Study links malaria risk in deforestation hotspots to demand for agricultural commodities
The international trade in timber, tobacco, cocoa, coffee and cotton accounts for a high proportion of malaria risk in exporter...
Molecular landscape of the hematopoietic stem cell cradle
Credit: Laurent Yvernogeau, copyright Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the group of Catherine Robin at the Hubrecht Institute characterized the molecular...
Ute Hellmich receives Exploration Grant for research into membrane proteins of parasites
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation promotes innovative research concepts / New research project focuses on neglected tropical diseasesCredit: ill./©: Ute Hellmich (created...
COVID-19: Virginia launches statewide antibody testing
Credit: UVA Health UVA Health has partnered with the Virginia Department of Health and other hospitals around the state to...
NASA finds Nisarga’s remnants over Central India
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in west central India on June 4, and the next day...
Largest study to date of electronic dental records reviews understudied populations
Data is from solo and small practice dentists where most Americans receive dental careCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The largest...
Childhood trauma affects the timing of motherhood
Credit: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive Women who have experienced childhood trauma become mothers earlier than those with a more stable...
Mothers ensure their offspring’s success through epigenetics
Researchers discover that mother's active epigenetic modifications drive gene activation in the offspringCredit: © MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, M....
Two vital buffers against climate change are just offshore
New study underscores need to conserve and restore mangroves, coral reefsCredit: Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- A new study...
Biochemical alterations revealed in patients with Lesch-Nyhan disease
Credit: INC-UAB An international study by the Institute of Neuroscience of the UAB (INC-UAB), Emory University and Hospital Universitario La...
Universal access to spectrometers one step closer
Credit: © Leipzig University, Swen Reichhold Professor Grundmann is optimistic about the future: "In the longer term, we want this...
Showtime for photosynthesis
One of nature's most important chemical reactions is now being captured in a breakthrough 'molecular movie'Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator...
Mona Ghassemi receives award from Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Credit: Virginia Tech United States government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and NASA, all have...
Technology for cloud efficiency for databases during data-intensive COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Purdue University/Somali Chaterji WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University data science and machine learning innovator wants to help...
Psoriasis patients’ mental health is more than skin-deep
Credit: Peter Istvan Treatment of the common disease psoriasis, usually focuses on treating the skin. However, psoriasis patients often have...
Not children, but ‘super-happy families’ the aim of assisted reproduction
Credit: Linköping University Researcher Judith Lind has studied how staff at fertility clinics view the assessments that childless couples and...
International study approaches new therapeutic strategies for lung cancer
Recently published in Nature Communications, the study advances in the evolution of resistance to different tumor inhibitors with a view...
New microscopy method provides unprecedented look at amyloid protein structure
Measuring the location and orientation of single molecules could provide new insights into Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseasesCredit: Tianben Ding, Tingting...
How efficient are solar power storage systems?
'Testbench' project improves quality of measurement results and facilitates comparisonCredit: Photo: Shutterstock/Victor Josan More and more photovoltaic systems are equipped...
Alien frog invasion wreaks havoc on natural habitat
A warning on World Environment DayCredit: Christine Taylor Indiscriminate feeding by an alien population of the carnivorous spotted-thighed frog -...
