Science
Scientific discoveries and research
GMO pictures may reinforce existing views, deepening the divide of attitudes towards them
Images have long played a powerful role in shaping public perceptions of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), often reinforcing emotional reactions more than...
New method rapidly analyzes cell proteins and metabolites
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai have developed a fast, new technique for analyzing cells, described in the journal Angewandte Chemie. The approach, called single-in...
How an eye physician who translated classical Greek medicine into Arabic helped form Western medical thought
A medieval ophthalmologist who translated Greek works by Galen, Hippocrates, and Plato into Arabic played a pivotal role in shaping Western medical scholarship,...
By age 7, most children quickly spot individuals' social biases toward social groups, study finds
Most elementary school-aged children have a surprising cognitive ability: they can detect—nearly as well as adults—when someone treats people from one social gr...
3D-printed 'spanlastics' could change how cancer drugs reach tumors
University of Mississippi research offers hope that cancer drug therapies packaged in 3D-printed carriers could deliver medication directly to tumors while redu...
Study finds 70% of remediated Los Angeles yards still exceed lead limit
Even after one of the largest environmental remediation efforts in California history, dangerous levels of lead persist in residential neighborhoods surrounding...
Review details photocatalyst–biocatalyst systems for semi-artificial photosynthesis
A new review from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) summarizes the biocatalysts involved in semi-artificial photosynthesis, an exciting research field that co...
Global warming may be a boon for this aggressive prairie plant
Climate change may reduce yields of crops like corn and soybeans, but it can also give some plants an edge. That's one of the takeaways of a recent study of tal...
Water-repelling surfaces reveal surprising charging effects
Materials that repel water are used in countless applications, including industrial separation processes, routine laboratory pipetting, and medical devices. Whe...
If life exists in Venus's atmosphere, it could have come from Earth
The theory of panspermia holds that life is spread through the cosmos via asteroids, comets, and other objects. When the building blocks of life emerge on one p...
Improving air temperature forecasts one to five weeks in advance without new model simulations
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo and George Mason University's College of Science have developed a new method that im...
A nanoparticle therapy to treat lung cancer and associated muscle wasting at the same time
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a technique for simultaneously treating lung cancer and a serious muscle-wasting condition that often acco...