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On Dec. 14, the first vials of COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Harborview Medical Center. Steve Fijalka, director of pharmacy services at UW Medicine, is pictured here taking a case of vaccine vials out of a box packed with dry ice.Mark…

Researcher Ryan Corey recently heard from a friend who teaches at a school where some of the students have hearing loss. The friend wanted to know if he had any ideas to help her communicate with these students while wearing a mask to…

By drawing from decades of studies, scientists created a timeline marking the arrival of black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, in hundreds of counties across 10 Midwestern states. They used these data – along with an analysis of…

The study, reported in the journal eLife, reveals that the activity profile of regulator genes known as transcription factors in the brain strongly correlates with the behavior of honey bees, the researchers said. A single transcription…

Meanwhile smaller bumblebees – which have a shorter flight range and less carrying capacity – don't pay special attention to flowers with the richest nectar.University of Exeter scientists examined the "learning flights" which most bees…

The dual doctorate at the University of Bremen enables a didactic doctorate to be combined with a legal clerkship. The first and second cohorts will be celebrated in a public digital event on January 13, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please…

A new probe of the humble electron may provide insight into the forces at work inside the heart of matter. Now, the MOLLER experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is one step closer to…

From plasma(link is external) technologies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic to heat-resistant Earth reentry vehicles, U.S. researchers are exploring innovative projects at the new Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research…

Hong Qin and Ahmed Diallo, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), received the Lab’s outstanding research awards for 2020 for their work in plasma physics to push forward…

Brian Damiano, head of the Centrifuge Engineering and Fabrication Section at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME.ASME cited Damiano’s…