Lupus study illustrates the importance of diversity in genetic research
Credit: HudsonAlpha Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have pinpointed epigenetic differences in the way lupus affects black women...
Satellite analysis reveals and asymmetric Typhoon Bualoi
Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite and NASA's Aqua satellite both passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean...
Bright SPARC
Medical University of South Carolina team tapped to develop the prototype of a cloud-based tool to measure impact of clinical...
Influenza human challenge study begins at NIAID-sponsored clinical trial units
Credit: NIH A clinical trial in which healthy adults will be deliberately infected with influenza virus under carefully controlled conditions...
What use do teenagers make of YouTube?
An article published in the journal Information, Communication & Society by Fernanda Pires, Carlos A. Scolari and Maria-José Masanet,examines teenagers'...
A weapon to make a superbug to become more deadly
Professor Chen and his team carried out experiments to compare the survival rates of the mice infected with different bacterial...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches development of gulf Tropical Depression 17
Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Gulf of Mexico and revealed that a low pressure area was...
Insect evolution: Insect evolution
Credit: Picture: V. Baranov Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that the incidence of midge and fly larvae...
Pathogens from the sea
A marine pathogenic bacterium forms specialized cells for disseminationCredit: MPI f. terrestrial Microbiology/ Ringaard Vibrio parahaemolyticus can be found in...
NASA observes Tropical Storm Kyarr form near southwest India coast
Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Kyarr formed near the southwestern coast of India, and NASA's Aqua satellite provided forecasters with a...
Decision support tool reduces unneeded referrals of low-risk patients with chest pain
Credit: Children's National Hospital NEW ORLEANS-Few events strike more fear in parents than hearing their child's heart "hurts." When primary...
Fire-spawned forest fungi hide out in other organisms, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When a wildfire obliterates a forest, the first life to rise...
Insight-HXMT team releases new results on black hole and neutron star X-ray binaries
Credit: Image by IHEP Scientists with the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) team presented their new results on black hole...
Antibiotics with novel mechanism of action discovered
Credit: Matthias Urfer, UZH The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a matter of global concern. According to the World...
NASA-NOAA satellite shows wind shear affecting a changing Typhoon Bualoi
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific...
Empowering pediatricians to reduce preventable firearm injuries and deaths
Credit: Children's National Hospital NEW ORLEANS-Lenore Jarvis, M.D., MEd, FAAP, remembers feeling fatigue and frustration when, despite her team's herculean...
Birds do not habituate to traffic noise
Traffic noise affects normal stress reactions in zebra finches and delays offspring growthCredit: Sue Anne Zollinger Noise pollution is one...
X-ray scout sees first light
Observations with eRosita promise a breakthrough in our understanding of the energetic universeCredit: T. Reiprich (Univ. Bonn), M. Ramos-Ceja (MPE),...
Bacterial lifestyle alters the evolution of antibiotic resistance
Credit: Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23, 2019 - How bacteria live -- whether as independent cells or in a...
Game changer: New chemical keeps plants plump
UC Riverside-led team's discovery offers hope for crops despite droughtCredit: UCR A UC Riverside-led team has created a chemical to...
