Why Are Viral Infections More Severe in Men? Researchers May Have Solved the Mystery
For a long time, it has been known that viral infections can be more severe in males than females, but the question as to why…
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Sleep and Vaccination: The Critical Connection You Need to Know About
Better sleep could play an important role in the COVID-19 vaccination effort, new research suggests. How strongly a vaccine protects you may depend on getting…
Mysterious Object Is Being Dragged Into the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
UCLA astronomers think the object, X7, might be debris cloud from a stellar collision. An object near the supermassive black hole at the center of…
Magnetic Mishaps: Disturbances in the Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Lead Migrating Birds Astray
The UCLA study has the potential to enhance scientists’ understanding of the dangers faced by birds and their capacity for adaptation. It is widely understood…
Researchers Measure Size-Luminosity Relation of Galaxies Less Than a Billion Years After Big Bang
An international team of researchers, including those from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), have published a new…
Conquering Space Weather – Study Successfully Overcomes Earth’s Gravity To Replicate Planetary Conditions
A study conducted at UCLA successfully overcomes the influence of Earth’s gravity, replicating conditions found on other planets and stars. Solar flares and various forms…
Chemists Have Synthesized an Ocean-Based Molecule That Could Fight Parkinson’s
The team utilized a technique that they believe could speed up the drug discovery process in the production of lissodendoric acid A. Organic chemists at…
How Was the Solar System Formed? An Ancient Asteroid Is Helping Us Learn
UCLA scientists have uncovered that minerals found on the asteroid were formed as a result of interactions with water over 4.5 billion years ago. Mineral…
Novel Experiment Sheds New Light on the Mechanism of Cosmic Magnetic Fields
A groundbreaking experiment offers new insights into the potential mechanism that could seed magnetic fields for the galactic dynamo. The Science Plasma is a state…
Scientists Discover Biological Consequences of Racism
New research published in Biological Psychiatry has discovered a correlation between discrimination and an altered brain-gut microbiome. Structural racism not only has psychological consequences but…
Current Methods for Assessing Genetic Relationships Between Traits are Flawed
According to researchers, mating patterns may be able to explain many of the relationships between traits that were previously thought to be biological. A new…
Marsquake! Seismic Waves From the Largest Marsquake Ever Detected Reveal Possible Meteoroid Impact
The quake lasted four hours and identified layering in the crust that could indicate a meteoroid impact. The 4.7 magnitude temblor happened in May 2022…
New Model Explains Two Puzzling Planetary Mysteries
A new model explains the rarity of planets with masses that fall between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes. A new model that takes into account the various…
UCLA Breakthrough Could Lead to More Durable, Less Expensive Solar Cells
Using enhanced halide perovskite in place of silicon could produce less expensive devices that stand up better to light, heat. Amid all of the efforts…
Webb Space Telescope Reveals Breathtaking Cosmic Fireballs – How Universe Became Transparent
Astrophysicists shed light on how hydrogen fog burned away after the Big Bang. UCLA astrophysicists are among the first scientists to use the James Webb…
UCLA Scientists Say FDA-Approved Eye-Disease Drug May Also Help Fight COVID
An interdisciplinary research team led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) discovered that a drug already approved by the Food and Drug Administration…
Popular Gasoline Reduction Strategies Aren’t Getting a Chance To Work
Research study finds world leaders give up on increasing gas taxes and reducing subsidies to producers. Around the world, governments have widely attempted two strategies…
Violent Supershear Earthquakes Are Much More Common Than Previously Thought
Supershear earthquakes occur when a fault ruptures faster than seismic shear waves can travel through rock. The events were thought to be rare because scientists…