New ‘sea dragon’ discovered off UK coastline
Credit: Megan Jacobs An amateur fossil hunter has unearthed a new type of prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ on the beach of ...
Almost a third of young adults with asthma are ignoring COVID-19 guidelines, says survey
Awareness of guidelines to prevent COVID-19 is high among young asthma sufferers but around a third do not comply with ...
Natural antibiotics produced in wounds increase sleep and survival after injury
Credit: @ Henrik Bringmann They signal across tissues from the site of injury to the brain, sending a message to ...
Nature s contributions to people found to be in decline
Credit: Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas Over the past 50 years, declining biodiversity has put many of nature s contributions to people at ...
Time to lower body temperature is critical in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 8, 2020–Time to reach the target body temperature was a ...
Hydrogels with fine-toothed molecular combs may make enduring glucose-monitoring implants
Researchers at Texas A&M have fine-tuned a hydrogel membrane that could be used to form biosensors transplanted under the skin ...
‘Spooky Interactions’, shocking adaptations discovered in electric fish of Brazil’s Amazon
From Brazil’s Amazon, researchers report ‘spooky interactions’ among surface- and cave-dwelling electric fish, revealing shocking behavior of 300 blind cavefishes ...
Beating the heat: Oxidation in novel coating material for aircraft gas turbine engines
Scientists investigate oxidative reactions in ytterbium silicide, a heat-resistant coating, to improve heat efficiency in aircraft gas turbine enginesCredit: Ryo ...
New evidence: Neandertals buried their dead
Credit: © Antoine Balzeau – CNRS/MNHN Was burial of the dead practiced by Neandertals or is it an innovation specific ...
Study connects diabetes, air pollution to interstitial lung disease
Credit: Michigan State University People with pre-diabetes or diabetes who live in ozone-polluted areas may have an increased risk for ...
Caterpillars mimic leaves or offer rewards for protection by ants
Study reveals different forms of interaction between insect groups: some caterpillar species have bodies covered with molecules identical to those ...
Breakthrough in nuclear physics
High-precision measurements of the strong interaction between stable and unstable particlesCredit: Daniel Dominguez / CERN The positively charged protons in ...
Researchers identify an action mechanism for a drug against Alzheimer’ disease
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease murine modelCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A study conducted on mice published in the journal Geroscience has identified ...
2021 SPIE-Franz Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to Nitesh Katta
The annual award will support the development of Katta’s doctoral research, as well as his efforts to translate benchtop advancements ...
“Birthday” of the roof of the world recalibrated
Third Pole rose to modern height much later than previously thoughtCredit: TPE As the roof of the world, the Third ...
Researchers identify an action mechanism for a drug against Alzheimer’ disease
Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease murine model Credit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A study conducted on mice published in the journal Geroscience has ...
ERC awards Barbara Mazzolai and Andrea Toma for projects on environmental sustainability
Researchers at IIT are among the grantees awarded by ERC today. Their projects will focus on the creation of intelligent ...
Higher body temperatures still a factor in patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis
A pioneering study carried out among patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis has determined that they display significantly higher temperatures ...
Multiple semiconductor type switching to boost thermoelectric conversion of waste heat
Credit: Tokyo Tech In recent years, the energy consumption in developed countries has been rather wasteful. Nearly two-thirds of the ...
$2 million NIH grant to develop Zika virus vaccine
Credit: Virginia Tech Flaviviruses -- a group of viruses transmitted by ticks or mosquitoes -- infect an estimated 400 million ...