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Canadian professors' new book explores regeneration of microbial communities

A biologist and a philosopher have collaborated on a new book that looks at how microbial communities regenerate--and why.

A Rapid Switch in Magmatic Plumbing Taps Porphyry Copper Deposit-Forming Magmas

Scientists have made a fascinating new discovery about the formation of mineral deposits crucial to our transition to a ‘green economy’.

Huge Unveiling of Schizophrenia Brain Cells Show New Treatment Targets

A single cell can tell a powerful story on how to understand and treat a disease.

How Work Is Evolving Under the Pressure of COVID-19

An interdisciplinary group of researchers shares their findings on the workforce, suicide and work, working mothers, insights for future research, and more.

Gut Microbiomes Help Bears With Very Different Diets Reach the Same Size

A recent study of the gut microbiome of Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos) shows that the microbial life in bears’ guts allows them to achieve comparable size and fat stores while eating widely different diets.

3D Printing Plant Cells Shows Promise for Studying Cell Function

A new study from North Carolina State University shows a reproducible way of studying cellular communication among varied types of plant cells by “bioprinting” these cells via a 3D printer.

Alligators Exposed to PFAS Show Autoimmune Effects

A recent study of alligators in the Cape Fear River found the animals had elevated levels of 14 different per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals in their blood serum, as well as clinical and genetic indicators of immune system effects.

New Approach Would Improve User Access to Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a dynamic computational tool to help improve user access to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, with the goal of making EVs more attractive for drivers.

Teachers Detail Digital Safety Concerns, Strategies in Elementary Schools

A new study led by a North Carolina State University researcher reveals a need for consistent education about digital safety for elementary school students, school staff and parents.

Study Opens Door to New Class of Slippery, Water-Loving Surfaces

Researchers have demonstrated that engineered surfaces can be hydrophilic

Mathematical Formula Tackles Complex Moral Decision-Making in AI

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a blueprint for creating algorithms that more effectively incorporate ethical guidelines into artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making programs.

Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?

Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels.

Empathizing With the Opposition May Make You More Politically Persuasive

Trying to understand people we disagree with can feel like an effort hardly worth making, particularly in contentious political environments in which offering even the smallest olive branch to the opposition can be perceived as betraying our own side.

Encouraging Girls to Roleplay as Successful Female Scientists Could Help Close the Gender Gap in STEM

Make-believe doesn’t usually have a place in laboratory settings, but research just published in Psychological Science suggests that girls may persist longer in science activities when they pretend to be successful female scientists.

Memory Makes It Hard to Fight Pandemics. But We Can Always Strive to Remember Lessons Learned

Contact tracing—a process used to interrupt transmission of contagious diseases by identifying and managing people who have been exposed to others with such diseases

APS Articles on Juvenile Recidivism, the Gender/Sex Binary Win SPSP Awards

Two APS journal articles—one published in Psychological Science and the other in Perspectives on Psychological Science

Environmental Microbiology article asks: How many different types of viruses, how many independent origins?

It is estimated that there are from 10 to 100 virus particles for every living cell, making viruses the most abundant biological entities on Earth.

Costs and Benefits of Genetic Mixing

Baboons borrowed a third of their genes from a closely related species