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Rutgers University: What Are the Benefits of a Cold Plunge?
One of the hottest trends of 2024 is ice cold. Social media influencers are touting ice plunges – the practice of regularly immersing...
Dec 10, 2024
Georgetown University: Research Shows This Smart Money Habit Can Revolutionize Your Personal Finances
This story is a part of our “Ask a Professor” series, in which Georgetown faculty members break down complex issues and use their...
Dec 10, 2024
University of Arizona: How did humans and dogs become friends? Connections in the Americas began 12,000 years ago
"Dog is man's best friend" may be an ancient cliché, but when that friendship began is a longstanding question among scientists. A new...
Dec 10, 2024
University of Miami: Battling dementia: Unravelling the mysteries of Alzheimer’s
Noticing the loss of memory in the man who was more like a grandfather to her than a distant relative was the hardest part for Gabriela...
Dec 10, 2024
NC State University: Magnetically Controlled Kirigami Surfaces Move Objects: No Grasping Needed
Researchers have developed a novel device that couples magnetic fields and kirigami design principles to remotely control the movement of...
Dec 10, 2024
University of Colorado Boulder: Mars’ infamous dust storms can engulf the entire planet. A new study examines how
Today’s weather report on Mars: Windy with a chance of catastrophic dust storms blotting out the sky. In a new study, planetary...
Dec 10, 2024
Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt researchers find evidence that the hunger hormone leptin can direct neural development in a leptin receptor–independent manner
Oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Oxytocin neurons were labeled by genetically targeting of a...
Dec 10, 2024
University Of Virginia: Q&A: How Does the New Self-Serve HPV Test Work? This Doctor Explains
E arlier this year the Food and Drug Administration approved a new human papillomavirus test that allows for self-collection of samples...
Dec 10, 2024
Case Western Reserve University: Researchers at Case Western Reserve, Mass Eye and Ear aim to prevent hearing loss by protecting inner-ear cells
Research team awarded five-year, $3.2 million grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders With a new...
Dec 10, 2024
UMASS AMHERST: Gaining New Insights Into Human Behavior Through Technology
The opening of the Berthiaume Behavioral Research Lab at UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management will elevate industry-relevant...
Dec 10, 2024
University of Rochester: Researchers developing tool to instantly conceal and anonymize voices
The voice-changer system will produce computer-generated speech within milliseconds, allowing users to control factors like age, gender,...
Dec 10, 2024
Stanford University: Decoding the mysteries of the universe
A new center brings astrophysics, data science, and AI together to answer some of the universe’s biggest questions. How fast is the...
Dec 9, 2024
Rice University: Newly designed nanomaterial shows promise as antimicrobial agent
Newly developed halide perovskite nanocrystals (HPNCs) show potential as antimicrobial agents that are stable, effective and easy to...
Nov 26, 2024
The Ohio State University: Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past
An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion...
Nov 26, 2024
WashU: The main events: How scenes from life shape consciousness, build memories
WashU researchers are studying how brain perceives, processes, remembers everyday events Life is a series of small events: making morning...
Nov 26, 2024
UC Santa Barbara: Researchers paint a global picture of whale-ship collision risk
It’s well known that cargo vessels and whales don’t mix; whale-ship collisions are one of the leading causes of death for the majestic...
Nov 26, 2024
University of Florida: UF/IFAS scientists develop groundbreaking method for detecting DNA of invasive snakes in Florida
Scientists at the University of Florida have developed a pioneering tool to bolster Florida’s defenses against invasive species: a...
Nov 26, 2024
UMASS: Climate Scientists Including UMass’ DeConto, Brigham-Grette Warn that Cryosphere is at a Tipping Point
Julie Brigham-Grette and Robert DeConto , professors in the Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences in the College of...
Nov 22, 2024
Vanderbilt University: New structure gives insight into mRNA export and cancers, and how viruses hijack the process to infect their host
The central dogma of biology defines the flow of genetic information: It describes how proteins are made from mRNA templates, which are...
Nov 22, 2024
UC Irvine: UC Irvine led study reveals new insights into how we navigate space and store memories
Researchers led by the University of California, Irvine are the first to reveal how two neural circuits located in the brain’s...
Nov 22, 2024
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