Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists
Credit: Ola Jakup QUANTUM PHYSICS: University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information. Less than one-tenth the width...
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NUS researchers identified new biomarkers associated with ‘chemobrain’
Credit: National University of Singapore Cognitive impairment associated with cancer, also known as "chemobrain", has gained recognition as a complication of the disease and its...
Quantum gas turns supersolid
Credit: Uni Innsbruck Supersolidity is a paradoxical state where the matter is both crystallized and superfluid. Predicted 50 years ago, such a counter-intuitive phase, featuring...
Scientists create largest collection of coral reef maps ever made
New global atlas offers new way to map coral reefs from spaceCredit: Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation MIAMI--A study from scientists at the Khaled...
Thiazide diuretics reduced the risk of fractures in people with Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Raija Törrönen The use of thiazide diuretics was associated with a decreased risk of low energy fractures in people with Alzheimer's disease, a new...
Field trial with neonicotinoids: Honeybees are much more robust than bumblebees
Credit: Albin Andersson The insecticide clothianidin affects different species of bees in different ways. While it has no demonstrably negative effect on honeybees, it disrupts...
Soft tissue makes coral tougher in the face of climate change
Credit: Raphael Ritson-Williams Climate change and ocean warming threaten coral reefs and disrupt the harmonious relationship between corals and their symbiotic algae, a process known...
Ten ASU engineering faculty receive the National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members continue record of dynamically solving research challengesCredit: Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Tempe, Ariz. - Ten faculty members...
TOS president-elect co-authors study on genetic test for obesity
SILVER SPRING, Md.--President-elect of The Obesity Society (TOS) Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, FTOS, has co-authored a new study that describes a newly developed genetic...
Eating elderberries can help minimize influenza symptoms
Credit: Pixabay Folk medicines and herbal products have been used for millennia to combat a whole range of ailments, at times to the chagrin of...
Short period of parental sexual contact prior to pregnancy increases offspring risk of schizophrenia
Children may be at a slightly increased risk of schizophrenia when their parents were in sexual contact for less than three years before conceiving them,...
Atomic beams shoot straighter via cascading silicon peashooters
Credit: Georgia Tech / Ella Maru studios work for hire / media handout To a non-physicist, an "atomic beam collimator" may sound like a phaser...
Number of women who aren’t physically active enough is high and growing
Health care costs lower for women who do exercise enough Using data from a national survey representing more than 19 million U.S. women with established...
Study unravels mystery of antimicrobial frog secretions
Credit: Figure adapted with permission from the front cover of ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2019, 2 (4). Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society Japanese scientists...
Minor sleep loss can put your job at risk
TAMPA, Fla. (April 23, 2019)- Losing just 16 minutes of sleep could be the difference between a clear-headed day at the office or one filled...
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