Month: October 2020

Credit: University of Birmingham Using dried blood spot samples (DBS) is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 ...

Igniting the synthetic transport of amino acids in living cells

Credit: Gemma Aragay/ICIQ The transport of amino acids and other molecules across the cell's membrane plays a crucial role in ...

Battling with neighbors could make animals smarter

Credit: Andy Radford ; Michalis Mantelos From ants to primates, 'Napoleonic' intelligence has evolved to help animals contend with the ...

Supercharged clones spark scarlet fevers re-emergence

Credit: The University of Queensland A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged "clones" of the bacteria Streptococcus ...

Targeting our second brain to fight diabetes

Credit: UCLouvain Since 2004, Claude Knauf (INSERM) and Patrice Cani (UCLouvain) have been collaborating on molecular and cellular mechanisms in ...

Novel testing platform designed for breast cancer cells

Credit: Purdue University/Hyowon Lee WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University team has developed a novel testing platform to evaluate ...

Grant to help researchers prevent apple fire blight in U.S.

Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has ...

NASA infrared imagery reveals wind shear displacing Marie’s strongest storms

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared view of Tropical Storm Marie that revealed the effects of outside winds ...

Weill Cornell Medicine receives third consecutive HEED award for diversity and inclusion

Credit: Ashley Jones For the third year in a row, Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher ...

Advancing multiprincipal alloys

Team of materials researchers explores new domains of the compositionally complex metalsCredit: UC Santa Barbara The most significant advances in ...

Seeking ancient rainforests through modern mammal diets

First study to compare dietary signatures of African and South American mammals in quest to reconstruct ancient ecosystems finds need ...

Lighting the path to recycling carbon dioxide

University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Michael Houghton discovered hepatitis C virus and now is developing a vaccineCredit: Photo: Michael Holly Michael Houghton was awarded the ...

NASA imagery reveals Tropical Storm Gamma battered by wind shear

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of ...

‘Repliclones’ fuel perplexing persistence of HIV in the blood of some patients on therapy

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5, 2020 - Increasingly, UPMC's chief of infectious diseases--a well-regarded expert in HIV/AIDS--is contacted by a ...

NASA imagery reveals Tropical Storm Chan-hom’s skewed structure

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of ...

Syracuse U. professor receives NSF grant for Internet of Things research

Credit: Syracuse University The growing capabilities of sensing, computing and communication devices are leading to an explosion of Internet of ...

Study defines risk factors for unemployment in working people with multiple sclerosis

Lauren Strober, PhD, of Kessler Foundation reports on first prospective study of employment in multiple sclerosis, identifying factors and behaviors ...

Scientists find evidence of exotic state of matter in candidate material for quantum computers

Credit: Courtesy of Arkady Shekhter/ National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Using a novel technique, scientists working at the Florida State ...

How malaria parasites withstand a fever’s heat