Academic skills least valued when assessing the ‘ideal student’ by academics and peers
The ‘ideal student’ – valued by both learners and university staff – is a punctual,…
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Researchers identify target for senolytic drugs
Researchers found that senescent immune cells are the most dangerous type of senescent cell. Read…
New ebolavirus vaccine design seeks to drive stronger antibody defense
Scientists have unveiled a new Ebola virus vaccine design, which they say has several advantages…
Study reveals structure of key receptors involved in memory and learning
Scientists have for the first time revealed the structure surrounding important receptors in the brain’s…
Study finds six degrees celsius cooling on land during the last Ice Age
Researchers show that prior studies have underestimated the cooling in the last glacial period, which…
Interactive typeface for digital text
Researchers have developed a computer font that adapts its appearance based on the user’s interaction…
Scientists design new drug compound to stop malaria in its tracks
Researchers have designed a drug-like compound which effectively blocks a critical step in the malaria…
Prehistoric horses, bison shared diet
Researchers found that a broader diversity of plants in the Arctic 40,000 years ago supported…
A long-lasting, stable solid-state lithium battery
Researchers have designed a stable, lithium-metal solid state battery that can be charged and discharged…
Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit
Scientists have identified the fossil of a giant mosasaur in Morocco that grew up to…
How to thermally cloak an object
Can you feel the heat? To a thermal camera, which measures infrared radiation, the heat…
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How fasting diets could harm future generations
New research which shows that fasting diets could harm the health of future generations. Fasting…
Newly described horned dinosaur from New Mexico was the earliest of its kind
With a frilled head and beaked face, Menefeeceratops sealeyi lived 82 million years ago, predating…
How one of the oldest natural insecticides keeps mosquitoes away
A new study has identified a scent receptor in mosquitoes that helps them sniff out…
New ancient shark discovered
Scientists describe a fossil skeleton of an ancient shark, which is assigned to a new,…
Protecting local water has global benefits
A new article demonstrates why keeping local lakes and other waterbodies clean produces cost-effective benefits…
New material to treat wounds can protect against resistant bacteria
Researchers have developed a new material that prevents infections in wounds – a specially designed…
Sex cells in parasites are doing their own thing
Researchers have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce sex cells. Read…
The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world
Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even…
Low temperature physics gives insight into turbulence
A novel technique for studying vortices in quantum fluids has been developed by physicists. Turbulence…
Invasive species alters marine community, interferes in post-disaster recovery
Clavelina oblonga, an invasive marine fouling species, not only reduces diversity in communities it invades,…
Volcanoes on Mars could be active, raising possibility Mars was recently habitable
New observations reveal that Mars could still be volcanically active, raising the possibility for habitable…
Graphene key for novel hardware security
As more private data is stored and shared digitally, researchers are exploring new ways to…
Even when they include them, gifted programs aren’t serving Black or low-income kids
The first nationwide study of outcomes for different gifted subgroups shows the programs may not…
Time running out to save coral reefs
New data on the growth rates of coral reefs shows there is still a window…
Ocean-bottom sediments tell a story about ancient Greenland summers
The study uses leaf wax chemicals in the deposits to learn about ancient climate in…
Animal production responsible for vast majority of air quality-related health impacts from U.S. food
Poor air quality caused by food production in the U.S. is estimated to result in…
‘Flipping’ optical wavefront eliminates distortions in multimode fibers
Researchers have devised a novel technique to ‘flip’ the optical wavefront of an image for…
PARP inhibitor shrinks tumors in pancreatic cancer patients with mutations
More than two-thirds of pancreatic cancer patients harboring genetic mutations saw their tumor stop growing…
Stimulators could aid spinal cord, heart therapies
Engineers develop a new version of their wireless implant that allows for multiple stimulators to…
For twins, gesture and speech go hand-in-hand in language development
Twins produce fewer gestures and gesture to fewer objects than other children. Language use also…
Geoscientists find that shallow wastewater injection drives deep earthquakes in Texas
Geoscientists have found that shallow wastewater injection — not deep wastewater injections — can drive…
The next generation of hunters could look different
A new survey found that the future of hunting in the United States might look…
Integrating medical imaging and cancer biology with deep neural networks
Scientists have carried out a study investigating whether deep neural networks can represent associations between…
As global climate shifts, forests’ futures may be caught in the wind
Forests’ ability to adapt to the disruptions wrought by climate change may depend, in part,…
Scientists develop better way to block viruses that cause childhood respiratory infections
By engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of…
The ‘key’ to new COVID-19 vaccine development
Scientists are researching a new COVID-19 vaccine that would target only a small portion of…
In the emptiness of space, Voyager I detects plasma ‘hum’
NASA’s Voyager I spacecraft has long since zipped past the edge of the solar system…
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Long-term stress in dogs linked to the owner-dog relationship
The relationship a dog has with its owner is related to its stress level. This…
Could wider use of gene reserves protect rare species?
UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help protect…
Managing children’s weight, blood pressure and cholesterol protects brain function mid-life
Having high blood pressure, high cholesterol and/or obesity from childhood through middle age were linked…
Serotonin transporters increase when depression fades
Low levels of serotonin in the brain are seen as a possible cause of depression…
Intersection of 2D materials results in entirely New materials
Physics researchers discover that assembling 2D materials into a 3D arrangement does not just result…
Sharks in protected area attract illegal fishers
Thousands of sharks have been illegally caught in a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the…
Research results challenge a decades-old mechanism of how we hear sounds
Researchers have made several discoveries on the functioning mechanisms of the inner hair cells of…
Wastewater treatment system recovers electricity, filters water
A new process uses bacteria to filter wastewater while creating electricity. Read Original Article: Wastewater…
Artificial intelligence makes great microscopes better than ever
Collaboration between deep learning experts and microscopy experts leads to an significantly improved data-intensive light-field…
The legume family tree
The most comprehensive study of the family tree for legumes, the plant family that includes…
Sleep disorders tally $94.9 billion in health care costs each year
Sleep disorders are associated with significantly higher rates of health care utilization including more doctors…
new mechanism for terminating transcription of DNA into RNA in bacteria
A bacterial protein helps to stop transcription — the process of making RNA copies of…