The lightest shielding material in the world
Protection against electromagnetic interferenceCredit: Empa Electric motors and electronic devices generate electromagnetic fields that sometimes have to be shielded in order not to affect neighboring...
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New research examines links between religion and parental support from non-family members
Credit: University of Otago "Be fruitful and multiply" says the Bible, and worldwide religious people tend to have more children than their secular counterparts. New...
Science fiction becomes fact — Teleportation helps to create live musical performance
Credit: University of Plymouth Teleportation is most commonly the stuff of science fiction and, for many, would conjure up the immortal phrase "Beam me up...
Understanding the circadian clocks of individual cells
Two new studies suggest cellular rhythms are guided both by heritable and nonheritable componentsCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - July 2, 2020 - Two...
New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer
"Natural gene transfer" into a multicellular cyanobacterium: Phormidium lacuna lends itself to fun-damental research and biotechnical applicationsCredit: Photo: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT Cyanobacteria hardly need any...
Cause of abnormal groundwater rise after large earthquake
How a mountain aquifer affected the local hydrological environment after a large earthquakePrior to the earthquake, Kumamoto City area groundwater had broad stable isotopic compositional...
The COVID-19 Kidney / Transplant Listening & Resource Center
New call center to answer questions, educate, and support the dialysis and transplant community.Credit: Coral Von Zumwalt The Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC), housed...
Thermophones offer new route to radically simplify array design, research shows
Credit: David Tatnell Scientists have pioneered a new technique to produce arrays of sound produced entirely by heat. The team of researchers from the Centre...
Fluorine enables separation-free ‘chiral chromatographic analysis’
Credit: ZHAO Yanchun Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a new platform for rapid chiral...
In the Arctic, spring snowmelt triggers fresh CO2 production
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world and snowmelt is speeding it up with rapid soil warming and increased CO2 in...
Global e-waste surging: Up 21% in 5 years
A record 53.6 million tons (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350 cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary...
The protein that stands between us and autoimmunity
Researchers from Osaka University identify the proteins Tet2 and Tet3 as key regulators of B cell activity and autoimmunityCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Our...
Sleep apnea is a public health threat — Researchers developed android app to recognize it
Diagnosing sleep apnea is laborious and expensive, so easy-to-use methods for screening and long-term follow-up are neededCredit: Aalto University/ Matti Ahlgren Sleep apnea is a...
How old is your dog in human years? Scientists develop better method than ‘multiply by 7’
By mapping molecular changes in the genome over time, UC San Diego researchers developed a formula to more accurately compare dog age to human age...
New platform gauges effects of plastic nanoparticles on human development and health
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Plastic pollution is a critical environmental issue facing the world today, yet the impact of all the microplastics (MPs)...
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