Month: February 2021

Credit: Mariana Muñoz-Romo and Paul B. Jones. When falling in love, humans often pay attention to looks. Many non-human animals ...

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18, 2021 - A child's first influenza infection shapes their immunity to future airborne flu viruses--including ...

Credit: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), MEDIA518719 JAB/AH 1/21 Pre-existing immunity is an important barrier to airborne transmission of ...

Credit: Jonathan Eisen As climate change takes hold across the Americas, some areas will get wetter, and others will get ...

New UD study finds first example of underwater domesticator-domesticate relationshipCredit: Illustration by Rohan Brooker Throughout nature, there are instances of ...

Credit: Todd Amacker Conservation Photography, 2020 Eastern newt populations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada are at greatest ...

Credit: ICRAR Cygnus X-1, a binary star system first discovered in 1964, comprises one of the closest black holes to ...

Proof-of-concept project paves the way for the integration of molecules with computer chips.Credit: Ashwin Gopinath/Caltech Engineers have developed a technique ...

Research team studies feeding behavior of wild predators in MongoliaCredit: Nina Tiralla When there is a choice, wolves in Mongolia ...

New MIT PRESS book explores volatile element mercuryCredit: The MIT PRESS, 2020. In "Mercury Stories," Henrik Selin and Noelle Eckley ...

Credit: Icelab at Umeå University The distribution of vegetation is routinely used to classify climate regions worldwide, yet whether these ...

New collection showcases growing body of knowledge on spotted lanternfly biology and managementCredit: Stephen Ausmus, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research ...

Just like in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the answer was 42Credit: Nelson Parker (www.nelsonskaihukauri.co.nz) The temporary breakdown of ...

Mentions of sourdough, sacrifice and death all surged as the pandemic took holdCredit: Anthony Elgort American values, attitudes and activities ...

Study in 4-6 year olds finds fitness-cognition linkCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report that 4-6-year-old ...

Team will assess vulnerability of aquaculture and restoration efforts in Chesapeake BayCredit: © Aileen Devlin/Virginia Sea Grant. The excess carbon ...

Credit: University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA (February 18, 2021) - With stressors mounting daily on the health care system due to ...

The black and white tegu lizard, which depends on external environmental factors to regulate body temperature, can survive swings between ...

Physics: Publication in Nature PhysicsCredit: HHU / Soroosh Alighanbari Almost 100 years ago, a revolutionary discovery was made in the ...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Workers with science, technology, engineering and math backgrounds are typically in ...