Rachel Harrison

Dec 5, 2024 | phys.org | Rachel Harrison

Spotted lanternflies—invasive insects that first landed in the United States a decade ago—are emerging earlier and staying active later each year, according to an analysis of citizen-science data by researchers at New York University. This longer life cycle and shift in activity may be driven in part by cities and their warmer climates.

Nov 19, 2024 | msn.com | Rachel Harrison

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Nov 19, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Rachel Harrison

People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at a younger age are at a higher risk for developing dementia than those diagnosed later in life, according to a study led by researchers at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The findings, published in PLOS ONE, show that the increased risk is especially pronounced among adults with obesity.

Nov 15, 2024 | journals.plos.org | Rachel Harrison

Social learning is learning via observation of, or interaction with, another animal [1]. This definition is broad, and as such social learning can include both the acquisition of novel behaviours to be used over the long-term, such as chimpanzees learning to use moss as a sponge to drink water [2], and the short-term influence of social information on an individual’s behaviour [3], such as bumblebees feeding from the same flower as conspecifics [4].

Nov 14, 2024 | phys.org | Rachel Harrison

Researchers at New York University have devised a mathematical approach to predict the structures of crystals—a critical step in developing many medicines and electronic devices—in a matter of hours using only a laptop, a process that previously took a supercomputer weeks or months. Their novel framework is published in the journal Nature Communications.