Environment Sep 12, 2024

Personal carbon footprint of the rich is vastly underestimated by rich and poor alike, study finds

The personal carbon footprint of the richest people in society is grossly underestimated, both by the rich themselves and by those on middle and lower incomes, no matter which country they come from. At the same time, both ...

Earth Sciences Sep 12, 2024

Rapid loss of Antarctic ice after 2100 likely under current emissions, climate scientists find

A Dartmouth-led study by more than 50 climate scientists worldwide provides the first clear projection of how carbon emissions may drive the loss of Antarctica's ice sheet over the next 300 years.

Cell & Microbiology Sep 13, 2024

Proteins involved in regulating the cell membrane could lead to new treatments

Scientists at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) have uncovered new details about how cells manage the distribution of lipids in their cell membrane. These lipids, known as phospholipids, ...

Social Sciences Sep 11, 2024

Data show trust in police declined among Black Chicago residents after Jacob Blake shooting

Survey data collected from Chicago, Illinois at the time of the 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake in nearby Wisconsin shows that trust in police plummeted among Black residents after the shooting. Jonathan Ben-Menachem ...

Plants & Animals Sep 17, 2024

Study discovers that fruit flies' visual navigation tactics differ by environment

The fruit flies that hover around the apples on your counter have to navigate a cluttered environment to find that food, from the built environment and vegetation around your house to the objects in your kitchen. Desert fruit ...

Environment Sep 12, 2024

Residents in San Joaquin Valley breathe chemical pesticides, according to new study

Research from UC Davis Health found that 22% of adults and 10% of children who took part in an air-quality study in California's San Joaquin Valley were breathing detectable levels of pesticides. That includes one chemical, ...

Plants & Animals Sep 12, 2024

Team unravels regulatory mechanism that prevents stem cell differentiation in vascular plants

Purdue University plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and determining gender in vascular plants, using a fern model. The discovery provides new ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 16, 2024

Trimetallic-based nanocarriers method shows promise for visualized idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis therapy

A research group from Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a novel method for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) therapy by transplanting mesenchymal ...

Optics & Photonics Sep 17, 2024

New method improves understanding of light-wave propagation in anisotropic materials

Understanding how light travels through various materials is essential for many fields, from medical imaging to manufacturing. However, due to their structure, materials often show directional differences in how they scatter ...

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Light-induced immunoassay can selectively detect coronavirus spike proteins in five minutes

Like moths to a flame, microbes can also be moved by light. Using this knowledge, researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University's Research Institute for Light-induced Acceleration System (RILACS) have demonstrated a method ...

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