New UM study highlights fundamental challenges of living with wildfire
Wildfires can have dramatic impacts on Western landscapes and communities, but human values determine whether the changes caused by fire are desired or dreaded. This...
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New study shows scientists who selfie garner more public trust
Credit: Scientific illustration by: Jen Burgess @isolinestudios BATON ROUGE - Many scientists today have embraced social media as tools to communicate their research and to...
Manipulating superconductivity using a ‘mechanic’ and an ‘electrician’
Credit: NINS/IMS In the strongly correlated materials such as cuprate high-temperature superconductors, superconductivity can be controlled either by changing the number of electrons or by...
Smallest pixels ever created could light up color-changing buildings
Credit: NanoPhotonics Cambridge/Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Jialong Peng The smallest pixels yet created - a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of...
Receiving weekend food improves school attendance among children living with hunger
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Children living in food-insecure households are more likely to attend school on Fridays if they're participating in...
A case of the chimp sniffles or major outbreak? Syndromic surveillance may hold the key
Credit: Kara Walker Two sniffling chimps could be one too many for a wild chimpanzee community susceptible to respiratory disease outbreaks, report Morris Animal Foundation-funded...
Nanotubes enable travel of Huntington’s protein
Rhes protein makes its own road to convey disease driversCredit: Courtesy Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla.--May 10, 2019--A toxic protein linked to Huntington's disease can move...
NASA Northern quadrant strength in Tropical Cyclone Lili
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to analyze the strength of storms in Tropical Cyclone Lili as it moved through the Southern Indian...
Following DASH diet can reduce heart failure risk in people under 75
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - May 10, 2019 - A diet proven to have beneficial effects on high blood pressure also may reduce the risk of heart...
Army discovery opens path to safer batteries
Credit: (U.S. Army illustration) ADELPHI, Md. -- Soldiers carrying 15-25 pounds of batteries could carry batteries a fraction of the weight but with the same...
UT Institute of Agriculture awarded nearly $1 million to study woody biomass feedstock logistics
Regional biofuel development plan will be forthcomingCredit: Photo by T. Johnson, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A team of researchers at the University of Tennessee...
NIH funds new research with Bogalusa heart study members
Unique opportunity opens to study link between childhood blood sugar levels, mid-life brain health BATON ROUGE, LA. - A consortium of Louisiana scientists from LSU's...
Our history in the stars
Matter around a young star helps astronomers explore our stellar historyCredit: © 2019 Rohan Mehra - Division for Strategic Public Relations Astronomers map the substance...
Storm water banking could help Texas manage floods and droughts
Credit: Qian et al. Massive, destructive floods such as those caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 are a stark reality in Texas, but so are...
Opioid doctor and pharmacy ‘shoppers’ may also shop at home, study finds
Insurance records reveal patterns of opioid prescribing to patients whose family members seek opioids from multiple sources and fill them at multiple pharmacies As states...
