Volcanic eruptions directly triggered ocean acidification during Early Cretaceous
First study to use stable calcium and strontium isotopes to examine oceanic anoxic eventCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Around ...
Month: December 2020
Learning from three centuries of smallpox epidemics in London, UK
Credit: Olga Krylova and David J.D. Earn The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge of interest in the study ...
Researchers track and analyze smallpox epidemics over three centuries
Credit: Courtesy of the Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/londons-dreadful-visitation-bills-of-mortality Researchers from McMaster University have studied and analyzed thousands of weekly records ...
High-five or thumbs-up? New device detects which hand gesture you want to make
The device, which combines wearable biosensors with artificial intelligence, could be used to control prosthetics or interact with electronic devicesCredit: ...
Under Antarctica’s ice, Weddell seals produce ultrasonic vocalizations
University of Oregon-led study identifies nine types of sound outside the range of human hearingCredit: Photo by Henry Kaiser EUGENE, ...
NIST software tool improves your doctor’s vaccination advice
Agency's testing tools have increased the correctness and consistency of computerized vaccination recommendations.Credit: B. Hayes/NIST Behind the scenes at your ...
Managing salt pollution to protect drinking water resources and freshwater ecosystems
Credit: Virginia Tech Doctors often tell us, "cut back on your salt." And just like too much dietary salt is ...
Nanoplastics alter intestinal microbiome and threaten human health
Credit: UAB/CREAF We live in a world invaded by plastic. Its role as a chemically stable, versatile and multi-purpose fostered ...
New population of blue whales discovered in the western Indian ocean
Credit: Robert Baldwin/Environment Society of Oman An international team of researchers has discovered what it believes to be a new ...
Digging deep for differences in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Study identifies divergent gene activity between healthy and damaged skeletal muscleCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 21, 2020 ...
Pneumolysis: High altitude specialists explain lung destruction caused by COVID-19
The article by Dr. Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja and colleagues in published as open access in Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, ...
TRIUMF’s CANREB facility marks first beam
Credit: Stu Shepherd Scientists and engineers at TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre, announced a major milestone for TRIUMF's Advanced Rare ...
New 3D maps reveal inner workings of immune cell gene expression
LJI scientists track down control elements that govern gene expression from a distanceCredit: Alex Fung LA JOLLA--The COVID-19 pandemic has ...
Scientists discover a new type of brain cell that could help detect distance
Credit: Dr. Steven Poulter and Dr. Colin Lever The existence of GPS-like brain cells, which can store maps of the ...
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