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University of Rochester: Laboratory for Laser Energetics launches IFE-STAR ecosystem, workforce development initiatives
An annual conference and summer student programs will foster partnerships among academia, national labs, and the private sector. The...
Jan 21, 2025
Emory University: Having difficulty getting pregnant? Study shows air pollution may play a role
A study led by researchers at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health found that both maternal and paternal exposures to...
Jan 21, 2025
Arizona State University: ASU team studying radiation-resistant stem cells that could protect astronauts in space
It’s 2038. A group of NASA astronauts headed for Mars on a six-month scientific mission carry with them personalized stem cell banks. The...
Jan 21, 2025
Texas A&M University: What You Should Know About The Toxins In Beauty Products
Colorless, odorless plasticizers called phthalates (pronounced “THAL-ates”) are used extensively in cosmetics, personal care items and...
Jan 21, 2025
University of Maryland: Latest Moon Mission Carries a New Reflection on History
In July 1969, four faculty members traveled from College Park to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to provide last-minute instruction to a...
Jan 21, 2025
UC Santa Barbara: A new optical memory platform for super fast calculations
For decades there has been near constant progress in reducing the size, and increasing the performance, of the circuits that power...
Jan 21, 2025
WashU: Coyote genes may show urban evolution at work
A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted...
Jan 21, 2025
MIT: A new way to determine whether a species will successfully invade an ecosystem
MIT physicists develop a predictive formula, based on bacterial communities, that may also apply to other types of ecosystems, including...
Jan 21, 2025
Texas A&M: Texas A&M Researchers Develop Breakthrough One-Step Flame Retardant For Cotton Textiles
Although extremely flammable, cotton is one of the most commonly used textiles due to its comfort and breathable nature. However, in a...
Jan 21, 2025
UC DAVIS: The Hunt Narrows for Ebolavirus Hosts
Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of filoviruses, such as Ebola, yet the specific host species of ebolaviruses are not...
Jan 21, 2025
University of Southern California: Study links PFAS contamination of drinking water to a range of rare cancers
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found an association between levels of manmade...
Jan 21, 2025
University of Wisconsin–Madison: Project to explore enzyme behind early evolution of life on Earth
Betül Kaçar, associate professor of bacteriology, likes mysteries. And there is, maybe, no larger mystery than the origins and early...
Jan 21, 2025
Boston University: We Have Lift-Off: BU Telescope heads For The Moon
At 1:11 am on January 15, NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 spacecraft blasted into the sky from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, riding...
Jan 21, 2025
Georgia Tech: New Wearable Device Monitors Joint Pain
Samer Mabrouk started playing squash as an undergraduate at Georgia Tech. Ankle injuries were to be expected, and resting for a few days...
Jan 21, 2025
Purdue University: Purdue aims to speed evolution of pharma manufacturing in collaboration with Lilly and Merck
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University, in collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company and Merck & Co. Inc., announced Friday (Jan. 17)...
Jan 21, 2025
MIT: An abundant phytoplankton feeds a global network of marine microbes
One of the hardest-working organisms in the ocean is the tiny, emerald-tinged Prochlorococcus marinus. These single-celled...
Jan 7, 2025
University of Arizona: Brain study challenges long-held views about Parkinson's movement disorders
University of Arizona researchers have revealed new insights into one of the most common complications faced by Parkinson's disease...
Jan 7, 2025
Yale: How electrical synapses fine-tune sensory information for better decisions
Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing...
Jan 7, 2025
Stanford: A new ultrathin conductor for nanoelectronics
Researchers at Stanford Engineering have developed an ultrathin material that conducts electricity better than copper and could enable...
Jan 7, 2025
MIT: New filter captures and recycles aluminum from manufacturing waste
MIT engineers designed a nanofiltration process that could make aluminum production more efficient while reducing hazardous waste. Used...
Jan 7, 2025
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