Fossil growth reveals insights into the climate
Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Opole examined bones of the puzzling Panthasaurus maleriensisCredit: Elzbieta M. Teschner Panthasaurus maleriensis lived about 225 million years...
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Model shows that the speed neurons fire impacts their ability to synchronize
Researchers delve into networks of virtual brain cells to explore a unique firing behaviorCredit: Image modified from Research conducted by the Computational Neuroscience Unit at...
Funding flows into liquid fuel strategy
NSF awards Haotian Wang $2 million to explore converting carbon dioxide into fuelsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 8, 2020) - Rice University engineer...
Detecting soil-surface ozone early can help prevent damage to grapes and apples
UMass Amherst materials chemists develop a durable leaf 'tattoo' for monitoringCredit: UMass Amherst/Andrew lab AMHERST, Mass. - Farmers and fruit growers are reporting that climate...
Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity
Rice researchers find potentially useful electrical phenomenon in gold nanowiresCredit: Natelson Research Group/Rice University Rice researchers find potentially useful electrical phenomenon in gold nanowires HOUSTON...
Lightweight green supercapacitors could charge devices in a jiffy
Texas A&M researchers have designed a new energy storage device that can store a charge up to 900 times greater than state-of-the-art supercapacitors.Credit: Texas A&M...
University of Huddersfield’s GDRC wins Newton Fund award
he University of Huddersfield's Global Disaster Resilience Centre takes lessons from tsunami warning system research into helping Sri Lanka to plan for and deal with...
Older women with type 2 diabetes have different patterns of blood use in their brains
Pattern relates to sensory motor problems in hands, feetCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston researcher is reporting that the brains of older women...
New subspecies of the rarest Palaearctic butterfly found in the Arctic Circle of Yakutia
Credit: Dr Roman V. Yakovlev An isolated population of the rarest Palaearctic butterfly species: the Arctic Apollo (Parnassius arcticus), turned out to be a new...
Physicists achieve tunable spin wave excitation
Scientists excite magnons in nanostructures with laser pulsesCredit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Physicists from MIPT and the Russian Quantum Center, joined by colleagues from Saratov...
COVID-19 deaths among black essential workers linked to racial disparities
Credit: Charlie Ehlert Racial disparities among essential workers could be a key reason that Black Americans are more likely than whites to contract and die...
Research unravels what makes memories so detailed and enduring
Credit: Matt Udakis In years to come, our personal memories of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be etched in our minds with precision and...
‘One size fits all’ medication approach doesn’t work in pregnancy
Credit: UniSA New research led by the University of South Australia shows that a blanket approach to prescribing medication during pregnancy may put low birth...
Cashing in on marine byproducts
Seafood shells full of nutrients and flavor -- researchCredit: Flinders University As exploitation of wild fisheries and marine environments threaten food supplies, Flinders University scientists...
Scientists develop low-cost chip to detect presence and quantity of COVID-19 antibodies
Light-sensing technology promises to make COVID-19 antibody testing cheaper, easier, faster and more accurateCredit: OIST Robust and widespread antibody testing has emerged as a key...