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Mayonnaise-Inspired Innovation for Affordable Designer Plastics

Intriguing Structural Strategy Aims at Making Designer Plastics Affordable

The future was supposed to be “plastics,” according to advice given in a 1960s movie The Graduate. Many a company thought that future meant the gradual ascendancy of “designer” or specialty plastics, but almost 40 years later the market is still dominated by plastics that can be manufactured cheaply in bulk.

Six researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and one at Helsinki U

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A Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) rests in the shadows near a rocky reef. Image Credit: Pat Webster @underwaterpat
Life & Chemistry

Marine Species Vulnerable to Climate Change, New Study Reveals

New paper clearly classifies most at-risk species to help California fisheries managers prioritize efforts  Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the…

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Larry Lee, assistant professor of Physics at the University of Tennessee, has been named a Cottrell Scholar. Image Credit: University of Tennessee
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University of Tennessee Physicist Earns Cottrell Scholar Honor

A physics professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a heart for transfer students has received the Cottrell Scholar Award. Established in 1994, the award honors and helps to…

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An artistic depiction of a chromosome that is missing some of its "lights," representing rare diseases where people are missing relatively large portions of their genome from one parent. Image Credit: Duke University
Studies and Analyses

Unlocking Genomic Potential for Rare Disease Treatment

Researchers find a master epigenetic switch that activates silenced genes to compensate for their missing counterparts in a rare genetic disease called Prader-Willi syndrome  Biomedical engineers at Duke University have…

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Examples of how E and B modes deform imeges of distant galaxies. Image Credit: SISSA Medialab
Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Gravitational Lenses: Are Cosmic Laws Universal?

A JCAP study proposes a test for the Cosmological Principle using weak gravitational lensing  “The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility,” explains James Adam, astrophysicist…

Studies and Analyses

High-Tech Video Optimization: Enhancing Brain Functionality

ISTA scientists uncover how the brain unblurs vision during movement  Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor…

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Business and Finance

High BTMPS Levels Found in Fentanyl: What It Means for Safety

A UCLA research team has found that drugs being sold as fentanyl contain high amounts of the industrial chemical bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) sebacate, or BTMPS. This new substance of concern emerged in…

The BioSCape team is poctured with NASA and South African aircraft. Image Credit: Jeremey Shelton/Fishwater Films
Physics & Astronomy

Measuring Life on Earth from Space: A Global Research Project

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project funded by NASA and co-led by UC Merced civil and…

Life & Chemistry

UC Davis Researchers Complete Total Synthesis of Ibogaine

Discovery creates opportunities to study therapeutic properties of ibogaine and related compounds  Ibogaine — a psychoactive plant derivative — has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties. But ibogaine…

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Environmental Conservation

Marine Prosperity Areas: A New Hope for Conservation

Improved approach to marine conservation aligns ecological restoration with human well-being  Could 2025 be the year marine protection efforts get a “glow up”? According to a team of conservation-minded researchers,…

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Earth Sciences

Studying Sikkim Floods: Insights for Disaster Preparedness

UCalgary scientist says it’s important to determine what happened and what can be learned  Experts from the global Earth science community – including a scientist from the University of Calgary…

New Study Sheds Light on Pelvic Tissue Tears in Childbirth
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New Study Sheds Light on Pelvic Tissue Tears in Childbirth

Grant enables study into mechanical properties of episiotomy cuts  Millions of women undergo episiotomies during childbirth every year, yet the mechanics behind these surgical cuts remain largely unstudied. A new…

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Materials Sciences
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Enhancing Display Manufacturing with Sustainable Simulations

How simulations help manufacturing of modern displays. Modern materials must be recyclable and sustainable. Consumer electronics is no exception, with organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) taking over modern televisions and portable…

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Ruishan Liu, WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of Computer Science, USC. Image Credit: Alexis Situ
Information Technology

AI Unlocks Genetic Insights for Personalized Cancer Care

New study uncovers how specific genetic mutations influence cancer treatment outcomes  A groundbreaking study led by USC Assistant Professor of Computer Science Ruishan Liu has uncovered how specific genetic mutations influence cancer…

Information Technology

D2-GCN: Dynamic Disentanglement for Node Classification

Classic Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) often learn node representation holistically, which would ignore the distinct impacts from different neighbors when aggregating their features to update a node’s representation. Disentangled GCNs…

Automotive Engineering

TU Graz AI System Boosts E-Mobility Powertrain Development

The new method optimises the technical design with regard to classic objectives such as costs, efficiency and package space requirements and also takes greenhouse gas emissions along the entire supply…

Parsimonious models may be the norm in science, but complex models can be more flexible and accurate.
Information Technology

Exploring Ockham’s Razor: Simplifying Complex Innovations

Medieval friar William of Ockham posited a famous idea: always pick the simplest explanation. Often referred to as the parsimony principle, “Ockham’s razor” has shaped scientific decisions for centuries. But…

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Social Sciences
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Optimize Performance with Dynamic Left-Hand Squeeze Technique

A dynamic left-hand squeeze helps to optimize performance. The images are legendary: Tennis stars who hit the deciding match ball just outside the line, golfers who putt the ball past…

