The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American’s access to health care and in the nation’s overall well-being. Under…
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Researcher discusses transportation insecurity in Detroit and beyond
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than a third of Detroit residents (36%) can’t get from place to place in a safe or timely manner. This is the main finding of…
Quantum thermometer uses giant Rydberg atoms to measure temperature more accurately
Laboratory setup for using giant “Rydberg” atoms to measure temperature. The glowing red orb shows the cloud of approximately one million rubidium atoms used in the setup. Credit: N. Schlossberger/NIST…
Carlos Matallana-Puerto ¡Los tricomas resbaladizos influyen en el éxito reproductivo de las flores trampa! (Español) – Functional Ecologists
En este nuevo post, Carlos Matallana-Puerto, doctorando de la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brasil), presenta su trabajo “Sex, flies, and flower trap: trapping trichomes and their function in polination“. Habla…
CMS tests whether top quarks play by Einstein’s rules
The CMS detector. Credit: CERN In the first study of its kind at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the CMS collaboration has tested whether top quarks adhere to Einstein’s special…
After Trump quit, Bloomberg promises to fill US funding gap to UN
The announcement comes after Trump said the US should “immediately cease or revoke” any financial commitment made under the UNFCCC American billionaire Michael Bloomberg has announced that his philanthropy and…
Mole or marsupial? This subterranean critter with a backward pouch is both
Evolving a dig-in-the-dark mole lifestyle comes with radical anatomical changes, making it hard even to guess the animal’s closest relatives. That’s why the true identity of Australia’s most enigmatic and…
FDA bans Red 3 dye from food and drugs – a scientist explains the artificial color’s health risks and long history
Red 3 – also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969. You’ve likely…
A new method to fabricate soft electronics via particle engulfment printing
Soft sensors engulfed on A4-size elastomer. Credit: Rongzhou Lin. The electronics industry has been rapidly advancing over the past few decades, leading to the development of countless devices of different…
