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How Left and Right Hippocampal Ca1 Regions in the Mouse Brain Talk with Each Other

Neurons in the left and right hippocampal CA1 area coordinate their activity thanks to input from CA3 cells

AI Algorithm Provides Better Way to Search and Build Nanoporous Materials

Nanoporous materials might someday solve some of society’s biggest challenges, from absorbing carbon dioxide or methane from air to storing hydrogen gas for fuel to sensing toxic compounds in the air.

Modeling High-Harmonic Generation Without Resorting to Perturbation Theory

The interaction between high-power laser light and matter is better described by a new mathematical approach

Amylin Peptide in the Brain Senses Isolation and Drives Social Contact-Seeking Behavior

As we have experienced during the COVID pandemic, loneliness, or perceived social isolation, is a major stress for social animals and increases the risk of various mental and physical health issues such as depression, substance abuse, obesity, and premature death.

Catalyst Advance Improves Natural Gas Cleaning Technology

A newly developed catalyst with unique, atomic-sized “rafts” does a better job than current technology for cleaning up emissions from natural gas engines.

Introducing Nikola, the Emotional Android Kid

Researchers from the RIKEN Guardian Robot Project in Japan have made an android child named Nikola that successfully conveys six basic emotions.

Systems Approach Assesses Public Health Impacts of Changing Climate, Environmental Policies

A team co-led by a Washington State University scientist offers an alternative way to understand and minimize health impacts from human-caused changes to the climate and environment in a new study published in the journal One Earth.

Astrocytes Help Orchestrate Synaptic Activity in Learning and Memory

Brain cells known as astrocytes play a prominent part in tuning the changes in neuronal activity that enable memories to be stored

New 3D‑printed Sensor Can Detect Glyphosate in Beverages

A newly developed, low-cost sensor can detect and accurately measure the amount of the widely used and controversial herbicide, glyphosate, in droplets of liquid in a laboratory test.

Nanocarrier Spray: Better Crops Without Genetic Modification

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have developed a way to improve crop quality without needing to create special genetically modified plants.

WSU Engineer’s Tiny Robot Earns World Record

Néstor O. Pérez-Arancibia, Flaherty Associate Professor in Engineering in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has developed robots that are inspired by nature — from the world’s smallest beetle-like robot to an entirely soft robot that uses air flow and pneumatics instead of electronics to move.

Wormholes Help Resolve Black Hole Information Paradox

A mathematical analysis helps illuminate the puzzle over how information escapes from a black hole

First Day Of Attempt To Quit Smoking Is Especially Tough For Women

A study of smokers found that the first day of a quit attempt is more challenging for women than men in 12 low- and middle-income countries, where around 60 percent of the world’s smokers live.

Mutations That Interfere with Cytokinin Signaling Help Arabidopsis Plants Tolerate High Salinity

Defective molecular signaling in plants helps them survive in a salty medium

Algae Bio Hacks Itself In Adapting To Climate Change

Clear evidence that marine phytoplankton are much more resilient to future climate change than previously thought is the focus of a study published in Science Advances by an international team of scientists, including University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanography professor David Karl.

Two-Part Tango Triggers Signal Activation of Key Regulatory Protein

A structural picture of protein interaction could help to develop new drugs

Decades Of Racial Disparities Revealed In National Science Foundation Funding Patterns

An investigation into National Science Foundation (NSF) data on funding rates, award types and proposal ratings from 1996 to 2019 found pervasive racial disparities

Historical Trauma Impact On Native Hawaiian Youth Focus Of Study

The traumatic effects of colonization, particularly the forced disconnection from Hawaiʻi’s abundant ʻāina, which has led to complex, interconnected, health disparities seen today in Native Hawaiian communities and especially in the ʻōpio (youth), is the focus of new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health.

New Chainsaw Drone Technology Deployed To Fight Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death

A new aerial chainsaw device that could assist in the battle to save Hawaiʻi’s ʻōhiʻa trees from a deadly fungal pathogen is being put to the test by a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo geographer.

Rare Unaltered Asteroid Sample Provides Clues To Early Solar System

Earth is constantly being bombarded by meteorites—from nearly invisible, dust-sized particles to large impactors that have changed the trajectory of life on our planet.