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Researchers Provide First Step Toward Optimal Biofuels Production

A long-overlooked first step in developing sustainable aviation fuels is to begin with the right configuration of molecular ingredients.

Rapid adaptation in fruit flies has evolutionary implications

Think evolution is a slow, gradual process? Tell that to fruit flies.

Honey Holds Potential for Making Brain-Like Computer Chips

Honey might be a sweet solution for developing environmentally friendly components for neuromorphic computers, systems designed to mimic the neurons and synapses found in the human brain.

Researchers Find a New Way to Measure Flying Baseballs

As the Major League Baseball season gets underway, a burning question for many fans of the third most popular sport in the United States is how many home runs they will see this season.

Mysterious Ripples In The Milky Way Were Caused By A Passing Dwarf Galaxy

Using data from the Gaia space telescope, a team led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden has shown that large parts of the Milky Way's outer disk vibrate

From Computer to Benchtop: Wsu Researchers Find Clues to New Mechanisms for Coronaviruses Infections

A group of bat viruses related to SARS-CoV-2 can also infect human cells but uses a different and unknown entryway.

Astronomers Identify Likely Location of Medium‑sized Black Holes

Intermediate-mass black holes are notoriously hard to find, but a new study indicates there may be some at the center of dense star clusters located throughout the universe.

Lignin-Based Jet Fuel Packs More Power for Less Pollution

A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist at Richland, Wash., helps develop a sustainable fuel component as part of research into bio-based jet fuels.

Aggressively Patriarchal Worldview Attracted Swedish Women To IS

Contrary to popular belief, Swedish women who have joined IS were not simply passively manipulated by men.

Hands In People With Diabetes More Often Affected By Trigger Finger

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population

Less Bird Diversity In City Forests

A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds

Differences In Male And Female Ostriches Could Explain How They Form Groups

Males and females are affected in different ways by cooperation and competition in social groups – something that could determine which group sizes work best.

Disposable Masks Could Be Used to Make More Durable Concrete

The WSU researchers developed a process to fabricate tiny mask fibers, ranging from five to 30 millimeters in length, and then added them to cement concrete to strengthen it and to prevent its cracking.

AI Predicts Infant Age, Gender Based on Temperament

A new study in PLOS ONE used machine learning to analyze temperament data on 4,438 babies in an attempt to classify the infants by gender and age.

Smart Pacifier Developed to Monitor Infant Health in Hospitals

A wireless, bioelectronic pacifier could eliminate the need for invasive, twice-daily blood draws to monitor babies’ electrolytes in Newborn Intensive Care Units or NICUs.

Hydrogen Production Method Opens Up Clean Fuel Possibilities

Postdoctoral researcher Jamie Kee and Professor Su Ha and the novel reactor they developed to produce pure compressed hydrogen

Researchers Take First Step Towards Controlling Photosynthesis Using Mirrors

With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team has managed to use light more efficiently.

Some Nomadic Birds Look for Social Cues to Stop Migrating

Pine siskins are nomadic migratory birds who appear to take social cues from other birds when deciding to stop migrating. Photo by RT-Images on iStock.

Feathered Robotic Wing Paves Way For Flapping Drones

Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden

U-M Researchers Untangle The Physics Of High-Temperature Superconductors

When some materials are cooled to a certain temperature, they lose electric resistance, becoming superconductors.