Homicide rates are a major factor in the gap between Black and White life expectancy
Homicide is a major reason behind lower and more variable reduction in life expectancy for Black rather than White men in recent years, according to...
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Researchers search coastal oceans for crucial environmental data
Excess carbon dioxide emitted by human activities – such as fossil fuel burning, land-use changes and deforestation – is absorbed by the world’s oceans. While...
US Congress members’ wealth statistically linked with ancestors’ slaveholding practices
Per a new study, as of April 2021, US Congress members whose ancestors enslaved 16 or more people had a net worth that was five...
WPI researchers awarded $2 Million grant to use science to combat wildlife trafficking
Worcester, Mass. (Aug. 21, 2024) – Focusing on certain species of sharks, rays, and sea turtles, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is leading a potentially groundbreaking...
The role of an energy-producing enzyme in treating Parkinson’s disease
An enzyme called PGK1 has an unexpectedly critical role in the production of chemical energy in brain cells, according to a preclinical study led by...
Freeze-frame: U of A researchers develop world’s fastest microscope that can see electrons in motion
Imagine owning a camera so powerful it can take freeze-frame photographs of a moving electron – an object traveling so fast it could circle the...
The real price of the “zero-price effect”
Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that there may be a cost to the zero-price effect: statistically identical homes that were published in free service...
New heaviest exotic antimatter nucleus
UPTON, N.Y. — Scientists studying the tracks of particles streaming from six billion collisions of atomic nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) — an “atom...
Mobile species are ‘glue’ which connect different habitats together, study finds
A groundbreaking study conducted across 30 field sites in the southwest UK has revealed the importance of incorporating varied habitats into the landscape at large.Credit:...
Physicists discover heaviest antimatter hypernucleus to date
Physicists from the STAR Collaboration have observed a new antimatter hypernucleus, antihyperhydrogen-4, for the first time. This is the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus discovered in experiments...
What really drives consumers to sign up for community-supported agriculture
As industrialized food markets harm the environment, sustainable food systems emerge as an effective solution. It includes reducing the distance between where the food is...
Self-repairing mitochondria use novel recycling system, study finds
Mitochondria, the so-called “powerhouse of the cell,” depend on a newly discovered recycling mechanism identified by scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). Credit: The...
Gluten is a proinflammatory inducer of autoimmunity
The interaction between humans and their environment, mediated by nutrition, plays a crucial role in regulating inflammatory responses. Chronic inflammatory diseases have been on the...
From plows to pixels: comprehensive rice mapping with satellite technology
While satellite technology might seem distant and space-bound, its benefits can be seen everywhere.Credit: ; ; ; ; . While satellite technology might seem distant...
Kessler Foundation scientists investigate effects of robotic postural stand training combined with spinal cord epidural stimulation
East Hanover, NJ – August 21, 2024 – Kessler Foundation researchers have published a new clinical study investigating the effects of robotic postural stand training...
