World Wetlands Day: Fostering global biodiversity and mitigating climate change
Interactive story maps illustrate valuable contributions Maritime salt marshes make to our planetCredit: Photo credit: O. Lucanus Though they make ...
Month: January 2020
Accelerating chemical reactions without direct contact with a catalyst
Findings expand understanding of catalyst-intermediary-reaction relationship A Northwestern University research team has revealed a new approach to conducting chemical reactions ...
Mutation’s role in blood cancers revealed by ideal team-up
Credit: ©Gina Motisi, 2019/CSHL A genetic mutation that disrupts how DNA sends messages to the rest of a cell has ...
Yale researchers identify protein that could help neutralize deadly bite of the tsetse fly
When an infected tsetse fly bites humans or other mammals to feed on their blood, microscopic parasites (African trypanosomes) in ...
Can’t sleep or think clearly? Maybe the culprit is bacteria
Washington State, UMass Amherst researchers receive Keck Grant to study effects of bacteria on brainCredit: UMass Amherst With a $1 ...
Study finds first major discovery in hydroformylation in 50 years
Baton Rouge, La.-- In a new study published in Science, an AAAS publication, LSU chemistry professor emeritus George Stanley and ...
The most human algorithm
A new algorithm can automatically identify mathematical models that not only improve the reliability of the predictions they make but ...
New research highlights how plants are slowing global warming
Chi Chen, a Boston University graduate researcher, and Ranga Myneni, a BU College of Arts & Sciences professor of earth ...
First view of hydrogen at the metal-to-metal hydride interface
Credit: University of Groningen University of Groningen physicists have visualized hydrogen at the titanium/titanium hydride interface using a transmission electron ...
Renewed funding for Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network at UNC-Chapel Hill
Fifty-three cancer researchers from eight different academic institutions around the country and their federal agency partners met in Chapel Hill ...
Global science team on red alert as Arctic lands grow greener
New research techniques are being adopted by scientists tackling the most visible impact of climate change - the so-called greening ...
How the immune system becomes blind to cancer cells
Credit: Illustration: CIBSS/University of Freiburg, Michal Roessler T cells play a huge role in our immune system's fight against modified ...
Seeking better guidelines for inventorying greenhouse gas emissions
In the face of a changing climate, the process of accounting greenhouse gas emissions is becoming ever more critical. Governments ...
Ultra-high energy events key to study of ghost particles
With 'Zee burst,' physicists propose new resonance beyond the standard model Physicists at Washington University in St. Louis have proposed ...
Fed grant backs Rice earthquake research
Geologist Melodie French wins National Science Foundation CAREER AwardCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 31, 2020) - Rice University ...
New research looks at type 1 diabetes and changes in the environment
Type 1 diabetes has risen considerably in the last 30 years but not due to genetics Studies have shown a ...
How supercomputers are helping us link quantum entanglement to cold coffee
Theoretical physicists from Trinity College Dublin have found a deep link between one of the most striking features of quantum ...
Mason joins NIH grant to study young environmental exposures
Rosemary Higgins, Associate Dean for Research, College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), and Germaine Buck Louis, Dean, CHHS, received ...
New NSF Industry-University Collaborative Research Center at Dartmouth
Aims to transform power electronicsCredit: Kathryn Lapierre and Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth Dartmouth is partnering with four leading ...
Infant and toddler teachers receive specialized training on helping young minds
The Children's Learning Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has received a $3 million ...
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Looking beyond microplastics, Oregon State researchers find that cotton and synthetic microfibers impact behavior and growth of aquatic organisms
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Why lung cancer doesn’t respond well to immunotherapy
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Study presents novel therapeutic target for treatment of sepsis
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Discovery of new ice may change understanding of water
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Statistics remove bias from debate about how well mouse models mimic human disease