Commonly used antibiotics may lead to heart problems
Credit: UBC Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of ...
Month: September 2019
Land restoration in Latin America shows big potential for climate change mitigation
Deforestation and Amazon fires grab headlines but 150-plus restoration projects in Latin America show where considerable advances at tackling climate ...
Blink and you’ll miss it
Researchers use light to control high-speed chemical reactions in a new wayCredit: © 2019 Kato et al. Many natural and ...
Inspired by natural signals in living cells, researchers design artificial gas detector
Tiny box puts itself together and glowsCredit: Zhan et al., CC-BY A cube one-fortieth the size of a human red ...
Scientists discover hidden differences among cells that may help them evade drug therapy
The discovery by UMD researchers suggests 'functional mosaicism' could explain some antibiotic resistance and cancer relapseCredit: Snusha Ravikumar/University of Maryland ...
Male Trinidad guppies find food thanks to females
Credit: Lysanne Snijders For male Trinidad Guppies applies: if you are hungry, seek female company. A recent study led by ...
Volker Burkert named Virginia Outstanding Scientist
Credit: DOE's Jefferson Lab For more than 30 years, Volker Burkert has made his home in the Commonwealth of Virginia ...
Lithuanian scientists contributed to creating the record-breaking solar cell
Tandem perovskite-CIGS solar cells, produced as a result of the collaboration between Lithuanian and German researchers, have reached an efficiency ...
Warriors Research Institute expands telehealth to Texas veterans and their families
Baylor Scott & White Research Institute program receives grant for statewide expansionCredit: Baylor Scott & White Health Warriors Research Institute, ...
Malaria could be felled by an Antarctic sea sponge
Credit: Bill Baker The frigid waters of the Antarctic may yield a treatment for a deadly disease that affects populations ...
NASA-NOAA satellite’s night-time look at Tropical Storm Kiko
Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the early hours of Sept. 12 and ...
VISTA unveils a new image of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: ESO/VMC Survey The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is one of our nearest galactic neighbors, at only 163 000 ...
New health monitors are flexible, transparent and graphene enabled
Credit: ICFO New technological devices are prioritizing non-invasive tracking of vital signs not only for fitness monitoring, but also for ...
Nonphysician providers rarely interpret diagnostic imaging — except radiography, fluoroscopy
American Journal of Roentgenology researchers studying more than two decades of Medicare claims discover nurse practitioners and physician assistants rarely ...
Texas Biomed researchers pinpoint why HIV patients are more likely to develop tuberculosis
Discovery could lead to new added therapy for HIV patientsCredit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (September 11, 2019) ...
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP tracks fire and smoke from two continents
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA, Colin Seftor Wherever fires are burning around the world NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite's Ozone Mapping and Profiler ...
Gemini observatory captures multicolor image of first-ever interstellar comet
Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini Observatory in ...
GPM analyzes rainfall in Bahamas from potential Tropical Cyclone 9
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL As the Bahamas continue to recover from Category 5 hurricane Dorian, a new developing tropical cyclone is bringing ...
Researchers identify focus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths
Credit: Larochelle MR et al. (2019). Touchpoints: Opportunities to Predict and Prevent Opioid Overdose. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.06.039 Boston ...
Diet impacts the sensitivity of gut microbiome to antibiotics, mouse study finds
Credit: Belenky Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Antibiotics save countless lives each year from harmful bacterial infections -- ...
