Single-use N95 respirators can be decontaminated and used again, study finds
Scientists hope new methods can mitigate the chronic shortage of personal protective equipmentCredit: CDC/Debora Cartagena N95 respirators, which are widely ...
Month: August 2020
Genomes published for major agricultural weeds
Credit: Steve Bowe, BASF URBANA, Ill. - Representing some of the most troublesome agricultural weeds, waterhemp, smooth pigweed, and Palmer ...
NIAID establishes centers for research in emerging infectious diseases
Global network to focus on spillover potentialCredit: NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the ...
Evidence of hibernation-like state in Antarctic animal
Researchers discover Fossil evidence of 'hibernation-like' state in tusks of 250-million-year-old Antarctic animalCredit: Crystal Shin Among the many winter survival ...
CSU’s Kyle Horton leads $1 million NSF project to study migratory birds and bats
Credit: Kyle Horton/Colorado State University A colony of more than one million Mexican free-tailed bats make their home under a ...
How sticklebacks dominate perch
Analysis reveals waves of stickleback domination along the Baltic coastCredit: Mårten Erlandsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences A research project ...
Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs
Credit: Photo by Richard Brooks, Lightning Strike Media Productions, Palau. Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals' ...
South African wildlife management/conservation models do not protect carnivores equally
UMass Amherst population ecologist contributed statistical expertise to wildlife studyCredit: Gonçalo Curveira-Santos AMHERST, Mass. - In results released this week, ...
A spatial regime shift to stickleback dominance
Credit: Photo: Joakim Hansen/Azote Large numbers of three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over larger parts of the Baltic Sea's coastal ...
FEFU scientists are paving way for future tiny electronics and gadgets
Credit: Christian Wiediger, @christianw; Unsplash Scientists of the School of Natural Sciences of Far Eastern Federal University (SNS FEFU) with ...
Gout treatment may aid patients with congenital heart disease
University of Cincinnati cardiologist says pilot study shows promise, but a larger trial is neededCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Creative ...
High walk and bike scores associated with greater crash risk
Walkable zones often home to attractive destinations -- creating conflicts among road usersCredit: UBC Neighbourhoods with high bikeability and walkability ...
Scientists establish first lethal mouse model for COVID-19
Mice engineered for SARS-1 studies repurposed for novel coronavirusCredit: Joseph W. Golden and Xiankun Zeng, USAMRIID Army scientists have developed ...
AI as good as the average radiologist in identifying breast cancer
Credit: Martin Stenmark Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden have compared the ability of three different ...
Duchenne: “Crosstalk” between muscle and spleen
Researchers at the Universities of Maynooth and Bonn discover a new connection in muscular dystrophyCredit: © Maynooth University Duchenne muscular ...
UVA-developed artificial pancreas effective for children ages 6-13, study finds
Credit: Tandem Diabetes Care An artificial pancreas originally developed at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology safely and ...
Vertebral body tethering shows clinical success as treatment for scoliosis
Study finds more than 90% of patients avoided mobility-limiting spinal fusion procedureCredit: Justin Kelley, MU Health Care Scoliosis is the ...
Engineers use heat-free technology to make metallic replicas of a rose’s surface texture
Credit: Photo courtesy of Martin Thuo and his research group. AMES, Iowa - Nature has worked for eons to perfect ...
A chiral surprise in the rainforest
Reversed ratio of chiral volatile organic compounds over the Amazon rainforest reveal insects as unexplored important source of forest emissionsCredit: ...
Princeton plays major role in new $115 million quantum science center
Credit: Image courtesy of Nathalie de Leon, Princeton University Princeton University will have a major leadership role in one of ...
