NSF supports project to demystify communication in plants
Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Tracking the role of messenger RNA, or mRNA, through plants is like ...
Month: July 2020
Quitline plus surgery are big motivators for giving up smoking
Surgery clinics provide unique opportunities for encouraging healthy changesCredit: UC Regents / UC Davis Health Smokers who have thoracic surgery ...
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protects upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
NIAID-led study of mRNA vaccine supports advance to phase 3 human trialsCredit: NIAID WHAT: Two doses of an experimental vaccine ...
University of Cincinnati ergonomics expert says work smarter at home
Sit up, raise the screen, pad the chairCredit: Photo by Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand. Taking a few minutes to ...
For rufous hummingbirds, migration looks different depending on age and sex
Credit: Jim Livaudais CORVALLIS, Ore. - Plucky, beautiful and declining in numbers at about a 2% annual rate, the rufous ...
Microbiologists clarify relationship between microbial diversity and soil carbon storage
UMass Amherst study finds more diverse soils did perform better, but drought stress is a limiting factorCredit: UMass Amherst/Luiz A. ...
Alzheimer’s protein in blood indicates early brain changes
Promising target for blood-based diagnostic testCredit: Matt Miller Two decades or more before symptoms arise, plaques of a sticky protein ...
Randomized study for treatment of COVID pneumonia uses cystic fibrosis drug dornase alfa
Drug may break up 'neutrophil extracellular traps,' or NETs, which contribute to lung inflammation and thicken mucusCredit: Lucas de Meglio ...
UMass Amherst biologists zero in on cells’ environmental sensing mechanism
A new collaboration advances Evo-Devo, the fields of evolution and developmentCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Evolutionary and developmental biologist ...
Mental fatigue of multiple sclerosis linked to inefficient recruitment of neural resources
Using fMRI and a modified Symbol Digit Modalities Test, MS experts at Kessler Foundation found significant differences in effects of ...
Computational gene study suggests new pathway for COVID-19 inflammatory response
Credit: Jason Smith/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Analyses of lung fluid cells from COVID-19 patients conducted on the nation's fastest ...
NASA’s Terra Satellite finds wind shear weakening Tropical Storm Douglas
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Former Hurricane Douglas has encountered strong wind shear after passing the Hawaiian Islands and has now weakened ...
Continuous biomarker monitoring for personalised medicine
ERC Proof of Concept Grant for development of multi-analyte test stripCredit: RUB, Kramer Similar to blood sugar, various biomarkers could ...
Oldest South American fossil lizard discovered in Brazil
The animal was approximately 10 cm long and lived more than 130 million years ago in what is now the ...
Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply
Credit: Image: JAMSTEC KINGSTON, R.I., -- July 28, 2020 -- For decades, scientists have gathered ancient sediment samples from below ...
Shrinking dwarves
As a result of climate change, soil animals are getting smaller, and their numbers are falling due to intensive land ...
Discovery will allow more sophisticated work at nanoscale
New method of fluid gating has implications for drug delivery, power generation and other usesCredit: ACS Applied Nano Materials The ...
Iowa State University scientists examine reproductive effects of glyphosate in mice
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - Exposure to the chemical glyphosate changed the level of some ovarian ...
SwRI, UTSA researchers work to better understand hypersonic flight environments
Project will utilize laser-induced fluorescence to determine the air flow patterns and chemical breakdown of the air surrounding hypersonic objectsCredit: ...
Study pinpoints women who benefit less from 3D mammograms
Digital breast tomosynthesis improves cancer detection and reduces recalls, but women with extremely dense breasts don't fully realize that advantage.Credit: ...
