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Credit: KSU sorghum breeding program August 19, 2020 - Sorghum, a common food item in regions of Africa and Asia,...

Patients with recently discovered antibodies have more severe myasthenia gravis

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University A study of 181 patients at 16 sites across the country who test...

Microbial ecology yields new insights for future shipwreck conservation

Shipwreck harbors a rich spatially structured microbial communityCredit: John McCord, Coastal Studies Institute Shipwrecks act as artificial reefs and provide...

Migration and dispersal of butterflies have contrasting effect on flight morphology

Credit: Krushnamegh Kunte Butterflies show several different types of movement. They can seasonally migrate long distances over hundreds of kilometres....

Hydrogen economy with mass production of high-purity hydrogen from ammonia

Development of a high-efficiency hydrogen extraction device that produces and purifies hydrogen from ammonia; chemical hydrogen storage technology applicable to...

Illegal trade with terrestrial vertebrates in markets and households of Laos

Credit: Dr Thomas Ziegler It's not a surprise to anyone that numerous vertebrate species are being sold at different wildlife...

Merit-based NSF grant extension supports expansion of gene-editing technology

Credit: Rasgon Lab, Penn State Researchers who developed an improved method of gene editing for the study of arthropods will...

Computer scientist makes big data more accessible

UTA researcher working to make data more usable and accessibleCredit: UT Arlington A computer science professor at The University of...

Songbirds, like people, sing better after warming up

A burst of song early in the morning may help birds nail their songs during the dayCredit: Photo by Robert...

A scientific approach to education reform

Challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have laid bare the need to reinvent education; Sanjay Sarma's new book points a wayCredit:...

Army researchers explore self-healing materials

Credit: (Courtesy Texas A&M University ) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Army and Texas A&M University researchers developed a new...

OCT-based technique captures subtle details of photoreceptor function

New instrument paves the way to earlier detection and treatment of diseases that cause blindnessCredit: Mehdi Azimipour, UC Davis Eye...

UTA working with Navy on high-voltage insulators

UTA researcher working with Navy on high-voltage energy storage, pulsed power systemsCredit: UT Arlington David Wetz, a professor of electrical...

Cryo-EM study yields new clues to chicken pox infection

Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Despite decades of study, exactly how herpesviruses invade our cells remains something of a...

NASA-NOAA satellite snaps image of tropical storm Higos in South China Sea

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the South...

Machine learning unearths signature of slow-slip quake origins in seismic data

Results provide insight into fundamental earthquake physics and suggest slow-slip earth rupture might be predictableCredit: Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock.com LOS ALAMOS, N.M.,...

Cold-weather accounts for almost all temperature-related deaths

Credit: UIC/Roberta Dupuis-Devlin With the number of extreme weather days rising around the globe in recent years due to global...

Under pressure, nontoxic salt-based propellant performs well