Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion
Researchers think it was one of the first animals to spend time on landCredit: Images courtesy Andrew Wendruff COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Scientists studying fossils collected...
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Breakthrough on curbing dengue
Credit: CSIRO Scientists from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, and the University of California San Diego have engineered the first breed of genetically modified mosquitoes...
The carbon footprint of dinner: How ‘green’ are fish sticks?
Popular products generate significant 'post-catch' emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caughtCredit: UC Santa Cruz Fish sticks may be a...
NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of storm as it...
New optical technique captures real-time dynamics of cement setting
Material characterization approach can pinpoint cement setting times, could lead to more environmentally friendly cementCredit: José Ortiz-Lozano WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a nondestructive and...
Sepsis associated with 1 in 5 deaths globally, double previous estimate
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16, 2020 - Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according to an analysis published today...
Organized cybercrime — not your average mafia
Credit: Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash EAST LANSING, Mich. - Does the common stereotype for "organized crime" hold up for organizations of hackers? Research...
January Alzheimer’s & Dementia highlights: Sleep, race/ethnicity, artificial intelligence
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association January 2020 Journal DigestCredit: Credit Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, January 16, 2020 - A sleep medication already...
Compact broadband acoustic absorber with coherently coupled weak resonances
Credit: ©Science China Press Deep-subwavelength acoustic absorbers have received great attention due to their scientific and application values. Porous materials and micro-perforated absorbers, as the...
Banking on a new community isotope database
NSF-funded IsoBank to serve as a powerful, new resource for researchers who use stable isotope analysis to understand the worldCredit: Pauli group, University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Colloidal Quantum Dot Photodetectors can now see further than before
Credit: ©ICFO Optical sensing in the mid to long infrared (5microns - um) is becoming of utmost importance in different fields since it is proving...
The Society for Pediatric Research announces new members
Credit: SPR The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce 130 new members. New members will be recognized during the SPR Presidential Scientific...
Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein
Research on alpha-synuclein highlights a potential therapeutic strategyCredit: Anderson, Hirpa, Zheng, Banerjee and Gunawardena, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Jan. 2020. The image is cropped from...
Deep learning enables real-time imaging around corners
Detailed, fast imaging of hidden objects could help self-driving cars detect hazardsCredit: Felix Heide, Princeton University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have harnessed the power of a...
Cyanobacteria in water and on land identified as source of methane
Credit: Angelina Tittmann Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are among the most common organisms on Earth. A research team led by the Leibniz-Institute of...
