A factor limiting recovery from bleaching in corals
Credit: NIBB Increases in seawater temperature can cause coral bleaching through the loss of symbiotic algae. Corals can recover from ...
Month: October 2020
Potential new tool for frost screening in crops
Credit: University of Adelaide Agricultural scientists and engineers at the University of Adelaide have identified a potential new tool for ...
New research on cataract surgery in order to improve health care
Credit: Photo by Anna-Maria Timbus In general, surgeons who perform numerous cataract operations every year encounter relatively few severe cases, ...
Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene
Researchers harnessed the atomic motion of graphene to generate an electrical current that could lead to a chip to replace ...
Searching for the chemistry of life
Study shows possible new way to create DNA base pairsCredit: Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Tomislav Stolar In the search for the ...
Fuelling the energy revolution
A chemist at Paderborn University is researching green hydrogen for sustainable transport - dovetailing fundamental research and application technologiesCredit: Paderborn ...
Woodpeckers’ drumming: Conserved meaning despite different structure over the years
Credit: (Picture: Alain Blanc, ENES team) Animal acoustic signals are amazingly diverse. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the ...
Face masks unlikely to cause over-exposure to CO2, even in patients with lung disease
Credit: ATS New research findings contradict statements linking wearing face masks to carbon dioxide poisoning by trapping CO2. During the ...
Vaccine ingredients could be hiding in small molecule libraries
Scientists have found an ingredient that makes a vaccine more effective through an approach more often seen in materials science ...
Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels
Credit: University of Plymouth Microscopic fibres created during the laundry cycle can cause damage to the gills, liver and DNA ...
Invasion by non-native insects expected to increase 36 percent worldwide by 2050
Europe in line for greatest biological invasion, followed by Asia and the AmericasCredit: Leah Bauer, USDA Forest Service Research by ...
Bright light bars big-eyed birds from human-altered landscapes
Credit: Ian Ausprey/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- New research shows the glaring light in human-altered landscapes, such as livestock pastures ...
Penn Medicine researchers discover a rare genetic form of dementia
Credit: Edward Lee PHILADELPHIA -- A new, rare genetic form of dementia has been discovered by a team of Penn ...
Tool helps clear biases from computer vision
Credit: Princeton Visual AI Lab Researchers at Princeton University have developed a tool that flags potential biases in sets of ...
Vaccine opposition online uniting around ‘civil liberties’ argument
Growing 'freedom of choice' position and increase in state-level Facebook pages could impact vaccine-related legislation, researchers sayCredit: Valerie Morgan/UMD WASHINGTON ...
Caltech researcher unveils sensor that rapidly detects COVID-19 infection
Credit: Caltech One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that it can be ...
Tobacco regulatory science researcher earns $1.3 million grant to study role of menthol
Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY -- In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration banned numerous cigarette flavors, from chocolate to ...
15-year trend persists in disparate insulin pump use in children
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (October 1, 2020) - Insulin pumps are widely used in the management of type 1 diabetes ...
Researchers hear more crickets and katydids ‘singing in the suburbs’
Credit: D.J. McNeil, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The songs that crickets and katydids sing at night to attract ...
Black lives also matter in cancer care
It is not biology, but access to health care that is causing Black Non-Hispanic patients with squamous cell cancer of ...
