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Armed conflict in Africa may hamper girls’ educational attainment nearby.
Social Science

The long-term benefits of girls’ education

PLOS

Child deaths linked to reduced female education may equal those directly caused by conflict.

Why algae balls float and sink?
Science

Researchers use bioengineered cyanobacteria for ethanol production

Jay Kakade

Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic prokaryotes, so researchers think they can naturally lower atmospheric CO2 levels. Research led by Bharat Kumar Majhi has shown that they...

Innovative Bioelectronic Device Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Bacterial Infections
Health

This new device delivers harmless electric currents to prevent infections

Jay Kakade

Researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of California San Diego have developed a new device that excites a skin-residing bacterium using...

Four friends having fun together.
Science

The role of friendships in single adulthood happiness

PLOS

New study highlights heterogeneity of happiness-linked factors among young, single Americans.

dust particles flying upward
Science

Long-range dust transport enhances oceanic iron bioavailability

Ashwini Sakharkar

Oceanic life was found to be thriving thanks to Saharan dust blown from thousands of kilometers away.

Shark in ocean along with small fishes
Science

The impact of climate change on marine animals

PLOS

Study of 21,000 marine animals finds many coastal regions are also at greater risk than previously realized.

Time is Brain Act Fast on Signs of Stroke Seek Medical Help
Health

UC Irvine-led study discovers novel cause of brain hemorrhage

Dr. Prajakta Banik

In vivo microhemorrhages linked to erythrocyte-brain endothelial interactions.

Image showing A series of cryo-EM images. The greyscale photos represent 2D projections of multiple views of the imaging scaffold attached to a target protein; the color image illustrates the 3D reconstruction derived from 2D projections.
Chemistry

UCLA-led advancement redefines Nobel Prize-winning technology

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Improved imaging for small protein targets at 3 Å resolution.

Image showing woman smelling flower
Neuroscience

Cognitive function: The power of scent

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Olfactory enrichment improves memory and brain structure in older adults.

Image showing Hummingbird feeding flower.
Science

Hummingbirds are more likely to drink alcohol than you think

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Hummingbirds drink alcohol, but only in small amounts.

covid 19 virus cells
Biology

CARD8 can detect a range of viruses, including COVID-19

PLOS

Study suggests the inflammasome-forming sensor is critical to identifying COVID-19 infection.

Wireless EEG recording setup and group averaged ERP scalp topographies
Science

Study highlights the long-term negative impact of climate stress

Editorial Team

Californian wildfire trauma associated with cognitive deficits and altered brain activity

Galaxy NGC 1309
Space

Strange star survived the thermonuclear supernova

Amit Malewar

It actually became even brighter after a supernova.

artificial Photosynthesis
Science

Producing food without sunshine using artificial Photosynthesis

Amit Malewar

Developing more energy efficient food production using artificial photosynthesis on Earth which will also be possible on Mars one day.

This JunoCam image shows two of Jupiter's large rotating storms, captured on Juno’s 38th perijove pass, on Nov. 29, 2021.
Space

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft recorded the sound of Jupiter’s moon

Amit Malewar

An audio track collected during Jupiter's mission’s Ganymede flyby offers a dramatic ride-along.

Study personnel collect samples in a neighborhood in Managua in June 2017 from participants in the Nicaraguan Pediatric Dengue Cohort Study (PDCS), a long-standing pediatric dengue cohort established in 2004. Image credit: Sustainable Sciences Institute, Paolo Harris Paz.
Health

Children with dengue infection could be protected from symptomatic Zika

Pranjal Malewar

Dengue has been endemic to the Americas, Zika wasn’t reported in the region until 2015. The viruses are very similar: they are transmitted by...

Scientists Developed World's Smallest Transistor
Technology

Scientists developed World’s smallest transistor

Amit Malewar

Scientists headed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed the world's smallest transistor. It is only about 80,000 to 100,000 nanometers wide as human...

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