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- 24/3/28 19:34
The radical new machine might be built faster and cost less than an equivalent conventional atom smasher, boosters say
The radical new machine might be built faster and cost less than an equivalent conventional atom smasher, boosters say
FUNDING South Korea joins Horizon Europe South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (center) and EU leaders announced a research funding deal. KYODO VIA AP IMAGES South Korea will participate in the €95.5 billion ($104 billion) Horizon Europe...
Bone marrow transplants between mice can transmit symptoms and pathology associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a controversial study published today in Stem Cell Reports . Its authors found that healthy mice injected with marrow from a mouse strain carrying an extremely rare, Alzheimer’s-linked genetic mutation later developed cognitive problems...
EuroScience Open Forum gave early-career researchers an opportunity to interact with policymakers and scientists from across Europe. EuroScience Over the past 2 decades, the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) has brought together scientists, policymakers, businesspeople, journalists, and citizens to discuss European science and its broader...
WEDNESDAY 27. MARCH 2024
In the mountains of southeastern Spain, a tiny wood mouse ( Apodemus sylvaticus ) sniffs out its dinner. The shrubs and pine trees of the Sierra Nevada give off several intriguing smells, including the nutty aroma of acorns from the Holm oak ( Quercus ilex ). But these particular acorns have another, more pungent odor—as though they just emerged from an...
The supermassive black holes at the centers of many galaxies generate powerful jets, blasting particles thousands of light-years into space. This new image of the Milky Way’s black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), suggests it may have one, too, but perhaps of a more modest nature. The image—taken with polarized light—was released today by the Event Horizon...
The bird flu virus that has wreaked havoc around the world appears to have surfaced in U.S. dairy cows, the first time this viral subtype has been documented in any cattle. Three U.S. states—Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico—on 25 March reported cows sickened with what scientists are presuming is the same H5N1 strain of influenza that has killed hundreds of millions of poultry and wild...
TUESDAY 26. MARCH 2024
Every year, hundreds of container ships slide into the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest in the Western Hemisphere. Belching carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), they deliver some $300 billion in goods to trucks and railcars that add their own pollution to our warming planet. But one long gray barge docked at the port is doing its part to combat climate change. On the...
Jenny On The Moon/istock.com adapted by C. Smith/ Science Media attention can boost a scientist’s career, bringing them prestige and making it easier to attract collaborators and students. But there are disparities in who gets named in news stories about scientific research, according to a new study: Scientists with East Asian and...
By the time a person shows symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, neurons in a part of their brain key to movement have already quietly died. To learn how this process unfolds, identify warning signs, and test treatments, researchers have long wanted an animal model of the disease’s early stages. Now, they may have one: a cohort of transgenic marmosets, described at a conference on...