Confusing standards lead to extra sugar in kids’ breakfast cereals
Child sugar intake may be impacted by a lack of uniform serving size and standardized metrics for sugar content, according to a new study in...
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Older beetle parents ‘less flexible’
Credit: Nick Royle Older parents are less flexible when it comes to raising their offspring, according to a new study of beetles. University of Exeter...
Native Americans and higher cigarette use: Stereotype goes up in smoke
Credit: (The University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. - Multiple past studies have reported that, compared to whites, Native Americans have relatively high cigarette...
Terahertz radiation technique opens a new door for studying atomic behavior
Researchers have squeezed a high-energy electron beam into tight bundles using terahertz radiation, a promising advance in watching the ultrafast world of atoms unfold.Credit: Dawn...
Quantum leap for quantum computing
UC Riverside will lead collaborative effort at developing scalable quantum computersCredit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The University of California, Riverside, has won a University...
Enhanced care coordination can benefit patients with multiple chronic illnesses
George Mason University Study examined experience of patients with multiple chronic illnesses in the CareFirst Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) programCredit: George Mason University Few studies...
Satellite data boosts understanding of climate change’s effects on kelp
Credit: Image provided by Sara Hamilton, OSU College of Science. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Tapping into 35 years of satellite imagery, researchers at Oregon State University...
Skoltech scientists break Google’s quantum algorithm
Credit: Physical Review Letters Google is racing to develop quantum enhanced processors that utilize quantum mechanical effects to one day dramatically reduce the speed at...
Food scientists slice time off salmonella identification process
Credit: Mars Global Food Safety Center ITHACA, N.Y. - Researchers from Cornell University, the Mars Global Food Safety Center in Beijing, and the University of...
The search for a biological link between reactivated HSV and neurological disease
Study finds HSV reactivation kills neurons and antivirals can stop itCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Without even knowing it, most of us carry around latent...
Layered solar cell technology boosts efficiency, affordability
Credit: Dennis Schroeder / NREL The future's getting brighter for solar power. Researchers from CU Boulder have created a low-cost solar cell with one of...
Scientists monitored brains replaying memories in real time
NIH study suggests our brains use distinct firing patterns to store and replay memoriesCredit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS In a study of epilepsy patients,...
Study: Tuberculosis bacteria trigger cough, facilitating spread
Molecule in bacterial cell wall activates cough-triggering nerves, could lead to new ways to prevent spreadCredit: UTSW DALLAS - March 5, 2020 - The bacteria...
Scientists say it is time to save the red sea’s coral reef
Credit: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg The news in brief: 1) Red Sea corals and especially corals of the Gulf of Aqaba in the northern Red Sea may...
‘Tickling’ an atom to investigate the behavior of materials
Credit: D. Kepaptsoglou, SuperSTEM Scientists and engineers working at the frontier of nanotechnology face huge challenges. When the position of a single atom in a...