UT scientists’ fossil-finding board game is a success in classrooms
Credit: Rowan Martindale/ The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Becoming a fossil is the ultimate game of chance. From the manner...
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Scientists listen to whales, walruses, & seals in a changing arctic seascape
Multi-year, year-round acoustic study in northern Bering Sea records more than 30,000 whale, walrus, and seal callsCredit: Maxim Chakilev A year-round acoustic study of marine...
UNH researchers find clues to how hazardous space radiation begins
Credit: NASA DURHAM, N.H.-- Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have unlocked one of the mysteries of how particles from flares on the sun...
New York Genome Center receives NY approval for clinical constitutional WGS test
Test offers the most complete package of genomic data available for patients with undiagnosed diseases, as well as patients seeking predispositional genetic testingCredit: New York...
A roadblock for disease-causing parasites
Activating a mosquito's immune system can prevent it from transmitting the parasites that cause canine heartworm and human lymphatic filariasis, according to new research from...
HIT modernization crucial to improve healthcare for Native Americans and Alaska Natives
Health Affairs blog calls for increased federal funding to update HIT systemCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indian Health Service (IHS), a division within the...
Helping patients with binge eating disorders: There’s an app for that
Credit: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Behavioral therapy assisted by a smartphone app, delivered via telemedicine by a health coach, was an effective...
Making light work
McMaster and Harvard researchers create 'intelligent' interaction between light and material, establishing a promising new platform for computingCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, Feb. 3, 2020 -...
Cold plasma patch could make immunotherapy more effective for treating melanoma
The patch significantly prolonged survival, inhibited growth of tumors in miceCredit: Zhen Gu Lab/UCLA Los Angeles - An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the UCLA...
New method for removing oil from water
Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed an environmentally friendly technology inspired by natureCredit: (c) W. Barthlott, M. Mail/Uni Bonn Oil poses a considerable...
Australia’s orroral valley fire consumes over 155,000 acres in a week
Credit: NASA NASA's Terra satellite saw yet another fire, known as the Orroral Valley Fire, break out in the Canberra region of Australia, specifically in...
US sea-level report cards: 2019 data adds to trend in acceleration
Water levels at 25 of 32 stations rose at higher rate than in 2018Credit: Virginia Institute of Marine Science The annual update of their sea...
APS tip sheet: modeling the matter after big bang expansion
Matter's fragmentation after the big bangCredit: Musoke et al. Physical Review Letters (2020) After the Big Bang, there likely came a period of inflation where...
How the development of skulls and beaks made Darwin’s finches one of the most diverse species
Credit: Guillermo Navalon Darwin's finches are among the most celebrated examples of adaptive radiation in the evolution of modern vertebrates and now a new study,...
Microplastic hotspots
UD study maps areas of high concentrations in the Delaware BayCredit: Photo courtesy of Jonathan Cohen Every year, about 8 million metric tons of plastic...
