Grant to support research into grape downy mildew
Credit: Kaitlin Gold, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - The climate in New York state is ideal for cultivating many grape ...
Month: June 2020
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers create new type of COVID-19 antibody test
Scientists created a test that pinpoints human antibodies specific to a unique part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The test ...
Free online tool will enable farmers to deliver environmental benefits
E-Planner helps decision-making over which agri-environment options to introduce and where they are likely to work bestCredit: UKCEH A free ...
New book criticizes UK for no regulation & protection for advanced nurse practitioners
APNs and co-writers Dr Melanie Rogers and Annabella Gloster provided a chapter on the development of the role in the ...
Scientists carry out first space-based measurement of neutron lifetime
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from ...
Simulations reveal interplay between scent marking and disease spread
Accounting for individual animal movement could boost understanding of emerging infectious diseasesCredit: Martyn Smith, Flickr In a new mathematical model ...
Treat early or wait? Experts ponder best way to manage milder forms of spinal muscular atrophy
German researchers question 2018 American recommendations regarding when to start treatment in children projected to have less severe disease and ...
PNNL waives fee to test-drive portfolio of intellectual property
Special exploratory license agreement designed to spur economic recoveryCredit: Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash. -- As ...
To help West Virginia reopen safely, WVU researchers develop new COVID-19 tests
Credit: West Virginia University COVID-19 tests are in short supply. The companies that make the necessary chemicals--called reagents--can't keep up ...
Adult stem cell study shows fish oil may help with depression
UIC researchers use stem cells from adults with depression to test treatmentsCredit: UIC A study published in Molecular Psychiatry shows ...
Putting ‘super’ in natural killer cells
Deleting an inhibitory gene in natural killer cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells is found to boost their anti-tumor ...
The disease pyramid: Environment, pathogen, individual and microbiome
The body's own bacteria and viruses influence diseases in amphibiansCredit: Dirk Schmeller Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and ...
Soil biology research can help create a more sustainable future
Credit: Ru. Hartnop, from the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas Soils are home to more than 25 percent of the earth's ...
A novel mechanism that triggers a cellular immune response
Credit: National Cancer Institute Viruses and other disease-causing microbes influence the type of immune response their hosts will develop against ...
Free training manual will help health providers diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome
Pan American Health Organization providing international platform for workbookCredit: University of Nebraska Medical Center Omar Rahman, M.D., director of the ...
Cost, distance from hospitals present barriers to surgical care
Rutgers study in Colombia can be used as a model to address health disparities worldwideCredit: Rutgers University A Rutgers-led study ...
Rice engineers offer smart, timely ideas for AI bottlenecks
Researchers present energy-saving designs for data-intensive computer processingCredit: Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 11, 2020) -- Rice University researchers have ...
Promising path found for COVID-19 therapeutics
Team of UGA scientists building on previous SARS researchCredit: UGA Athens, Ga. - A team of researchers at the University ...
Makor computing society releases statement on security for virtual meetings
Credit: Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery's US Technology Policy Committee (USTPC) recently released a new Statement ...
Refugee children get better health, nutrition via e-vouchers
Credit: John Hoddinott, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Electronic food vouchers provided young Rohingya children in Bangladeshi refugee camps with ...
