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6 Family Activities that Teach Compassion and Understanding

Written by: Myrtle Bautista

Today, more than ever, fostering compassion and understanding within the family unit can often be overlooked. The daily grind can push instilling empathy in our children to the bottom of our priority list. However, teaching essential values and traits not only contributes to their personal development. It also leads to a kinder, more empathetic society and equips them with the right qualities to ensure success in life. (more…)

Discovery of new plant protein fold may be seed for anti-cancer drugs

Health

University of Michigan researchers are celebrating their discovery of a new plant biochemistry and its unusual ability to form cyclic peptides—molecules that hold promise in pharmaceuticals as they can bind to challenging drug targets. (more…)

Klimawandel: 5 Mrd. Dollar Schaden für US-Skiindustrie

Environment

Zum ersten Mal wurde in einer Studie der wirtschaftliche Schaden des Klimawandels für die Skiindustrie geschätzt. Die Studie der Universität Innsbruck und der University of Waterloo in Kanada deckt auf, dass die volkswirtschaftlichen Verluste der US-Skiindustrie durch den vom Menschen verursachten Klimawandel in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten mehr als 5 Milliarden US-Dollar betrugen. (more…)

Hannah Doyle: Studying brains in the lab and showing brawn in the ring

Education, Science

The Brown neuroscience Ph.D. student and competitive boxer researches how the brain processes combinations — like the ones she practices at the gym — to better understand cognitive disorders.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — When competitive boxer Hannah Doyle throws punches in the ring, she knows precisely what her brain is doing to enable her body to string together sequences like jab, cross, hook, cross — and other winning combinations. (more…)

How a team of students uses technology to preserve and share Black history

Politics

The Center for Digital Humanities partners with clients such as the Tucson Center for Black Life to both preserve historical artifacts and make them widely available as digital exhibits. (more…)

Forschende entdecken neuartigen antibiotischen Wirkstoff in menschlicher Nase

Health

An der Universität Tübingen wurde erstmals der Wirkstoff Epifadin isoliert – Epifadin wird von bestimmten Bakterien in der Nase und auf der Haut des Menschen produziert, ist antibiotisch wirksam und der erste Vertreter einer bisher unbekannten Wirkstoffklasse. (more…)

Why two prehistoric sharks found in Ohio got new names

Science

Research leads to rediscovery of forgotten fossils

Until recently, Orthacanthus gracilis could have been considered the “John Smith” of prehistoric shark names, given how common it was. (more…)

Small wonders, big potential

Science

UD microbiology graduate program unleashes the power of tiny creatures

In life, some of nature’s most fearsome creatures and most helpful friends are with us all the time. They are everywhere around us, and even inside of us, happily living their microbial dreams. (more…)