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Decarbonizing air transportation is critical to meeting U.S. climate goals and improving the nation’s energy economy. But technologies that are transforming automobiles – such as electric motors and hydrogen fuels – are difficult to…

Like all metals, silver, copper, and gold are conductors. Electrons flow across them, carrying heat and electricity. While gold is a good conductor under any conditions, some materials have the property of behaving like metal conductors…

The technology, known as photoacoustic computerized tomography, or PACT, has been developed by Lihong Wang, Bren Professor of Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, as a method for imaging tissues and organs. Previous versions of…

While previous research early in the pandemic suggested that vitamin D cuts the risk of contracting COVID-19, a new study from McGill University finds there is no genetic evidence that the vitamin works as a protective measure against the…

With the covid-19 pandemic, the workload faced by health professionals raises concerns about the physical and mental health of these professionals. A study developed by researchers from the USP School of Medicine (FMUSP) and the USP…

World Environment Day is observed annually on 5 June, and this year the focus will be on ecosystems restoration and the need to reset our relationship with nature. Pakistan will host the 2021 event, with environmental issues that the…

Foundation, hospital and community leaders, including Senator James R. Brewster, Representative Carrie DelRosso and Mayor Thomas Guzzo, gathered earlier today to celebrate the newly opened UPMC St. Margaret New Kensington Family Health…

A new discovery in Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive and often fatal childhood cancer, has uncovered the potential to prevent cancer cells from spreading beyond their primary tumour site.The breakthrough provides new insight into what triggers…

A Griffith University study has mapped the scale and impact the 2019 bushfires had on South-East Queensland bushland, finding that 13% of rainforests and 24% of our national parks in the area were likely burnt.The location fire (in red)…

In particular, autistic people tend to be less able to accurately identify anger from facial expressions produced at a normal ‘real world’ speed. The researchers also found that for people with a related disorder, alexithymia, all…