Nano Nightmare: Billions of Nanoplastics Released When Microwaving Baby Food Containers
Exposure to particles from baby food containers kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells. The fastest way to heat food and drink might also…
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Universal Swine Flu Vaccine on Horizon: A Breakthrough Using Epigraph Algorithm
Nebraska scientists have used a data-driven technique, Epigraph, to create a potentially universal vaccine against swine flu. Long-term trials on hogs showed it to be…
Election Anxiety: New Study Sheds Light on the Mental Health Toll of National Politics
New research holds the potential to measure the mental health tolls on voters. A new study indicates that the anxiety of Americans regarding politics reaches…
Scientists Discover “A New Way That Biology Works”
Neurons’ signaling can be altered by mirror-image molecules. With the help of some sea slugs, chemists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have found that one…
Study Confirms That Common Fertilizer Compound Can Release Uranium Into Groundwater
An experiment has reinforced the connection between contaminants. Eight years ago, the data was robust but only suggestive, and the evidence was strong but circumstantial….
Study of Ancient Proteins Clarifies Mystery of Crocodiles’ Unique Hemoglobin
Experiments on ancient proteins reveal that mutations are more numerous and nuanced than previously believed. A study by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln investigated crocodiles’ unique…
Scientists Discover “Virovory” – Eating Viruses Can Power Growth of Microorganisms
Study first to investigate and demonstrate the effects of ‘virovory’ Over a single day, in the placid waters of a single pond, a million virus…
Pitch-Perfect: Secrets of World Cup’s Turfgrass May Help Crops Yield More From Less
Experiments show grass’s resilience-building tricks work for corn, too. Grass is famously resilient. But Paspalum vaginatum, a species better known as seashore paspalum, can tolerate…
Worldwide Effort To Create “Digital Twin” Inspired by COVID Pandemic
Virtual Immune System Roadmap Unveiled A step-by-step plan for an international effort to create a digital twin of the human immune system will be presented…
Humans Disrupting 66 Million-Year-Old Fundamental Feature of Ecosystems – “This Hasn’t Happened Before”
Diet-size relationship found across deep time, multiple vertebrate groups. According to a new study, the U-shaped association between diet and size in modern land mammals…
Innovative New Magneto-Electric Transistor Could Cut 5% From World’s Digital Energy Budget
Design also poised to save space, retain memory in event of power loss. A new spin on one of the 20th century’s smallest but grandest…
Wildly Counterintuitive: Dissolved Salt Can Reassemble at Nanoscale
Any cook worth their salt knows that a dash of the stuff — which consists mostly of the compound sodium chloride — will dissolve when…
Temperature Explains Why the Greatest Variety of Aquatic Life Resides in the Tropics
Findings indicate global warming could reduce biodiversity in tropics. The bulging, equator-belted midsection of Earth currently teems with a greater diversity of life than anywhere…
New Herpes Vaccine Shows Promise Against Herpes Simplex Virus
New study demonstrates candidate’s potential to generate antibodies, limit viral shedding. A genetically edited form of a herpes simplex virus — rewired to keep it…
Aquatic Jurassic Crocodiles Evolved, Enlarged to Avoid Freezing
Study pinpoints minimum survivable size of Jurassic crocodiles. Taking the evolutionary plunge into water and abandoning land for good, as some crocodilian ancestors did nearly…
Ancient Algae Found in Mountaintop Glacier in Peru
A newly published study reveals the remains of tiny creatures found deep inside a mountaintop glacier in Peru, providing clues to the local landscape from…
Researchers Create World’s Fastest Organic Transistor
A team of researchers has created the world’s fastest thin-film organic transistor, operating at more than five times faster than previous examples. Two university research…
Fossil Discovery Shows Giant Reptiles Coexisted with Mammals
Paleontologists discovered the fossil remains of a giant lizard, Barbaturex morrisoni, which coexisted with mammals in the hot tropical forests of Southeast Asia some 40…