Month: August 2020

Finding could lead to genetic tests that identify infants at risk for the diseaseCredit: NIAID WHAT: New research supported by ...

People power and satellites help scientists study climate impacts on Antarctic seals

Credit: Credit: Ursala Rack A New Zealand-led international study of the crabeater seal population in Antarctica aims to understand environmental ...

German-Argentinean doctoral program bears first fruits

Credit: Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral The programme is funded by the German-Argentinean University Centre (DAHZ-CUAA). Dr. Regina Mencia from ...

How people and ecosystems fit together on the Great Barrier Reef

Credit: Graeme Cumming A world-first study examining the scales of management of the Great Barrier Reef has the potential to ...

200 000 years ago, humans preferred to kip cozy

Humans prepared beds to sleep on right at the dawn of our species -- over 200 000 years agoCredit: A. ...

Remains of 17th century bishop support neolithic emergence of tuberculosis

Bishop Peder Winstrup of Lund, Sweden passed away in the winter of 1679 at the age of 74 and was ...

The flax wilt agent has been sequenced

Researchers to sequence and assemble genome of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini, a highly destructive fungal parasite infecting flaxCredit: Peter the ...

Patients’ access to opioid treatment cumbersome

Pregnant women less likely to receive treatmentCredit: Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy Women are having a difficult time getting ...

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide lens for high resolution imaging

Credit: by Han Lin, Zai-Quan Xu, Guiyuan Cao, Yupeng Zhang, Jiadong Zhou, Ziyu Wang, Zhichen Wan, Zheng Liu, Kian Ping ...

Achieving highly efficient ammonia synthesis by altering the rate-determining step

Credit: ©Science China Press Ammonia is a generic precursor for the manufacture of essential fertilizer and most nitrogen-containing organic chemicals. ...

Machine learning in sustainable chemistry

Research fellowship for Iranian scientistCredit: Mohammad Alaraby Salem, Paderborn University Dr S. Alireza Ghasemi, a physicist at Paderborn University, has ...

This online calculator can predict your stroke risk, study finds

Credit: UVA Health Doctors can predict patients' risk for ischemic stroke based on the severity of their metabolic syndrome, a ...

Newly identified gut cells nurture lymph capillaries

Understanding the mechanisms that impair lymphatics growth and fat digestion in the small intestineCredit: IBS You have just enjoyed a ...

UMD discovers a new role for a well-known molecule as a plant hormone

Findings have implications for seed production and crop yield and could help rewrite textbooks, translating to practical applications for plant ...

Unread second-opinion radiology reports waste health care resources

AJR finds clinicians not reading a considerable proportion (11.4%) of second-opinion radiology reports, especially sonography, pediatrics, interventional radiologyCredit: American Roentgen ...

To understand the machinery of life, this scientist breaks it on purpose

By tinkering with some of life's oldest components, a group of astrobiologists hopes to find clues about how life emerged. ...

Busting Up the Infection Cycle of Hepatitis B

Researchers at UD use supercomputer to gain insights into virus's genetic blueprintCredit: Photo courtesy of Jodi Hadden-Perilla Researchers at the ...

Engineered capsids for efficient gene delivery to the eye

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 13, 2020--A rational design approach created novel variants of adeno-associated ...

Reconstructing global climate through Earth’s history

Credit: Syracuse University A key component when forecasting what the Earth's climate might look like in the future is the ...

Researchers assemble first comprehensive list of Panama’s trees with geographic ranges