Outsmarting the enemy: Treefrogs rely on illusions to find a mate without being eaten
Credit: Purdue University photo/Henry Legett Treefrogs become easy targets for predators and parasites when they send mating calls, but they're ...
Month: May 2020
Mats made from nanofibers linked to a red wine chemical could help prevent oxidation
Texas A&M engineering researchers have created mesh-like mats made with tannic acid; used in bandages or inside food storage containers, ...
Scientists shed light on essential carbon-fixing machinery in bacteria
Credit: Jeffrey C. Cameron Scientists have been studying cyanobacteria and its many potential applications for decades, from cutting CO2 emissions ...
Unplanned extubations in preterm infants leads to poor outcomes, increased care costs
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Unplanned extubations in adult and pediatric populations have long been associated with poor clinical outcomes ...
Oncotarget: Loss of p16 and high Ki67 labeling index is associated with poor outcome
Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 12 reported that the p16 tumor suppressor is coded by CDKN2A and plays an important role ...
Shedding new light on nanolasers using 2D semiconductors
A physics process yielding low-power nanolasers in 2D semiconductor materials could be a game-changer for high speed communicationsCredit: Graphic by ...
Possible vaccine for virus linked to type 1 diabetes
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman According to many observations, certain virus infections may play a part in the autoimmune attack that leads ...
Blood thinners may improve survival among hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with anticoagulants--blood thinners that slow down clotting--may improve their chances of ...
Fly ash geopolymer concrete: Significantly enhanced resistance to extreme alkali attack
Credit: Dr Abdolhossein Naghizadeh, University of Johannesburg. Fly ash generated by coal-fired power stations is an environmental headache, creating groundwater ...
Division of labour on the surface of bacteria
Heat-loving bacteria use various tiny surface hairs for movement and DNA receptionCredit: aduka, Agency Frankfurt am Main(www.aduka.de) for Goethe University ...
Keck Medicine of USC launches clinical trial to study anti-inflammatory drug as treatment for COVID-19
Samples from trial also will be used in a study to develop biomarkers to identify patients at risk for severe ...
Research found a new way to make functional materials based on polymers of metal clusters
Credit: Peng Yuan/Xiamen University Researchers at the universities of Jyvaskyla (Finland) and Xiamen (China) have discovered a novel way to ...
Antioxidant reverses damage to fertility caused by exposure to bisphenol A
A study shows that administering coenzyme Q10 reverses damage done to germinative cells by BPA, a contaminant found in many ...
New rules for the physical basis of cellular organelle composition
Credit: the researchers New findings about critical cellular structures have upended common assumptions about their formation and composition and provided ...
Children don’t know how to get proper nutrition information online
Kids need to be trained on how to find child-specific information from credible sources, according to a study in the ...
New single-cell technologies help scientists understand COVID-19 disease progression
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards $750,000 to researchers studying basic biology of SARS-CoV2Credit: Image by Mark Snyder Today, the Chan Zuckerberg ...
George Mason University Health College continues NSF funded study of coronaviruses
National Science Foundation grant enables Dr. Amira Roess to continue to investigate Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV2) and related coronavirusesCredit: ...
Pure red LEDs fulfill a primary goal
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Making pure red LEDs from nitride crystals is a goal that has so far frustrated engineers. ...
Fiber optics capture seismic signatures of the rose parade
Credit: Seismological Research Letters Yes, there's a prize for the most beautiful flower-filled float in the Rose Parade each year, ...
Lyin’ eyes: Butterfly, moth eyespots may look the same, but likely evolved separately
Credit: Andrei Sourakov/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The iconic eyespots that some moths and butterflies use to ward off predators ...
