Scientists

“Our strategy uses a small amount of designer solvent to absorb plastic particles from a large volume of water,” said Gary Baker, an associate professor in the University of Missouri’s Department of Chemistry. Aug. 13, 2024Contact: Eric Stann, 573-882-3346, [email protected] … Read more

Adapted from a news release by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In a major step for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), scientists have detected the first neutrinos using a DUNE prototype particle detector at the U.S. Department of Energy’s … Read more

A newly discovered hormone that keeps the bones of breastfeeding women strong could also help bone fractures heal and treat osteoporosis in the broader population. Researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Davis showed that in mice, the hormone known … Read more

Two cellular defects appear to drive disease in lupus [embedded content] Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD, the Jack W. Graffin Professor, an associate professor of Dermatology and a Northwestern Medicine dermatologist. Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital scientists have discovered … Read more

A new study has confirmed that pasteurisation temperatures, if applied for industry standard times, should effectively inactivate H5N1 influenza viruses in cows’ milk and render it safe to consume. The reassuring research – a collaboration between the MRC-University of Glasgow … Read more

Who produces AI hype? As we discuss in the AI Snake Oil book, it is not just companies and the media but also AI researchers. For example, a pair of widely-publicized papers in Nature in December 2023 claimed to have … Read more

Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher their lyrics. Are the animals producing complex messages akin to human language? Or sharing simpler pieces of information, like dancing bees do? Or … Read more

Adapted from a release by Erin Malsbury at UC Santa Cruz Modern biology textbooks assert that only bacteria can take nitrogen from the atmosphere and convert it into a form that is usable for life. Plants that fix nitrogen, such … Read more

Schematic illustration with a gravity gradient map (blue hexagonal pattern) of the lunar nearside and a cross-section showing two ilmenite-bearing cumulate downwellings from lunar mantle overturn. Credit: Adrien Broquet/University of Arizona & Audrey Lasbordes About 4.5 billion years ago, a … Read more