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Ross Ice Shelf. Credit: Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS, ORA
Environment

Largest ice shelf in Antarctica moves once or twice a day

Pranjal Malewar

Ice stream activity triggers sudden displacement of Ross Ice Shelf.

3d earth planet shape
Earth

Unveiling Earth’s past through 2.5 billion-year-old Pacific rock samples

Pranjal Malewar

Pacific rock samples offer a glimpse of an active Earth 2.5 billion years ago.

Universe System Realistic Composition
Space

Neutron star mergers: New physics signals

Amit Malewar

With implications for determining the true nature of dark matter.

woman silhouette in the beautiful sunset
Social Science

Finding Love? Don’t forget to seek purpose too

Amit Malewar

New study suggests sense of purpose can make you more attractive

mosquitoes
Environment

Specific populations of mosquitoes are more heat-tolerant

Pranjal Malewar

Some mosquitoes like it hot.

satellite virus latched onto its helper virus
Biology

First-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus

Pranjal Malewar

A first-of-its-kind discovery.

Photo in action. throwing snow with shovel while cleaning backyard
Environment

Blowing snow’s impact on Arctic climate change

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Arctic warming caused by sea salt aerosols from blowing snow.

Image showing ballpoint pen.
Invention

A simple inkjet printer can fabricate stretchable LED

Vidya Nagalwade

A pen stroke can turn perovskite into a light emitter and detector.

Image showing alone-woman.
Psychology

Fighting loneliness: how to find purpose and overcome it

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Does a sense of purpose protect against Loneliness?

Robot hand holding white baseball ball isolated on white
AI & Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence could revolutionize baseball

Amit Malewar

AI could boost the effectiveness of average and below-average major league pitchers.

Sitai Kou
Health

A new imaging technology may reduce surgeries for rectal cancer patients

Pranjal Malewar

This technology will directly reduce the number of unnecessary surgeries for rectal cancer.

Image showing cancer cell.
Health

Cancer cells penetrate deeply into their environment

Vidya Nagalwade

Cancer cells have extraordinary abilities that healthy cells do not.

Image showing germination process.
Plants

Earlier crop plants were easier to “tame”

Vidya Nagalwade

Crop progenitors show remarkable variability in critical features affected by domestication.

large and small volcanoes on Venus
Space

A ‘comprehensive’ map of volcanoes on Venus

Amit Malewar

Most comprehensive map of all volcanic edifices on Venus ever compiled.

FluoroDOT assay images
Invention

A novel method for visualizing cell secretion like never before

Ashwini Sakharkar

Simple yet powerful.

TexAT
Science

New insight into one of the universe’s primordial reactions

Pranjal Malewar

Novel particle detector is used to study alternate paths to carbon creation in stars.

Joshua Blodgett
Science

New antibiotic candidate from rare soil microbe

Pranjal Malewar

This approach allowed scientists to identify an unusual peptide for future drug design efforts.

Earth-sun-moon
Science

Imbalanced forces in the Earth-moon-sun system drive circulation of the whole mantle

Pranjal Malewar

Tug of sun, the moon could be driving plate motions on ‘imbalanced’ Earth.

thermal conduction
Science

Heat conduction plays a vital role in droplet dynamics

Pranjal Malewar

Action is important in repelling water from windshields, airplane wings.

Image showing asthma inhaler
Health

Study discovered how asthma may reduce the risk of brain tumors

Pranjal Malewar

Mouse study IDs immune cells as link points to potential therapeutic approaches.

spot where the Chang'e-5 spacecraft landed
Space

The age of moon rocks is close to 1.97 billion years old

Amit Malewar

Scientists share analysis of the first fresh samples from the moon in more than 40 years.

Image showing kidney dysfunction
Health

COVID-19 long-haulers are at an increased risk of developing kidney damage

Pranjal Malewar

Attention to kidneys important part of post-COVID-19 care.

a synthetic chemistry approach
Invention

Building synthetic muscle using a synthetic chemistry approach

Ashwini Sakharkar

No animals are required to produce these fibers, which are tougher than Kevlar.

Neurons in the visual cortex change their responses over time
Science

Neurons in the visual cortex change their responses over time

Amit Malewar

Neurons in the visual cortex of the brain ‘drift’ over time.

Good cholesterol may prevent liver inflammation
Health

Good cholesterol may prevent liver inflammation

Pranjal Malewar

A study in mice, human blood samples, suggests HDL from the intestine may prevent liver inflammation.

SARS-CoV-2 can find alternate route to infect cells
Science

SARS-CoV-2 can find alternate route to infect cells

Pranjal Malewar

COVID-19 drugs, vaccines still effective against mutating viruses.

What makes us sneeze?
Science

What makes us sneeze?

Amit Malewar

Scientists identified neural mechanisms behind sneezing.

3D model of the intestines
Health

Western diet could increase risk of infection and inflammatory bowel disease

Pranjal Malewar

Diet rich in sugar, fat damages immune cells in digestive tracts of mice.

Immune cells
Science

How does the immune system even know what’s happening in the brain?

Amit Malewar

The study finds a site of immune surveillance of the brain, points to new ways to target brain inflammation.

Jezero Crater
Technology

New technology to get oxygen, fuel from Mars’s salty water

Amit Malewar

An electrolysis system that doesn’t need pure water may change the game when it comes to exploration.

Recent Stories

Astronomers solve Sulfur mystery with Ammonium Hydrosulfide salt

Space

A copper catalyst can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into acetaldehyde

Invention

Not all Hot Jupiters orbit alone

Space

The long-term benefits of girls’ education

Social Science

Marvel and DC Movies: Trauma and character development

Social Science