UC professor’s startup promotes literacy through design
Reneé Seward's See Word Reading app is gaining traction in business and education fields across the city and globe Reneé Seward's last name is pronounced...
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Rusted root: Weedy rice repeatedly evolves ‘cheater’ root traits
Weedy rice is neither wild rice nor crop rice, but rice gone rogue that has shed some traits important to people. It also is an...
Eyes reveal early Alzheimer’s disease
Reduced blood capillaries are new way to diagnose early cognitive impairment New technology quantifies capillary changes in great detail Eye is an ideal mirror for...
Unexpected rain on sun links two solar mysteries
Credit: Credits: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory/Emily Mason For five months in mid 2017, Emily Mason did the same thing every day. Arriving to her office...
Australian Murray River habitat restoration increases native fish populations
Credit: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.1882 Dubbed the 'honeypot effect' -- a team of scientists from around Australia have shown that providing woody habitat, or 'snags', for native fish...
Dentists underdiagnose when faced with time pressure, research shows
Dentists can miss important details on X-rays when put under time pressure, according to new research led by the University of Plymouth Dentists can miss...
Reflective roofs can reduce overheating in cities and save lives during heatwaves
A new modelling study from the University of Oxford and collaborators has estimated how changing the reflectivity of roofs can help keep cities cooler during...
We need all health providers proficient in geriatrics; new online curriculum brings us closer
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society & Aquifer Among many breakthroughs that have made living longer possible, better health care--and more experts to make that...
Getting to the bottom of the ‘boiling crisis’
New understanding of heat transfer in boiling water could lead to efficiency improvements in power plants CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The simple act of boiling water...
Radiation and plants: From soil remediation to interplanetary flights
Scientists at Lobachevsky University have studied the effects of ionizing radiation on macroscopic and molecular systems of plantsCredit: Lobachevsky University Currently, the study of the...
U of G study reveals why heart failure patients suffer depression, impaired thinking
Credit: University of Guelph Heart failure patients often have trouble with thinking and depression. A new study by University of Guelph researchers explains why and...
New book about the IAU published
Credit: Springer/IAU The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919, in the wake of the First World War, together with its sister Unions in...
Manganese nodules: Desired mineral resource and important habitat
The JPIO project MiningImpact investigates deep-sea ecosystems in the central Pacific OceanCredit: Steffen Niemann The area to be investigated by the research project "Mining Impact"...
Tidying up: A new way to direct trash to autophagy
Researchers find new way to clean up cells; discovery could aid attack on human disease Marie Kondo herself couldn't do it any better. Usually cells...
Social insecurity also stresses chimpanzees
Male chimpanzees reduce aggression when social relationships in their group are unstableCredit: © Anna Preis A high social status has substantial health and fitness benefits...
