Rapid 90-minute COVID-19 test shown to be highly accurate
A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent sensitivity, and 100% specificity in a new...
Genetic adaptation to climate change is swift in crop pests
Credit: N/A Fruit flies have the uncanny ability to wake up from a months-long hibernation right when their food of...
‘Cellular compass’ guides stem cell division in plants
Credit: Andrew Muroyama The stem cells tasked with creating and maintaining biological tissues have a difficult job. They have to...
Invasive shrimp-sucking parasite continues northward Pacific expansion
Credit: Amanda Bemis and Gustav Paulay/Florida Museum CALVERT ISLAND, British Columbia --- Researchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in...
Scientists to explore new frontiers in Parkinson’s disease research with $7.2M grant
Aligning science across Parkinson's initiative supports international project aiming to unravel the biology of a gene linked to Parkinson's diseaseCredit:...
Rapid blood test could detect brain injury in minutes, study shows
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Sept. 17, 2020 - A blood protein test could detect the severity of head trauma in under...
NASA finds tropical storm Noul packing a punch
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Powerful storms with heavy rainmaking capabilities appeared over the coast of central Vietnam in NASA provided infrared...
Introducing COVID19questions.org
Clinicians, researchers, patients and the general public are invited to submit questions that could be answered by COVID-19 patient medical...
MDI Biological Laboratory receives grant to study tendon regeneration
Prayag Murawala, Ph.D., will study tendon regeneration after injury in salamandersCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- Modern medicine...
New research shows how fast our brains are at ‘recording’ new words
Credit: Alexandra M. Razorenova, et al/ Frontiers of Neuroscience How much time does a brain need to learn a new...
New method adds and subtracts for sustainability’s true measure
Sidesteps could open gates to next virusCredit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability From loaning pandas to...
Yousefi to develop artificial intelligence to improve glaucoma research, diagnosis
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (September 17, 2020) - Siamak Yousefi, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and...
NRL, NCATS scientists develop method to safely study COVID-19, other contagious diseases
Credit: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences WASHINGTON -- Scientists and researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches nighttime view of major hurricane Teddy
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) An early morning infrared image of Hurricane Teddy...