Consumers are taking on heightened risks to chase ‘ridiculously high’ rates, analysts warn
Young people in the thick of tensions between loyalists and nationalists on how they see their future
Centrist lawmakers express scepticism over radical proposals to rein in sector’s power
Activity in first half of 2021 propels global merger and acquisitions to all-time high
Brussels is updating climate legislation but the controversy over wood-burning energy’s renewable status complicates its plans
Season 2 of Too Hot to Handle is even more debaucherous – if that's possible.
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are developing a new, noninvasive brain stimulation technique to treat neurological disorders, including pain, traumatic brain injury (TBI), epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and more.
Researchers from University of Tsukuba and University of Florida have found that pigments controlling the color of tomatoes also play a role in determining their flavor. By analyzing the pigment profiles of 157 different tomato varieties, the team showed that fruit with high chlorophyll levels had a higher sugar content, and that the carotenoid, prolycopene, is associated with an abundance of aroma compounds. Understanding how growing conditions influence pigment profiles could improve the flavor of tomatoes.
A surprising study by UNSW on the behaviour of unrelated lizards in very different parts of the world has demonstrated how evolution can lead to different species learning the same skills. The study in Ecology Letters documents how the Anolis lizard species in the Caribbean, and the Draco lizard species in Southeast Asia, have solved the challenge of communicating with one another to defend territories and attract mates.
How the squad is shaping up ahead of the 2021/22 Gallagher Premiership and Heineken Champions Cup season
Michael Knowles argues that ideologies that repress free expression are worth cancelling.
He had a complicated record and plenty of enemies—and allies—but the veteran political hand was always his own man.
A proposed state constitutional amendment would give government unions unmatched power over Illinois residents.
(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Planned study to explore suicide prevention will shift to include telehealth as treatment option, say researchers at Cincinnati Children's.
(Michigan State University) Researchers are developing AI tools to detect more subtle shifts in speech and behavior earlier and more reliably than human observers, allowing for earlier diagnoses and treatment for Alzheimer's patients.
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at UC San Diego Health have launched a pair of clinical trials to study the immune response of COVID-19 vaccinated transplant recipients of bone marrow and solid organs, such as the heart, lung, liver and kidney.
(University of California - Davis) UC Davis researchers are taking part in three clean energy grants totaling almost $4.5 million recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy. The grants are among 15 funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) with the goal of making production of biofuels more efficient.
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Although plastics have become an essential material, permeating almost all aspects of modern living, many of the inherent properties that make them useful in such a wide variety of applications also make them a serious environmental threat.
(ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies) Scientists praise UNESCO for its leadership in recommending the Great Barrier Reef be inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Protecting indigenous lands and the environmental impacts of oil and gas drilling are the focus of Carrie Heitman's multi-perspective book, "The Greater Chaco Landscape." The book is the culmination of eight years of work to bring the perspectives of stakeholders including indigenous people, policymakers, researchers and preservationists together to help navigate conflicts over energy development and inform the public about the history and importance of the Greater... Читать дальше...
Scientists from the Nanoelectronics group at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria were looking for half an electron as a basis for a quantum computer. Together with researchers from University of Copenhagen and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), they investigated a promising experimental setup just to find that the signals they measured were not telling the truth. They now published their findings in the journal Science.
While autistic individuals are less likely to use substances, those who do so are more likely to self-medicate for their mental health symptoms, according to new research from the University of Cambridge and published today in The Lancet Psychiatry.
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential antivirals that could be developed into new treatments for COVID-19 or in preparation for future coronavirus outbreaks.
Our brains have sensory cells, which process the faces that we see, and memory cells dedicated to storing data from person encounters. But until now, a hybrid neuron capable of linking vision to memory -- and explaining how we recall familiar faces -- remained elusive.
