Month: October 2020

Declines in shellfish species on rocky seashores match climate-driven changes

Two decades of data from a study of Maine's Swan's Island document a slow and steady dwindling of mussels, barnacles, ...

Conversation about suicide prevention leads to safe gun storage

Credit: Forefront Suicide Prevention/University of Washington Talking to people at gun shows about suicide prevention and the risks of unsecured ...

Rethinking the link between cannabinoids and learning

Credit: Illustration by Rita Félix, PhD. Cannabinoids have a strong influence on how our brains work and how we behave. ...

Gut bacteria could be responsible for side effect of Parkinson’s drug

Credit: University of Groningen Bacteria in the small intestine can deaminate levodopa, the main drug that is used to treat ...

New evidence to guide the practice of blood transfusions in children with severe malari

A new study shows that transfusions could help increase survival, even at higher haemoglobin levels than those currently recommendedCredit: ISGlobal ...

MDI Biological Laboratory awarded $3.14 million for kidney research

Iain Drummond, Ph.D., Will Study the Development of Kidney Replacement TissueCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI ...

Palau’s coral reefs: a jewel of the ocean

The latest report from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation finds Palau's reefs had the highest coral cover observed ...

Relative restrictiveness of each state’s voting environment in 2020

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 19, 2020--Texas has the most restrictive electoral environment in 2020, ...

Study identifies key enzyme for development of autoimmune diseases

An enzyme associated with energy production in cells also participates in the differentiation of immune cells involved in exacerbated inflammation. ...

More than ‘just a fish’ story

MU study will help fisheries management of a popular game fish -- the smallmouth bass.Credit: University of Missouri For recreational ...

Immune protein orchestrates daily rhythm of squid-bacteria symbiotic relationship

Credit: Eric Koch Nearly every organism hosts a collection of symbiotic microbes--a microbiome. It is now recognized that microbiomes are ...

UCI-led study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function following gene therapy

New generation CRISPR technology lays foundation for therapeutics to treat a wide range of inherited ocular diseasesCredit: Nature Biomedical Engineering ...

Study discovers gene that helps us know when it’s time to urinate

Results suggest 'sixth sense' PIEZO2 gene may help body sense a full urinary bladderCredit: Courtesy of Patapoutian lab, Scripps Researcher ...

Material found in house paint may spur technology revolution

Sandia developed new device to more efficiently process informationCredit: (Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) LIVERMORE, Calif. -- The development ...

Tiny beetles a bellwether of ecological disruption by climate change

Credit: Brett Melbourne As species across the world adjust where they live in response to climate change, they will come ...

How a greenhouse catastrophe killed nearly all life

Scientists show the unfolding of one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's historyCredit: (PaleoFactory, Sapienza University of Rome) for ...

The line of succession

An unusual mechanism of robustness in charge of brain mRNAsCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics/ V. Hilgers A specific region ...

A trillion turns of light nets terahertz polarized bytes

Nanophotonics researchers demonstrate ultrafast polarization switchingCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 19, 2020) - U.S. and Italian ...

NYU Abu Dhabi study discovers how some single-cell organisms control microbiomes