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The core of the Phoenix cluster is shown across the whole electromagnetic spectrum. The bright purples represent X-rays produced by the hot gas, and the dashed purple outlines show regions where this hot gas has been pushed away by the radio jets from the supermassive black hole. The radio jets themselves are shown in red colors. The blues and yellows represent visible light emitted by cool gas and stars. The green contours show the “warm” gas that is in the process of cooling, newly measured in the MIT study with JWST. Image Credit: NASA
Physics & Astronomy

Phoenix Galaxy Cluster: A Study on Extreme Cooling Events

Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope help to explain the cluster’s mysterious starburst, usually only seen in younger galaxies.  The core of a massive cluster of galaxies appears to…

Examples of how E and B modes deform imeges of distant galaxies. Image Credit: SISSA Medialab
Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Gravitational Lenses: Are Cosmic Laws Universal?

A JCAP study proposes a test for the Cosmological Principle using weak gravitational lensing  “The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility,” explains James Adam, astrophysicist…

Schematic depiction of production and incorporation of cosmogenic10Be into ferromanganese crusts. Image Credit: HZDR / blrck.de
Physics & Astronomy

Deep Sea Anomaly: Unveiling New Marine Innovations

Extraordinary accumulation of rare atoms could improve geological dating methods  Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, provides valuable insights into the Earth’s geological history….

The BioSCape team is poctured with NASA and South African aircraft. Image Credit: Jeremey Shelton/Fishwater Films
Physics & Astronomy

Measuring Life on Earth from Space: A Global Research Project

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project funded by NASA and co-led by UC Merced civil and…

A Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) rests in the shadows near a rocky reef. Image Credit: Pat Webster @underwaterpat
Life & Chemistry

Marine Species Vulnerable to Climate Change, New Study Reveals

New paper clearly classifies most at-risk species to help California fisheries managers prioritize efforts  Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the…

Thomas Karikari, Ph.D. Image Credit: UPMC
Life & Chemistry

New Biomarker Test Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier, Pitt Study Finds

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine can detect small amounts…

Gas transport through a metal cluster-containing crystalline solid.Hydrogen and carbon monoxide travel at different speeds due to their molecular size relative to the size of nanoscale tunnels in the structure. While hydrogen binds reversibly, carbon monoxide binds irreversibly and distorts the original crown-motif of the platinum and gold atoms into a chalice-motif. Image Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University
Life & Chemistry

Gas Adsorption Insights on Platinum and Gold Nanotunnels

Understanding gas diffusion in nanoscale voids key to new gas technologies  Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have elucidated how hydrogen and carbon monoxide is adsorbed into solids…

Life & Chemistry

UC Davis Researchers Complete Total Synthesis of Ibogaine

Discovery creates opportunities to study therapeutic properties of ibogaine and related compounds  Ibogaine — a psychoactive plant derivative — has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties. But ibogaine…

Materials Sciences

Spintronics memory innovation: A new perpendicular magnetized film

Long gone are the days where all our data could fit on a two-megabyte floppy disk. In today’s information-based society, the increasing volume of information being handled demands that we…

Materials Sciences

Materials with a ‘twist’ show unexpected electronic behaviour

In the search for new materials that can enable more efficient electronics, scientists are exploring so-called 2-D materials. These are sheets of just one atom thick, that may have all…

Materials Sciences

Enhancing Display Manufacturing with Sustainable Simulations

How simulations help manufacturing of modern displays. Modern materials must be recyclable and sustainable. Consumer electronics is no exception, with organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) taking over modern televisions and portable…

Materials Sciences

Discovering Neural Plasticity in Cultured Neurons

“Neurons that fire together, wire together” describes the neural plasticity seen in human brains, but neurons grown in a dish don’t seem to follow these rules. Neurons that are cultured…

The Salar de Uyuni stretches 2.5 million acres across a high plateau in Bolivia. Credit: Image courtesy of Avner Vengosh/Duke University
Earth Sciences

Environmental Impact of Mining the World’s Largest Lithium Deposit

DURHAM, N.C. — The world’s largest known lithium deposit exists within a vast salt pan called the Salar de Uyuni, which stretches for thousands of square miles atop a high,…

Earth Sciences

Drying and Rewetting Cycles Boost Soil CO2 Emissions

Niigata, Japan – The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released by microbial decomposition of soil organic carbon on a global scale is approximately five times greater than the amount of…

Studying_Sikkim_Floods Insights for Disaster Preparedness
Earth Sciences

Studying Sikkim Floods: Insights for Disaster Preparedness

UCalgary scientist says it’s important to determine what happened and what can be learned  Experts from the global Earth science community – including a scientist from the University of Calgary…

It has been unclear which soils are better candidates for being managed by prescribed burning in terms of allowing a high diversity of endangered plants or plant species in general. To settle this question, a Kobe University team led by master’s student ASADA Airi from the group of ecologist USHIMARI Atushi turned to Mount Fuji, where grasslands covering different soil types are kept by prescribed burning once a year in April. Image Credit: ASADA Airi
Environmental Conservation

Burning Grasslands: Boosting Biodiversity Through Innovation

As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay. A Kobe University research team found that this method results in higher biodiversity…

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