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My grandmother was a Holocaust survivor from Kostopol, Ukraine. Years after she passed away, I was trying to learn more about her life before the war—something I knew very little about. When I found a book called "Sefer Kostopol"—Hebrew for "Book of Kostopol"—I hoped to find her
New research by a Florida State University professor in the Herbert Wertheim College of Business finds that America's increasingly polarized political system reaches far beyond the ballot box, creating greater uncertainty and higher costs for companies.
To limit further climate change, researchers are exploring technologies that can convert atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) into useful products. In collaboration with BOKU University in Vienna (Austria), researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have dem
The gender balance among the top scorers on Advanced Placement exams tends to track the gender balance among students taking those tests, according to a new study led by the University of Georgia.
In Australia, around 2,000 people are on the waiting list to receive an organ transplant, but thanks to new research being undertaken at the University of New England (UNE), this number could someday be significantly reduced.
High on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, the ground stays frozen, with only the top few meters melting each summer. Although the region is warming about twice as fast as the global average, a new study finds that more than a third of its permafrost, mainly in the central plateau, has
Dead tree branches are by no means static but move throughout the day. Geoinformatics researchers at Heidelberg University tracked these movements in a study conducted in cooperation with the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI).
Scientists discover the immune system’s hidden sense of touch and more — today's student signal.
Scientists at McGill University have discovered a surprising new ability of immune cells that could change how we understand long-term immunity. Researchers found that T cells can actually sense how stiff their surrounding tissues are, using these physical signals to help determi
Rainfall reductions of up to 80% and torrential precipitation leading to severe flooding and landslides are the expected consequences across different areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from the impact of the El Niño phenomenon in 2027, according to a report co-authored by
Hula hooping may be literal child's play, but as it turns out, the physics behind the gym-class staple is so complicated that scientists have spent decades trying to understand how the hula hoop defies gravity.
Envision a material whose magnetic properties and electronic topology can be toggled by exposure to light, paving the way for future electronic devices that do not rely on traditional electrical switching, which wastes energy by producing heat.
Stories of wandering spirits and the restless dead were common in the Middle Ages. These ghostly encounters were recorded in a wide variety of medieval literature.
During a recent expedition aboard the research vessel David Packard, MBARI scientists encountered a rarely seen barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma). This sighting is MBARI's 11th observation of this unique deep-sea fish with a transparent head.
Weather drones are being tested to help update forecasts of extreme weather more quickly, and could help us prepare earlier for upcoming winter storms.
Plant hormones influence growth and development by acting on specific cells and tissues. However, determining precisely where and when a hormone needs to act has been challenging because conventional hormone treatment generally activates signaling throughout the plant.
Scientists at Bournemouth University (BU) have solved a 150-year-old mystery about the identity of an extinct giant crane that lived in Europe over 20,000 years ago. The work is published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
How cells are arranged within tissue can reveal as much about disease as the cells themselves. When doctors examine a cancer tumor, for example, they don't just look at which cells are present; they also want to know how those cells are arranged and how they interact with each ot
Relocating amphibians and reptiles to protect them from development rarely leads to long-term conservation success, a new UBC-led global review has found. The findings highlight the importance of habitat protection rather than relying on moving animals out of harm's way.
A team of researchers has produced the first global, three-dimensional estimates of the sun's magnetic field, including the area beyond the sun's visible edge. This marks a step toward more accurate models of solar activity—and ultimately, better predictions of solar magnetic eru
A new AI system that NYU Fire Research Group describes as a digital twin of an active wildfire has, in early testing, shown the ability to forecast how a fire will spread in near real time.
Cells naturally send tiny packages to one another to share information. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a simple, low-cost way to turn those packages into drug carriers that can deliver treatments directly to cancer cells, potentially improving effectiven
What happens to smoke particles after sunset can depend strongly on something as familiar as the amount of water in the air. New research from Md. Sohel Rana and Marcelo I. Guzman at the University of Kentucky shows that relative humidity can redirect the chemical pathways involv
My grandmother was a Holocaust survivor from Kostopol, Ukraine. Years after she passed away, I was trying to learn more about her life before the war—something I knew very little about. When I found a book called "Sefer Kostopol"—Hebrew for "Book of Kostopol"—I hoped to find her
