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Credit: Maria Coronel, Georgia TEch Pancreatic islet transplants, which revive insulin production to treat type 1 diabetes, only last an...

FEFU scientists are developing genetic methods to understand malignant tumors

Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU University) get started studying the formation and survival mechanisms...

New EU-funded research project ‘HCA|Organoid’

Toward a single-cell atlas of human organoids for biomedical researchCredit: HCA Organoid HCA|Organoid is a new EU research project that...

Citizen scientists bring surprising insights into cowslip mating system

Credit: Photos: Tsipe Aavik About half of the individuals of cowslip (Primula veris) have flowers with a short style, while...

Aspirated consonants may promote the spread of COVID-19, RUDN University linguist says

Credit: RUDN According to a linguist from RUDN University, the number of COVID-19 cases in a country might be related...

Scoring system for the diagnosis of COVID-19

This Letter by Dr. Mohamed Farouk Allam is published in The Open Public Health Journal, Volume 13, 2020Credit: Dr. Mohamed...

Antibody blockade effective in treatment of severe COVID-19

A team of researchers led by Osaka University find an overlap in the pathogenesis of cytokine release syndrome and COVID-19,...

Using AI to better assess structural health of bridges

UTA researcher combining machine learning, structural health monitoring for bridgesCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineering assistant professor at The University...

Eating your vegetables is easier said than done

The landmark EAT-Lancet report on food in the Anthropocene sets ambitious targets; putting it into action, however, will require policymakers...

Strokes in babies are surprisingly common; here’s how the body rushes to the rescue

Credit: Courtesy Kuan lab New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on the development...

Asthma may not be a significant risk factor for severe COVID-19

Credit: ATS August 31, 2020-- A new research letter published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines...

Guam study advances research of cycads as an ecotoxin

Models for estimating seed age to add clarity to future researchCredit: University of Guam University of Guam research has revealed...

Intelligent software tackles plant cell jigsaw puzzle

Credit: Kreshuk group/EMBL and Hamprecht lab/HCI Heidelberg University Imagine working on a jigsaw puzzle with so many pieces that even...

Natural disasters must be unusual or deadly to prompt local climate policy change

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Natural disasters alone are not enough to motivate local communities to engage in...

NASA Terra Satellite sees development of Tropical Storm Maysak

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed several areas of strong thunderstorms around the center of the recently organized Tropical Storm...

NASA Terra Satellite examines Tropical Storm Hernan’s relocated center

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed a burst of strength in Tropical Storm Hernan, located over the Gulf of California....

NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery tracks Tropical Depression Laura over US

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) A new animation of nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi...

Fossil trees on Peru’s Central Andean Plateau tell a tale of dramatic environmental change

Credit: Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical...

Plant scientists study the interaction of heat stress responses in corn

Credit: ISU News Service AMES, Iowa - Environmental extremes driven by climate change create stresses in crops, and plant breeders...

Study shows efforts in mangrove conservation and restoration paying off