Month: May 2020

A new paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.Credit: Kazan Federal University As we know, ...

Virus prevalence associated with habitat

Study of Caribbean lobsters sheds light on disease and fragile ecosystemsCredit: Charlotte Eve Davies/Swansea University Virus prevalence associated with habitat: ...

New device quickly detects lithium ions in blood of bipolar disorder patients

Credit: Komatsu T. et al., ACS Sensors, April 23, 2020 A group of Hokkaido University researchers has developed a paper-based ...

Coastal engineers: ‘Thinkers’ facing rising seas

The latest theories and applied examples stemming from the authors' 48 years of experience in teaching, research and practice as ...

Ocean waves play a critical role in shaping our economy, weather and climate

Turns out, it's all in the waterCredit: World Scientific The design of coastal structures, the safety of offshore shipping, the ...

Sex as stress management in microbes

Credit: Valerio Vitali Why is sex so popular? The question of why so many organisms reproduce sexually has mystified evolutionary ...

New mobile health tool measures hemoglobin without drawing blood

Smartphone-based technique can help doctors assess anemia and blood disordersCredit: Young Kim, Purdue University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a ...

The ins and outs of sex change in medaka fish

Credit: TANAKA. Larval nutrition plays a role in determining the sexual characteristics of Japanese rice fish, also called medaka (Oryzias ...

Selfie stick and fishing rod shed first light on ancient reptile

Credit: Nikolay Zverkov The skeleton of an extinct 'fish lizard' locked in a glass case over 16ft from the ground ...

Airway Therapeutics, Celonic Group partner to produce AT-100 as candidate for coronavirus

AT-100 production expected to begin in JuneCredit: Airway Therapeutics CINCINNATI, OH & BASEL, Switzerland (May 20, 2020) - Airway Therapeutics, ...

Before COVID-19 100+ experts identified top threats & opportunities for global health

New US Pharmacopeia and MIT Center for Collective Intelligence report examines outlook for the future of medical breakthroughsCredit: U.S. Pharmacopeia ...

New gravitational-wave model can bring neutron stars into even sharper focus

Credit: University of Birmingham Gravitational-wave researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new model that promises to yield ...

Overcoming challenges of individuals with autism during the COVID-19 pandemic

University of Miami Health System researchers publish commentary in Lancet PsychiatryCredit: University of Miami Health System The COVID-19 pandemic is ...

IVI to strengthen COVID-19 surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa with support from Sweden

IVI will leverage its network of infectious disease surveillance sites to conduct epidemiological studies of COVID-19 in Madagascar and Burkina ...

Study: Ancient ocean oxygen levels associated with changing atmospheric carbon dioxide

A Texas A&M-led study analyzed ocean floor sediment cores to provide new insights into the relationship between deep ocean oxygenation ...

nTIDE May 2020 Special Report: Workers with disabilities in the COVID economy

Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Special Report--featuring economist Andrew Houtenville, PhD, and disability employment expert John O'Neill, ...

Tip of the iceberg: Existing racial inequalities in death from COVID-19 will soar

Credit: Florida Atlantic University As is the case with most fatal diseases, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is already taking a disproportionate ...

Potentially treatable genetic mutations revealed in subset of prostate cancer patients

Next-generation gene sequencing finds mutations in patients resistant to PSMA-targeting therapyCredit: Images created by C Kratochwil and CP Heussel et ...

Untangling a key step in photosynthetic oxygen production

Understanding nature's process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy from sunlight ...

Study indicates the need to revise the protocol for detecting Zika in placenta