Month: April 2020

Credit: World Scientific Never in modern history has the need for medical research been clearer, with COVID-19 roaring just outside ...

Repetitive irradiation with 222nm UVC shown to be non-carcinogenic and safe for sterilizing human skin

Wide ranging antibacterial and antiviral applications in medical fields and daily lifeCredit: Kobe University Joint research between Kobe University and ...

How scientists discovered our sense of place

Credit: World Scientific Have you ever wondered how your brain knows where you are, why your memories are tied to ...

Sandia stimulates marketplace recovery with free technology licenses

Credit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has announced a new, fast-track licensing program to rapidly deploy ...

Annual Review of Public Health uses Subscribe to Open to publish 2020 volume open access

Pilot OA program generates widespread support from institutional subscribersCredit: Annual Reviews Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews is pleased to announce that ...

Pilot study suggests promise of new approach to treat adults with autism and depression

Medical University of South Carolina researchers report early findings in Autism Research suggesting transcranial magnetic stimulation is safe and could ...

Scientists develop new way to identify the sex of sea turtle hatchlings

Study provides crucial step to assess climate change impacts on imperiled turtle speciesCredit: Dana Ralph Unlike humans, sea turtles and ...

Pancreatic cancer blocked by disrupting cellular pH balance

Study findings highlight the potential of targeting pH balance as therapeutic approach to pancreatic cancerCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Scientists at ...

Successful MERS vaccine in mice may hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine

Credit: NIH Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia have developed a vaccine that fully protects ...

Development of a sticker that indicates whether cold-chain food products have gone bad

This sticker creates an image on it when exposed to room temperature; high demand is expected due to rapid growth ...

Lipid gradient that keeps your eyes wet

Credit: Hokkaido University New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye ...

Litter problem at England’s protected coasts

Credit: Marine Conservation Society Beaches in or near England's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have the same levels of litter as ...

New genetic tools expand capacity to investigate microbes

Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences A team of international scientists has developed a suite of more than 200 new ...

MCG’s GEM Lab offering coronavirus testing statewide

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University The Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Laboratory at the Medical College of Georgia Department ...

Fungi found in cotton can decrease root knot nematode galling

Credit: Cesar Valencia Texas A&M University scientists found that a surprising number of fungi naturally associated with cultivated cotton were ...

Stream pollution from mountaintop mining doesn’t stay put in the water

Stream insects and the bankside spiders that eat them carry potentially toxic selenium runoff from water to landCredit: Photo by ...

Development of new system for combatting COVID-19 that can be used for other viruses

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team at The University of Texas ...

Lifestyle trumps geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome

Captive apes' microbiomes more similar to some humans' than to wild apes'Credit: GOUALOUGO TRIANGLE APE PROJECT Apes in U.S. zoos ...

NASA finds heavy rainfall in powerful tropical cyclone Harold

Credit: Credit: JAXA/Jason West, NASA EOSDIS One of NASA's satellites that can measure the rate in which rainfall is occurring ...

Clemson researchers unraveling role of fungi in early childhood dental health