The unexpected connection between brewing coffee and understanding turbulence
In 1883 Osborne Reynolds injected ink into water in a short, clear pipe to observe its movement. His experiments showed that as the input water...
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400,000-year-old stone tools designed specifically for butchering fallow deer, following the disappearance of elephants
Credit: Tel Aviv University The unique stone tools were made of flint from the Mountains of Samaria, which were probably also the fallow deers' calving...
How sharks survived a major spike in Earth’s temperature
The sharks we know today as the open ocean’s top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of...
New flexible crystals for optical tuning with multiple deformation options
In recent years, significant strides to enhance the functionality and adaptability of devices have been taken in the field of optoelectronics aiming. Now, a team...
Groundbreaking progress in quantum physics: how quantum field theories decay and fission
An international research team around Marcus Sperling, a researcher at the Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, has sparked interest in the scientific community with...
Genetic editing of ideal small grain size genes enables fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding
In a study published in Nature Plants, Prof. LI Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
New study finds popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs associated with reduction in incidence and recurrence of alcohol-use disorder by at least half
CLEVELAND—A new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reveals that the popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic...
Updating the way the Lab computes
Unraveling the behavior of plasma increasingly requires intensive computing resources. That’s why plasma demands a calculated approach to computation. Credit: Photo credit: Michael Livingston / PPPL...
Urgent need for action now for increasing threat from invasive alien species
While invasive alien species have long been recognised as a major threat to nature and people, urgent action now is needed to tackle this global...
Arctic melting heavily influenced by little-studied meteorological phenomena, find scientists led by UMass Amherst
AMHERST, Mass. – A team of scientists led by François Lapointe, a research associate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has combined paleoclimatic data from...
Efficient CO2 conversion to fuels and chemicals using ionic liquid electrolyte
Converting CO2 into fuel and chemicals using electricity, also known as electrochemical conversion of CO2, is a promising way to reduce emissions. This process allows...
Supervised physical exercise improves the wellbeing of carers of the elderly
Mainly older and middle-aged women, working class, with a very high prevalence of lower back pain and consequently possible psycho-affective problems and a poorer quality...
A greener, more effective way to kill termites
UC Riverside scientists have discovered a highly effective, nontoxic, and less expensive way to lure hungry termites to their doom.Credit: Dong-Hwan Choe/UCR UC Riverside scientists...
New FRIB precision measurement program advances understanding of proton halos
In May 2022, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU), launched its precision measurement program. Staff from FRIB’s Low Energy...
Antibodies may aid effort to fight influenza B: Study
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have isolated human monoclonal antibodies against influenza B, a significant public health threat that disproportionately affects children, the elderly...
