Aquatic fungus has already wiped amphibians off the map and now threatens survival of terrestrial frogs
A water-borne fungus that has led to the extinction of several species of amphibians that spend all or part of ...
Month: October 2021
Insect digestive enzyme activates sugar-containing plant defence substance
Plants are not entirely at the mercy of their herbivore enemies. Often, chemical defences ensure that the plants are inedible, ...
Trigonopterus corona, the new species of tiny beetle named after the coronavirus
Many curious animals can be found on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi – such as the deer-hog and the midget ...
New research finds air pollution reduces sperm counts through brain inflammation
Researchers have long known that air pollution can increase the risk of disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and fertility, but ...
Role of TGF-β/SOX9 axis in carcinogenesis using 3-dimensional in vitro and in vivo models
Niigata, Japan – Oral malignancies represent the seventh most common cancer worldwide. Many diagnosed patients relapse, despite radical resection of ...
Kessler awarded federal Spinal Cord Injury Model System grant for 2021-2026
October 22, 2021. East Hanover, NJ. Kessler Foundation has been awarded a Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) grant by the ...
Slow release of a drug, TT-10, improves heart attack recovery in a mouse model
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A heart attack kills heart muscle cells, leading to a scar that weakens the heart, often leading ...
Mechanism behind ineffective psoriasis drugs identified
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that manifests as red, scaly skin patches. There is no causal treatment for ...
Giulia Galli awarded Rahman Prize from American Physical Society
Galli is recognized for her contributions to the fields of computational condensed matter, materials science and nanoscience.Credit: (Image by Argonne ...
Grant beefs up grazing initiative that benefits farmers and environment
Rolling green pastures dotted with grazing cows are a common sight in Virginia. However, there’s more strategy behind those grazing ...
Fossils of two early cretaceous species discovered in southwest Arkansas
Two new species dating back to the Early Cretaceous Period were recently discovered in Sevier County in southwest Arkansas. One ...
Discovery of new tiny fish, lizard species reported in PeerJ
Two tiny new species that inhabited part of what is now the American south some 100 million years ago have ...
Carnivores may adjust schedule to avoid each other, researchers find
Just as humans may leave their home five minutes early to avoid a talkative neighbor or depart work late to ...
Two-handed movements require more neural effort as people grow older
A team of researchers from Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig) has discovered that the age-related ...
October research news from the Ecological Society of America
Credit: M. G. Turner From Ecology: Why the tropics contain more fleshy fruits Author contact: Bo Wang ([email protected]) For ...
New study finds no risk of pregnancy loss from COVID-19 vaccination
A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk ...
Artificial intelligence spots anomalies in medical images
Scientists from Skoltech, Philips Research, and Goethe University Frankfurt have trained a neural network to detect anomalies in medical images to ...
Fungal outbreak in marine mammals began on land
In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people in British Columbia and Washington State. Scientists found ...
Novel peroxide-based material emits fluorescence in response to stress
Polymers make-up everything from the clothes we wear to the plastic we eat off. In recent years, polymers that can ...
Cell-free DNA identifies early signs of relapse in pediatric medulloblastoma
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have shown that cell-free DNA from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be used to detect measurable ...
