Exciton Science to boost industry collaboration
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science is set to expand its productive and impactful collaboration with the renewable energy and advanced materials manufacturing...
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New study on development of Parkinson’s disease is ‘on the nose’
FAU neuroscientist and collaborators link inflammation, olfaction and pathology seen in Parkinson's diseaseCredit: Florida Atlantic University The loss of a sense of smell is known...
Fatty liver disease despite a normal weight
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify differences in the clinical features of non-obese patients with non-alcoholic fatter liver disease based on their sex and...
Challenges in diagnosing hypersensitivity pneumonitis addressed in latest guidelines
American Thoracic Society, Japanese Respiratory Society and Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax collaborate on new clinical practice guidelinesCredit: ATS Aug. 3, 2020-- More than 30 years...
Speech processing hierarchy in the dog brain
The study reveals exciting speech processing similarities between us and a speechless speciesCredit: Enik? Kubinyi / Eötvös Loránd University Dog brains, just as human brains,...
The art of making tiny holes
How can you perforate an atomic layer of material and leave the one underneath intact? Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) developed a technique for processing...
New studies show how to save parasites and why it’s important
Credit: Emily Wood Parasites have a public relations problem. Unlike the many charismatic mammals, fishes and birds that receive our attention (and our conservation dollars),...
New printing process advances 3D capabilities
Technology aims to improve quality of products used in business, industry and at homeCredit: David Kazmer LOWELL, Mass. - More durable prosthetics and medical devices...
Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials
Credit: Logan Williams, Emmanouil Kioupakis, and Zihao Deng, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Michigan Semiconductors are important materials in numerous functional applications...
To distinguish contexts, animals think probabilistically, study suggests
Credit: Image by Peter Goldberg Among the many things rodents have taught neuroscientists is that in a region called the hippocampus, the brain creates a...
DNA metabarcoding detects ecological stress within freshwater species
In a new study, German scientists confirm that responses below species level can be inferred with DNA metabarcodinCredit: Vera Zizka DNA or eDNA), for example,...
When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism
Credit: MPI of Microstructure Physics The fields of condensed matter physics and material science are intimately linked because new physics is often discovered in materials...
Satellite survey shows California’s sinking coastal hotspots
Credit: Source: USGS NED. A majority of the world population lives on low lying lands near the sea, some of which are predicted to submerge...
Researchers at IRB Barcelona get an ERC grant to develop new drugs against fibrosis
Credit: IRB Barcelona The team led by Manuel Serrano, ICREA researcher and Head of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease Lab at IRB Barcelona, has been...
Inbreeding detrimental for survival
House sparrows on islands in northern Norway help researchers understand fundamental biological issues.Credit: Photo: Henrik Jensen, NTNU Biologists have long known that inbreeding can be...