Youth’s risks from first-time opioid prescriptions may not be as high as once thought
Credit: Indiana University Young adults and adolescents who are prescribed opioids for the first time may be at a slightly...
NIH grant to UC Riverside physicist focuses on how pathogens evolve
Research could lead to the design of new and better treatments to fight diseaseCredit: Barton lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif....
Understanding matter at atom-crushing densities
Newly formed center to study principles that affect planetary bodiesCredit: UC Davis photo University of California, Davis, will be part...
Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Electronic filters are essential to the inner workings of our phones...
Gene therapy targets inner retina to combat blindness
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 10, 2020--Gene therapy to the inner retina prevented blindness in...
Agtech to the rescue in a pandemic: adapting plant labs for human testing
Credit: Pierre-Luc Pradier. Just as redeploying a fleet of small British fishing boats helped during the Battle of Dunkirk, marshalling...
Oxytocin can help prevent osteoporosis
In a laboratory experiment with rats, Brazilian researchers succeeded in reversing natural processes associated with aging that lead to loss...
Artificial intelligence could improve CT screening for COVID-19 diagnosis
Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing a new technique using artificial...
Coronavirus transmission risk increases along wildlife supply chains
Credit: Huong et al, 2020 (PLOS ONE, CC BY) Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents...
NSF renews Rice biological physics center
$12.9 million in funding backs Center for Theoretical Biological Physics researchCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 10, 2020) -...
Adaptive mutations repeat themselves in tiny crustaceans of Lake Baikal
Credit: Valentina Burskaia/Skoltech A group of scientists from Skoltech and the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of RAS (IITP RAS)...
How to get more cancer-fighting nanoparticles to where they are needed
University of Toronto Engineering study shows that by injecting above a certain threshold of nanoparticles, the tumour delivery improves vastly,...
New global study shows ‘best of the last’ tropical forests urgently need protection
According to a paper released today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, only 6.5 of the world's pristine tropical forests--critical to...
NASA finds strong storms in developing Tropical Storm Mekkhala
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL After Tropical Depression 07W formed close to the western Philippines, it moved away and strengthened into a...
Evolutionary assimilation of foreign DNA in a new host
Credit: Palsson Lab All life is subject to evolution in the form of mutations that change the DNA sequence of...
Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur to the environment
Credit: Illustration by K. M. Driscoll Historically, coal-fired power plants were the largest source of reactive sulfur, a component of...
COVID-19 does not directly damage taste bud cells
First study to show taste bud cell immunity from contact with virus particleCredit: UGA A new study from the Regenerative...
Stronger rains in warmer climate could lessen heat damage to crops, says study
But overall yields could still decline sharplyCredit: Graphic by Corey Lesk. Intensified rainstorms predicted for many parts of the United...
Army advances learning capabilities of drone swarms
Credit: (U.S. Army) Army researchers developed a reinforcement learning approach that will allow swarms of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles...
Patient experiences in medical imaging and radiation therapy: The importance of skilled patient care professionals
A special issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences features stories about the interpersonal skills beyond the...
