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Ants in Colorado Shift Migration Patterns in Response to Climate Change
On a hot summer day in 2022, Anna Paraskevopoulos found herself trekking through forests and shrubs in Gregory Canyon near Boulder, flipping over rocks and logs to look for any signs of ants.
About six decades before that, a team…
Penn Medicine Presenters at the ISHLT 2024 Conference in Prague
Leading experts in lung and heart transplant from Penn Medicine will converge in Prague from April 10-13 for ISHLT’s annual conference. Connecting with peers from around the world, Penn experts will delve into the latest in advanced heart…
Penn Medicine Presents at AAN Annual Meeting 2024
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data on the latest research across the full spectrum of Neurology – including a link between head injury and suicide, potential traumatic brain…
AACR: Educational Video Bridges Men to Prostate Cancer Screening Options
As part of a comprehensive effort to improve cancer screenings among diverse communities, Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) Community Outreach and Engagement team developed a culturally sensitive educational video to address…
Tolerance to Morphine Linked to Tiam1-Mediated Maladaptive Plasticity in Spinal Neurons, Study Finds
Morphine and other opioids are vital to treat severe and chronic pain. However, they have two problems — prolonged use creates morphine tolerance, where ever-increasing doses are needed for the same pain relief, and paradoxically, prolonged…
Study from UO Reveals Single-Crop Farming Could Pose Risks to Bees
Mass-blooming, monoculture crop fields don’t seem to reduce the microbial diversity in a bee’s gut, University of Oregon researchers have found in a study of sunflower farms, but they do amplify the spread of infectious parasites.
Their…
New Image Reveals Spiral Magnetic Fields Surrounding Milky Way’s Black Hole, Sagittarius A
In 2022, scientists of the EHT unveiled the first image of Sgr A* – which is approximately 27,000 light-years away from Earth – revealing that the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole looks remarkably similar to M87’s, even though it is more…
Goethe University Frankfurt Researchers Visualize Quantum Effects in Electron Waves
One of the most fundamental interactions in physics is that of electrons and light. In an experiment at Goethe University Frankfurt, scientists have now managed to observe what is known as the Kapitza-Dirac effect for the first time in full…
Brock-Led Research’s Crawford Lake Core to Find Home at Canadian Museum of Nature
The Canadian Museum of Nature will be the permanent home of a freeze core extracted from Crawford Lake during research led by Brock University.
Since the 1970s, Brock scientists have been studying the Milton, Ont., lake’s geology…
Brock Delegation Enhances Partnerships in the Philippines
A Brock delegation embarked on a strategic visit to the Philippines recently to foster global partnerships and advance the University’s reputation for academic excellence on the international stage.
President and Vice-Chancellor Lesley…