCredit:...
Soil life thrives between oil palm fronds
Research led by University of Göttingen finds high levels of activity in suspended soilsCredit: V Krashevska, University of Göttingen The threat to insects and other...
Paper: Disposal of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing poses dangers to drivers
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing - aka "fracking," the process by which oil and gas are...
Tackling 5G-based mobile computing and cloud computing security concerns head-on
Credit: Alvin Lee SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - In a June 2019 report, telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson predicted that there will be...
Mapping childhood malnutrition
Credit: Local Burden of Disease Child Growth Failure Collaborators / Nature / CC BY 4.0 The scope of childhood malnutrition has decreased since 2000, although...
Re-thinking ‘tipping points’ in ecosystems and beyond
Credit: André de Roos When a grassland becomes a desert, or a clearwater lake shifts to turbid, the consequences can be devastating for the species...
Speak math, not code
Credit: Rebecca Tan SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - Have you ever followed a recipe to bake some bread? If you have, congratulations;...
Scientists show drug may greatly improve cancer immunotherapy success
Credit: University of Southampton A study led by the University of Southampton, funded by Cancer Research UK, has shown a new drug - originally developed...
Scientists seize rare chance to watch faraway star system evolve
At only 1% the age of the sun, the DS Tuc binary system shows us how a planet might naturally develop before its orbit is...
ITMO scientists develop new algorithm that can predict population’s demographic history
ITMO Scientists develop an algorithm that makes population history models for people and animals more accurate and easier to generateCredit: Dmitry Lisovskiy, ITMO.NEWS Bioinformatics scientists...
The flagship of the International Winter School 2020 is the ‘Two Capitals’ joint course
The 'Two Capitals' joint course of SPbPU and RUDNCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) together with the...
Sinking sea mountains make and muffle earthquakes
Credit: Andrew Gase/National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Subduction zones -- places where one tectonic plate dives beneath another -- are where the world's...
Could targeting an Alzheimer’s-associated protein prevent Autism?
New study shows reducing levels of the protein tau prevents core autism symptoms in animal modelsCredit: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, CA March 2,...
Scientists find functioning amyloid in healthy brain
Researchers at the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology of St Petersburg University have discovered a functioning amyloid in a healthy brain.Credit: SPbU Scientists from St...
