Broad bipartisan support for social media ‘labeling’ to counter misinformation,…
Photo Illustration of social media applications. Credit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University
There is broad bipartisan support among…
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Skeletal muscle grown in a dish offers insight into neuromuscular diseases
Motor neurons (green) are grown on top of skeletal muscle (red). The blue stains show the nuclei of the cells. Credit: USC Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering…
Destroying vegetation along fences and roads could worsen our extinction crisis
by Euan Ritchie, Ben Moore, Jen Martin, Mark Hall, Megan C Evans, Ross Crates, The Conversation…
Measuring ‘social cohesion’ and why its recent dip matters
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COVID-19 has upended so many aspects of our lives in Australia, it can be hard to remember what life was like before the…
Game-changer for clean hydrogen production
Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106463
Curtin University research has identified a new, cheaper and more efficient…
By taking on poliovirus, Marguerite Vogt transformed virology
When nobody else wanted the job, Marguerite Vogt stepped in.
Working from early morning until late at night in a small, isolated basement laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Vogt painstakingly handled test tubes…
Chemical discovery gets reluctant seeds to sprout
Infrared images showing increased transpiration (in blue) in ANT-treated wheat and tomato plants. Credit: Aditya Vaidya/UCR
Seeds that would…
California wildfires threaten famous giant sequoia trees
A helicopter prepares to drop water on the KNP Complex Fire in Sequoia National Park, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. The blaze is burning near the Giant Forest,…
Desolate villages face famine in Madagascar drought
Across Madagascar's vast southern tip, drought has transformed fields into dust bowls. More than one million people face famine.
Nothing to…
‘Happy’ SpaceX tourist crew spend first day whizzing around Earth
Graphic on the four all-civilian passengers on SpaceX's mission to orbit around the Earth, lauched September 15 from Florida.
SpaceX's…