Genome duplications as evolutionary adaptation strategy
Researchers study relationship of morphological variation and biological diversity in plantsCredit: Photo: Marcus Koch Genome duplications play a major role ...
Month: September 2020
A history of the Anti-vaxxer movement
New MIT Press book from Jonathan Berman challenges a misinformed movementCredit: The MIT PRESS Vaccines are a documented success story, ...
Rutherford County’s Rachel Painter garners National Honor
Painter awarded with National Master Gardener Distinguished Early Career Coordinator AwardCredit: Image courtesy UTIA. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - A University of ...
Likely molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis are revealed by network biology
These molecular insights may foster effective therapies using existing drugs for patients with COVID-19.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Viral and ...
Ambitious project spanning 5 states, 8 institutions will focus on intermittent streams
Credit: Carla Atkinson LAWRENCE -- A major new research project headquartered at the University of Kansas will investigate how intermittent ...
Deep learning helps explore the structural and strategic bases of autism?
Credit: KAIST and IEEE Spectrum (Image usage restrictions: News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as ...
Halt post-disturbance logging in forests
Credit: (Photo: Simon Thorn / University of Wuerzburg) Storms, fires, bark beetles: Many forests around the world are increasingly affected ...
NASA finds Tropical Storm Lowell’s center north of strongest side
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to identify strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Tropical ...
Generational shifts help migratory bats keep pace with global warming
Credit: Anton Vlaschenko Many animal species are currently changing their distribution range owing to global warming. The underlying mechanisms are ...
Sanders-brown research discovers new pathway in TDP-43 related dementias
Credit: Photo by Pete Comparoni | UKphoto Recent work published by researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on ...
Magnetic ‘T-Budbots’ made from tea plants kill and clean biofilms (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Biofilms -- microbial communities that form slimy layers on surfaces -- are difficult to treat and ...
Study shows impact of climate change on Neotropical freshwater ecosystems
Researchers from six countries in the Americas explored bromeliad microcosms, showing how drought and flood affect the functioning of aquatic ...
NASA sees post-tropical storm Teddy generating heavy rain over Eastern Canada
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Hurricane Teddy has transitioned to a large post-tropical cyclone over eastern Canada. Using a NASA satellite rainfall ...
A multishot lensless camera in development could aid disease diagnosis
Credit: Keating/Liu Labs, Penn State A new type of imaging that does not require a lens and uses reconfigurable particle-based ...
CMU’s MoonRanger will search for water at moon’s south pole
Small, speedy rover completes preliminary design reviewCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH -- MoonRanger, a small robotic rover being developed by ...
NASA finds Dolphin swimming against wind shear
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite provided a visible image of a slightly elongated Tropical Storm Dolphin as it ...
Improving patients’ recovery from COVID-19 — £275,000 award to test device monitoring breathing exercises
Credit: Swansea University Researchers exploring a new method to help people recover from Covid-19, using breathing exercises and a hand-held ...
Study finds gut microbiome plays important role in sleep regulation
Transplanted bacteria from sleep-apnea mice caused sleep changes in recipient miceCredit: None Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep ...
Nanostructures with a unique property
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Diego Rosales Nanoscale vortices known as skyrmions can be created in many magnetic materials. For the first ...
HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests
Credit: UVA Communications A group of drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B could be repurposed to prevent type ...
