‘Citizen scientists’ help track foxes, coyotes in urban areas
Credit: Photo courtesy UW Urban Canid Project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As foxes and coyotes adapt to urban landscapes, the potential for encounters with humans necessarily...
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UV light may illuminate improvements for next generation electronic devices
Credit: Golap Kalita, Ph.D., Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan By adding one more layer of atoms to already infinitesimal semiconductors, a next-level generation of electrical...
Rare fossils provide more detailed picture of biodiversity during Middle Ordovician
Credit: Julien Kimmig / KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A clutch of marine fossil specimens unearthed in northern Portugal that lived between 470 and 459...
Sleepless nights linked to high blood pressure
A bad night's sleep may result in a spike in blood pressure that night and the following day, according to new research led by the...
New way to estimate current induced magnetization switching efficacy in ultrathin systems
Credit: FEFU press-office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in collaboration with colleagues from South Ural State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
Study: Cholesterol in eggs tied to cardiac disease, death
UMass Lowell expert stresses moderation, balance in daily diet LOWELL, Mass. - The risk of heart disease and death increases with the number of eggs...
Opioids are not sleep aids, and can actually worsen sleep research finds
University of Warwick led study with Lausanne, Switzerland found patients on a low to high dose of opioids reported only a small improvement in sleep...
The physical limit of quantum optics resolves a mystery of computational complexity
Credit: ©Science China Press Linear optics represents one of the best examples for demonstrating quantum physics. It works at room temperatures, and can be observed...
New genes out of nothing
One key question in evolutionary biology is how novel genes arise and develop. Swedish researchers now show how new genes and functions that are advantageous...
Vulnerability to Ebola and Lassa fever can now be properly assessed
Identifying vulnerabilities to outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever is possible following new research from the University of Surrey and University of Cambridge. This will...
Dowsing for electric fields in liquid crystals
The orientation of the ordered molecules that make up nematic liquid crystals can change under electric fields, and can be used to detect subtle electrical...
Speeding up potato cultivation by using new methods
Millions in funding for HHU plant researchCredit: HHU / V. Prigge There are several thousand different varieties of Solanum tuberosum, commonly known as the potato,...
Would you eat genetically modified food if you understood the science behind it?
Credit: Jonathon McPhetres/University of Rochester Jonathon McPhetres, a newly minted PhD in psychology from the University of Rochester, admits he's "personally amazed" what we can...
Exposing modern forgers
The chemical refinement of radiocarbon datingCredit: James Hamm, Buffalo State College, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY Art forgeries have been around since...
Many kids with pneumonia get unnecessary antibiotics, chest X-rays
Preschool children with community-acquired pneumonia often receive unnecessary tests and treatment at outpatient clinics and emergency departments, according to a nationally representative study led by...
