by Aiden Tuan | Feb 20, 2025 | ScienceWire
Uncertainty plagues researchers in the Pacific Northwest region, which Lisa Stiffler covers in the wake of the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze funding for federal grants. While a federal judge has blocked the Office of Management and Budget’s memorandum on...
by Aiden Tuan | Feb 20, 2025 | ScienceWire
For Oregon State University, Nancy Steinberg writes about a deep examination into the minerals that are critical to many of modern day inventions. Despite the global shift towards renewables and other green technologies, we are still dependent on the minerals that...
by Aiden Tuan | Feb 20, 2025 | ScienceWire
A story by member Hannah Hickey explores a theory by University of Washington researchers that whale poop is beneficial to the fostering of marine life. While whales, feasting upon incredible amounts of krill, were once thought to limit their population, studies have...
by Aiden Tuan | Feb 20, 2025 | ScienceWire
In their write-up for the Allen Institute, Rachel Tompa shines light on an innovative immune profiling technology called Cryoscape that will aid researchers, clinicians, and patients in crossing a significant roadblock in testing: blood preservation. Blood often...
by Susan Keown | Jan 19, 2025 | ScienceWire
Now on sale from Penguin RandomHouse is Vince Beiser’s new book, “Power Metal: The Race for the Resources that Will Shape the Future.” From the publisher: “The powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental...
by Susan Keown | Jan 19, 2025 | ScienceWire
A story in Nature by new member Emma Marris sheds light on the archeological mystery of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture, which flourished for over two thousand years at the end of the Stone Age in parts of what is now Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania. Archeological clues...
