Environment
Roadmap for Closing the Carbon Cycle
A key method to attaining net-zero carbon emissions is to convert many sectors of the economy, such as personal vehicles and heating, to run on…
News
Health
Racial differences in Childhood Obesity are on the Rise
Some of the most significant rises in childhood obesity among New York City public school kids in recent years have occurred among socioeconomic and demographic…
Economics
Team Investigates Factors associated with a Sense of Economic Instability in Older Persons
Japan has the world’s highest life expectancy. However, older persons who are struggling financially may avoid receiving medical attention or using long-term care insurance. These…
Geography
How Geography Functions as a Structural Determinant of Health
In unincorporated towns along the US-Mexico border, historically and socially marginalized groups become invisible to the healthcare system, demonstrating that geography serves as a structural…
Technology
The Cost of Phased-out Coal
Coal phase-out is vital to address climate change, but it can have a detrimental impact on workers and local communities who rely on coal for…
Biology
Advancing Cardiac Regeneration with Stem Cell-derived Heart Muscle Cells
Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged parts of the heart to restore function. However, this surgery is apparently associated with a…
Biology
Researchers develop Artificial Cells that Function like Biological Cells
In a new paper published in Nature Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Ronit Freeman and her colleagues reveal the methods they took to modify DNA and…
Neuroscience
Acid Reflux Medication has been related to an increased Risk of Migraines
According to a study published in the online issue of Neurology®Clinical Practice, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology, those who take acid-reducing…
Neuroscience
These Mice, with their Hybrid Brains, Smell like Rats
Mice without an olfactory system had their sense of smell restored using neurons from rats, marking the first time scientists effectively integrated sensory apparatus from…
Physics
Novel One-dimensional Superconductor in Condensed Matter Physics
Researchers at The University of Manchester have established robust superconductivity at high magnetic fields using a newly developed one-dimensional (1D) system, marking a significant advancement…
Other
Behavior of Marine Plankton may Forecast Future Extinctions
Marine communities traveled to Antarctica during the Earth’s warmest phase in 66 million years, long before a major extinction occurred. During the Early Eocene Climatic…
Other
200,000 Years Ago, Two Species Interbred to Generate a New Butterfly Species
Researchers discovered that the Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species created by two different species mated together about 200,000 years ago. The discovery, made by…
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