• Research show oysters could help clean up the reef through filtration

    Scientists have found oysters could be very useful in gobbling up nutrient pollution from tropical waterways, including the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Researchers create nanostructures for efficient and sustainable degradation of pollutants

    The need for sustainable and environment-friendly solutions has accelerated the global demand for green and renewable technologies. In this regard, semiconductor photocatalysts have emerged as an attractive solution, owing to their potential in mitigating pollutants and harnessing solar energy efficiently. Photocatalysts are materials that initiate chemical reactions when exposed to light.

  • Research reveals tools to make STEM degrees more affordable

    In a new study in Issues in Science and Technology, Dominique J. Baker, an associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development and the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration at the University of Delaware, has explored the role of student loans on hopeful students striving for college degrees, particularly in STEM.

  • WizardLM 2 open source LLM from Microsoft Research

    The development team at Microsoft Research has launched a second-generation version of its Wizard large language model which is now available to access and provides performance, versatility, and adherence to ethical guidelines. WizardLM 2 has showcased remarkable performance across a wide range of applications, from programming assistance to creative writing. Its ability to excel in […]

  • Grants aim to speed women’s health research

    Gov. Maura Healey announced nearly $3 million in grant funding for 15 projects aiming to bolster women’s health research, including on diseases that disproportionately impact women.

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    Here’s what marijuana researchers have to say about 420 or ‘weed day’

    It’s 420 or “weed day,” and people around the world will be paying homage to their favorite guilty pleasure: marijuana. Currently, 24 states, two territories and the District of Columbia in the United States have legalized marijuana for recreational use, making it that much easier for people to take a toke or pop an edible at 4:20 p.m. on April 20 (if not all day). But not everyone joins in on the 420 festivities. Some scientists who study weed have become increasingly concerned about the...

  • UIC students to present research at C2E2 comics expo

    UIC students will present research stemming from their graphic novel course at the Chicago C2E2 comic convention April 26

  • Production to begin of innovative fuel for German research reactor

    France's Framatome and Germany's Technical University of Munich have agreed to establish the industrialisation process for the manufacture of monolithic molybdenum-uranium fuel for the university's FRM II research reactor. Framatome noted this low-enriched fuel will benefit from the highest uranium fuel density ever realised in Europe for research reactor operations.

  • THL research: Fewer people gamble, but more of them are problem gamblers

    Fresh research suggests that more than 150,000 people in Finland suffer from gambling problems. Young men are the largest risk group.

  • Old Sheriffs Museum and Research Center officially opens.

    FORT DAVIS, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The ribbon cutting for The Old Sheriffs Museum and Research Center means it is officially open to the public! According to leaders with the center, "The Old Sheriffs Museum and Research Center came about because Carl C. Williams, a retired Brewster County Sheriff, and his friend Ben Medley, the son []

  • Research team resolves decades-long problem in microscopy

    When viewing biological samples with a microscope, the light beam is disturbed if the lens of the objective is in a different medium than the sample. For example, when looking at a watery sample with a lens surrounded by air, the light rays bend more sharply in the air around the lens than in the water.

  • Research reveals a surprising topological reversal in quantum systems

    In principle, one shouldn't compare apples to oranges. However, in topology, which is a branch of mathematics, one must do just that. Apples and oranges, it turns out, are said to be topologically the same since they both lack a hole—in contrast to doughnuts or coffee cups, for instance, which both have one (the handle in the case of the cup), and thus are topologically equal.