Coquí fossil from Puerto Rico takes title of oldest Caribbean frog
Credit: Alberto Lopez Torres GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The bright chirp of the coquí frog, the national symbol of Puerto Rico,...
The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment
The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spilloverCredit: Christine K. Johnson, UC Davis As COVID-19 spreads across...
It’s now or never: Visual events have 100 milliseconds to hit brain target or go unnoticed
NIH mouse study reveals key details about visual processingCredit: Image credit: Lupeng Wang, Ph.D. and Charles Gerfen, Ph.D. Researchers at...
River-groundwater hot spot for arsenic
Computer modelling deciphers complex interfaceCredit: Wallis et al Naturally occurring (geogenic) groundwater arsenic contamination is a problem of global significance,...
Uncovering stimulation’s impact on neurons
Pitt Bioengineer Takashi Kozai will use a $437K NSF CAREER award to advance neural interface design and study how different...
Stanford researchers show how forest loss leads to spread of disease
Credit: Laura Bloomfield Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more...
54.8% of COVID-19 cases imported to Brazil by March 5 came from Italy
In contrast with China and other countries where the disease spread slowly, in Brazil more than 300 people started the...
3D printing, biology research make the journey back to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Dragon
On April 7, Dragon is scheduled to undock from station, bringing samples, hardware and data from completed investigations back to...
TU Graz supplies hospitals with 3D-printed medical shields
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The protection of medical staff is a major priority in the current corona crisis....
Wild tomato resistance to bacterial canker has implications for commercial tomato industry
Credit: F. Christopher Peritore-Galve Bacterial canker of tomato is a disease that leads to wilt, cankers, and eventually death. The...
Neutron research: Magnetic monopoles detected in Kagome spin ice systems
Credit: Uni Augsburg Magnetic monopoles were detected for the first time worldwide at the Berlin Neutron Source BER II in...
Evaluating embryo quality with ultrasensitive protein detection
Evaluating embryos by detecting secreted proteins using microfluidic droplets and multicolor fluorescenceCredit: Zeng Yong WASHINGTON, April 7, 2020 -- Infertility...
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Harold between Vanuatu and Fiji
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Harold brought heavy rains and hurricane-force...
The evolution of arthritic knees
Evolutionary study links subtle modifications in the morphology of the bipedal knee to osteoarthritis later in lifeCredit: Tasha McAbee, Department...