The UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law’s Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform announced that Walmart Inc. has contributed $210,000 to the Center to develop an enhanced community policing project. The program aims to foster greater collaboration between local law enforcement and the communities they serve and protect.
Month: March 2022
Monarch butterflies increasingly plagued by parasites, study shows
Monarch butterflies, one of the most iconic insects of North America, are increasingly plagued by a debilitating parasite, a major new analysis shows.
New, clearest evidence yet that humans are a dominant force driving evolution
Humans reshape the environments where they live, with cities being among the most profoundly transformed environments on Earth. New research now shows that these urban environments are altering the way life evolves.
Rutgers Microbiologists’ Research Subject of Feature-Length Documentary
“The Invisible Extinction” chronicles the pioneering work of globetrotting microbiome researchers Martin Blaser and Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello
Experimental study provides new insights into the genetics of heritable traits
Massive dataset presents unprecedented detail of genotype-to-phenotype map in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewer’s yeast.
Scientists see what research participants picture in their mind’s eye
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Now, researchers from Japan have found that even a mental picture can communicate volumes.
New insight into the possible origins of life
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have for the first time been able to create an RNA molecule that replicates, diversifies and develops complexity, following Darwinian evolution.
Natural COVID-19 antibodies lasts seven months for children, according to new study
Children previously infected with COVID-19 develop natural circulating antibodies that last for at least seven months, according to a new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston.
The most boring person in the world discovered by University of Essex research
The most boring person in the world has been discovered by University of Essex research – and it is a religious data entry worker, who likes watching TV, and lives in a town.
GW Expert Available to Discuss the US Suspending Trade Relations with Russia
Susan Aaronson is a research professor of international affairs and director of the GW Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub. She is an expert on international trade and can provide insights into how this move will impact Russia, the U.S.…
Understanding the American Heart Association’s Latest Dietary Guidelines
A description of the American Heart Association’s new dietary guidelines.
Early English lessons have lasting effects
An international research team has examined how English lessons in primary school affect language proficiency in this subject in secondary school.
U.S. Precision Medicine Research Program Releases Genomic Data
Earlier this month the All of Us Research Program released an initial large batch of genomic data on its cloud-based research platform, the Researcher Workbench, including whole genome sequences of 98,600 research participants and genotype data from 165,200 participants.
Collisions of “Isobars” Produce Surprising Result
The search for “broken symmetry” may offer new insight into nuclear structure.
Meet Richard Buttery, Director of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility
Richard Buttery is director of the DIII-D User Facility, the largest magnetic fusion device in the United States.
Arsenic Makes Black Phosphorus Hop for Energy Efficiency
Arsenic doping dramatically improves the ability of black phosphorous to convert heat into electricity.
New Genome Editing Tools Can Edit Within Microbial Communities
Two new technologies allow scientists to edit specific species and genes within complex laboratory bacterial communities.
Anyons Found! Best Evidence Yet for these Long-Sought Quasi-Particles
New experiment finds evidence of a collective behavior of electrons to form particle-like quantum objects called “anyons.”
Spotting Accelerator-Produced Neutrinos in a Cosmic Haystack
Ground-breaking image reconstruction and analysis algorithms filter out cosmic rays to pinpoint elusive neutrinos.
Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery
The ACS continues to deliver ground-breaking science.
Cannabinoids from amoebae
A research team at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) in Jena, Germany has developed a new method to produce complex natural products in amoebae.
Physicists Uncover the Secret Behind the Behavior of Unique Superconducting Materials
Scientists using the Summit supercomputer to study superconductors found that negative particles in the superconductors interact strongly with phonons in the materials. This interaction leads to sudden changes in the materials’ behavior, explaining how certain copper-based superconductors work. The findings may lead to a new class of superconducting materials that work at relatively warm temperatures for efficient future electronic devices.
AI helped protect businesses from COVID-19 risks
A new study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) apps helped protect small and medium-sized businesses against many of the risks that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic – yet only a quarter of small firms currently use them.
Meddling with Metals: Escaping the Tyranny of Copper
Researchers in the University of California San Diego’s Division of Physical Sciences have reported a new protein-design strategy to sidestep the Irving-Williams Series, allowing proteins to bind to other metals ahead of copper.
Pregnant women have lingering depression despite antidepressant treatment
Despite using antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), many pregnant women had lingering depression and anxiety symptoms throughout their pregnancy and postpartum, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
IU Ventures ranks among Indiana’s most active venture firms
Elevate Ventures has recognized as one of Indiana’s most active professional investors in its annual assessment of venture investment activity in the Hoosier state.
A new study relates liquid fructose intake to fatty liver disease
A high-fat diet is not enough to cause short-term fatty liver disease. However, if this diet is combined with the intake of beverages sweetened with liquid fructose, the accumulation of fats in the liver accelerates and hypertriglyceridemia —a cardiovascular risk factor— can appear.
Choosing to be with others is more consequential to well-being than choosing to be alone
Do we enjoy our time more when we are alone, or when we’re in the company of others? A new study by researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel has found that the element of choice in our daily social interactions plays a key role in our well-being.
Is Russia committing war crimes in Ukraine?
University of Miami School of Law associate professor Pablo Rueda-Saiz discusses what constitutes a war crime and what it takes to gather evidence of such transgressions and to prosecute those responsible.
Boston bomber death penalty case reflects changing SCOTUS role
The Supreme Court decided today to reinstate the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. John Blume is a professor of law at Cornell Law School and director of the Cornell Death Penalty Project. He has argued eight cases…