Last supper: Fish use sharp barbs and spines to fight off hungry seals
Credit: David Hocking What price are you willing to pay for food? As humans, we face this challenge each time ...
Month: May 2020
AI-supported test for very early signs of glaucoma progression
Credit: UCL/Western Eye Hospital A new test can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the current gold standard method, ...
Found: Neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress
This circuit could be a key target for treating stress-related disorders such as panic disorder and PTSD.Credit: Kazuhiro Nakamura Researchers ...
SFU professor’s invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators
Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help ...
Window to another world: Life is bubbling up to seafloor with petroleum from deep below
Credit: Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen WOODS HOLE, Mass. --The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder ...
Researchers develop ‘piggyback’ method to improve drug delivery of RNA therapeutics
Their platform has shown to downregulate critical genes in cancer cells, and could be used for other genetic diseasesCredit: Neil ...
Long-lasting, low toxicity antimicrobial peptide fights ‘superbug’ lung infections
Credit: B. Deslouches/Pitt PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2020 - Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...
Sustainable structural material for plastic substitute
Credit: Shu-Hong Yu Plastic is a kind of widely used artificial material. The invention of plastic gives us a lightweight, ...
Study finds natural fires help native bees, improve food security
Native bees are increasingly important to food growersCredit: Lauren Ponisio / UCR Native bees that boost food crops are in ...
Aromatherapy may reduce nurses’ stress, WVU researcher suggests
Credit: Jennifer Shephard/West Virginia University Even under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates ...
First direct look at how light excites electrons to kick off a chemical reaction
Light-driven reactions are at the heart of human vision, photosynthesis and solar power generation; seeing the very first step opens ...
Free use of Kudos Pro to help researchers keep communicating during pandemic disruption
Credit: Kudos Innovations Ltd For immediate release - Oxford, UK - May 1st, 2020 - Kudos, the award-winning service for ...
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infects cells of the intestine
Credit: Joep Beumer, copyright Hubrecht Institue Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, and ...
USC professor Andrew P. McMahon elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Credit: Jill McMahon Andrew P. McMahon -- who is the W.M. Keck Provost and University Professor in USC's departments of ...