AI-designed Xenobots reveal entirely new form of biological self-replication—promising for regenerative medicine. To persist, life must reproduce. Over billions of years, organisms have evolved many…
There are three reasons we see so many red American barns. It’s traditional, it’s practical and the color looks good. Although a main reason to…
International research team uncovers underappreciated metal’s role in lowering blood pressure. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases…
Dengue immune function discovery could benefit much-needed vaccine development. Despite a daunting more than 130 million cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections to date worldwide, another global…
Long-lost ice core provides direct evidence that giant ice sheet melted off within the last million years and is highly vulnerable to a warming climate….
A unique new study suggests that the behavior public officials are now mandating or recommending unequivocally to slow the spread of surging COVID-19 — wearing…
Monthly fresh seafood trade dropped up to 43%, with total exports down 20% from January to August, rapid research project finds. The pandemic is putting…
New info on antibody levels in sicker patients and elderly could inform vaccine goals. As vaccine trials progress and public health officials brace for a…
What We Don’t Know (About Lakes) Could Hurt Us As the power of extreme weather events increase with climate change, a team of scientists warn…
Team of complexity scientists present ‘meme’ model for multiple diseases. Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow the same complex spreading patterns as social…
University of Vermont and MITRE studies show that near-light-speed differences in stock prices may be exploited by traders with faster information systems. Imagine standing in…
Tiny ‘xenobots’ assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up. A book is made of wood. But it is not a…
Inventing the world’s strongest silver: Team creates metal that breaks decades-old theoretical limit, promising new class of super-strong and conducting materials. A team of scientists…
The greener the greenspace, the happier and less self-absorbed people are, Vermont team reports. Feeling unhappy and cranky? The treatment: take a walk under some…
Astrophysicists at the University of Vermont have identified a pulsar that is able to quiet its radio waves while at the same time making its…
Researchers at the University of Vermont have discovered two new proteins, ABCB6 and ABCG2, responsible for a basic blood type. This solves the mystery of…