Month: July 2020

Credit: Photo: Zhaohui Shang Have you ever wondered why stars twinkle? It's because turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere makes light ...

Rena Bizios to receive the BioMedSA Award for Innovation in Healthcare and Bioscience

Credit: UTSA Communications (July 30, 2020) -- BioMedSA, the non-profit corporation founded in 2005 to promote and grow San Antonio's ...

Stress and resilience: Improving reproductive health outcomes

Lehigh University researchers study ways to protect families from negative birth outcomes by determining factors that promote resilienceCredit: Lehigh University ...

Inflammation induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction studied in organoids

Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., - July 30, 2020 - The scientists who developed the first 3D multicellular brain organoid with ...

Are cover crops negatively impacting row crops?

Credit: Katja Koehler-Cole Winter cover crops benefit soil health and can suppress weeds in subsequent row crops but may also ...

Report provides new framework for understanding climate risks, impacts to US agriculture

Credit: Joe Mendoza/CSU Photography Agricultural production is highly sensitive to weather and climate, which affect when farmers and land managers ...

UC Riverside and NEI partner to deliver continuing medical education

Content developed by School of Medicine for physicians and other health care professionals includes grand rounds and a journal club ...

Nondestructive positron beams probe damage, support safety advances in radiation environments

Positron annihilation spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy reveal new insights into radiation damage processesCredit: Image credit, Los Alamos National Laboratory. ...

NASA follows potential tropical cyclone 9 into eastern Caribbean

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of ...

Social distancing varies by income in US

Poorer communities face double burden during pandemic as they stay home lessCredit: J.Weill et. al. Wealthier communities went from being ...

Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large

Theory of loop quantum cosmology describes how tiny primordial features account for anomalies at the largest scales of the universeCredit: ...

First results of an upgraded device highlight lithium’s value for producing fusion

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Lithium, the silvery metal that powers smart phones and helps treat bipolar disorders, could ...

Genetically similar fungi cause severe infections in different hospitals

Present in the human digestive tract, species of Candida can cause bloodstream infections in patients in hospital intensive care units; ...

Researchers find therapeutic targets to fight SARS-CoV-2

Credit: Nersisyan, et. al. Researchers from HSE University have developed new approaches for regulating the expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 ...

Slowing down a ‘helper’ cell may someday make vaccines more effective for seniors

A surprising new concept for boosting the power of flu vaccines might also boost future COVID-19 vaccinesCredit: Cincinnati Children's Many ...

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. to publish Applied Biosafety

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 29, 2020--ABSA International has awarded the contract to publish their ...

Breathe easier: ONR helps develop ventilators in fight against COVID-19

Credit: (Photo: University of California San Diego) ARLINGTON, Va.--One of the most dangerous effects of coronavirus is the inability to ...

Hybrid inverter integrates distributed energy resources, supports smart grid function

Credit: Carlos Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed an intelligent ...

Hot urban temperatures and tree transpiration

Credit: Photo by Josephine Baran on Unsplash Shade from urban trees has long been understood to offer respite from the ...

How a crystalline sponge sheds water molecules