Venom glands similar to those of snakes are found for first time in amphibians
Brazilian researchers discover that caecilians, limbless amphibians resembling worms or snakes that emerged some 150 million years before the latter, ...
Month: October 2020
USask water scientist honored with prestigious international lifetime achievement award
Credit: Steve Anderson SASKATOON - University of Saskatchewan (USask) hydrologist Jay Famiglietti has been awarded the 2020 Hydrologic Sciences Award ...
Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers identify obstacles that prevent patients from receiving radiation treatment in a timely mannerCredit: Photo by ...
Conservation planning in Amazon should prioritize aquatic biodiversity, study concludes
Simulations using field data suggest focusing on the protection of species that live in rivers and lakes can be more ...
Ice Age manatees may have called Texas home
Credit: Robert Bonde / U.S. Geological Survey. Manatees don't live year-round in Texas, but these gentle, slow-moving sea cows are ...
Promising COVID-19 rapid test technology enters phase 1 of NIH challenge
Highly competitive NIH RADx program selects Rover Diagnostics and biomedical engineer Sam Sia to refine and validate their low-cost, ultrafast ...
RIT Professor Scott Franklin named American Physical Society Fellow
Franklin elected upon recommendation of the APS forum on educationCredit: RIT Rochester Institute of Technology Professor Scott Franklin has been ...
Chemical innovation stabilizes best-performing perovskite formulation
Credit: Nripan Mathews NTU, Singapore Perovskites are a class of materials made up of organic materials bound to a metal. ...
Study reveals element in blood is part of human–and hibernating squirrel–stress response
The element iodide's ability to dampen the harm of stress-induced inflammation points to potential uses in treating traumatic injuries and ...
FDA grants Fast Track designation to Calibr’s ‘switchable’ CAR-T cell cancer therapy
Phase 1 clinical trial is now enrolling patients with blood cancers.Credit: Scripps Research/Calibr LA JOLLA, CA--The U.S. Food and Drug ...
Using machine learning to predict pediatric brain injury
Neural network analyzes 1.4 million data points to investigate which babies and children are most likely to get a brain ...
Pattern in whale songs predicts migration
Credit: Jeremy Goldbogen The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. It's also among the loudest. "Sound is a ...
Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evidence of evolutionary rescue in the wild
Credit: Katharine Clayton, University of Plymouth A tiny flatworm found commonly on the coasts of western Europe and North America ...
Zika infections drastically underreported during 2015 epidemic
Credit: University of Notre Dame More than 100 million infections of Zika virus within Central and South America and the ...
Sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity could bolster thermal imaging
Better detection of microwave radiation will improve thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communicationsCredit: Raytheon BBN Technologies RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. ...
Mud-slurping chinless ancestors had all the moves
Credit: Hugo Salais (Metazoa Studio) A team of researchers, led by the University of Bristol, has revealed our most ancient ...
Study finds yoga and meditation reduce chronic pain
Participants in an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction course reported significant improvement in levels of pain, depression and disabilityCredit: JAOA.org Chicago--October ...
Novel treatment method
East Carolina University associate professor receives patent for treating Restless Legs SyndromeCredit: Cliff Hollis/East Carolina University An East Carolina University ...
NASA finds Hurricane Marie rapidly intensifying
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed that Hurricane Marie is rapidly growing stronger and more powerful. Infrared imagery revealed that ...
University of Ottawa study finds self-harm may be socially contagious among adolescents
Credit: University of Ottawa A new study led by University of Ottawa epidemiologist Dr. Ian Colman suggests non-suicidal self-injury--behaviours like ...
