A groundbreaking solution? Polymers can protect buildings from large fault ruptures

Researchers have developed a solution to protect buildings sitting on deep foundations from earthquakes resulting in…

Campylobacter strains exchange genes, can become more virulent and antibiotic resistant

Campylobacter bacteria persist throughout poultry production, and two of the most common strains are exchanging genetic…

To improve immunotherapy, researchers look to shift immune cells' access to sugar

New research suggests that a way to improve immunotherapy is by altering immune cells’ access to…

Unlocking the mystery behind skeletal aging

Researchers have identified the role a critical enzyme plays in skeletal aging and bone loss, putting…

Supercomputer turns back cosmic clock

Astronomers have tested a method for reconstructing the state of the early Universe by applying it…

CAPE-3 CubeSat Launched

The University of Louisiana (UL) at Lafayette student-built CAPE-3 satellite was launched on January 17. A…

PIA24407: Angustus Labyrinthus – Inca City

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here…

Climate change forces rethinking of conservation biology planning

For more than a decade, governments in countries across the world have made significant progress to…

Breakthrough in organic chemistry: Asymmetric syntheses of useful, unique chiral compounds

Atropisomers are a class of stereoisomers (chemical compounds that differ in spatial arrangement of atoms) arising…

Scientists create a framework to test the predictions of biological optimality theories, including evolution

Evolution adapts and optimizes organisms to their ecological niche. This could be used to predict how…