Most plastic eaten by city vultures comes straight from food outlets
Since the 1950s, humanity has produced an estimated 8.3bn tons of plastic, adding a further 380m tons to this amount ...
Scientists uncover the amazing way sandgrouse hold water in their feathers
Many birds’ feathers are remarkably efficient at shedding water — so much so that “like water off a duck’s back” ...
Tick-borne Powassan virus is being transmitted in concentrated clusters in New England, Yale study says
A new study by investigators with the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) finds that the tick-borne Powassan virus is ...
Bringing racial equity to kidney transplant evaluation
African Americans are more than three times as likely to have kidney failure than Whites but four times less likely ...
Knockout of AMD-associated gene POLDIP2 reduces mitochondrial superoxide in retinal cells
“To our knowledge, this is the first functional study of POLDIP2 in retinal cells to understand its potential role in ...
New approach targets norovirus, world’s leading cause of foodborne infection
Every year, norovirus causes hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning — and the deaths of at least 50,000 ...
Perfume component helps lure male moth pests
North Carolina State University researchers have shown that adding a small amount of a chemical used in perfumes – nonanal ...
Genomic surveillance identifies global strain of emerging wheat disease fungus
Pests and diseases may reduce global wheat yields by over 20%. A study published April 11th in the open access ...
Daily statin reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV, large NIH study finds
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial was stopped early because a daily statin medication was found to reduce ...
Lightning strike creates phosphorus material for the first time on Earth
TAMPA, Fla. (April 11, 2023) – After lightning struck a tree in a New Port Richey neighborhood, a University of ...
Save Our Seas Foundation celebrates 20 years and announces a record 75 grants for 2023
It’s a milestone year for the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF). Twenty years has seen considerable changes in the shark ...
An embarrassment of riches
Among Indigenous, rural non-industrial populations inhabiting the tropical forests of lowland Bolivia, researchers report, there appears to be an optimal ...
Catalytic methane removal to mitigate its environmental effect
This review is led by Prof. Junwang Tang (Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London; and Department of Chemical Engineering, ...
Funding to Daniel Anderson’s lab will advance research on new delivery technology for RNA vaccines and therapies
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Sanofi will provide $25 million over five years to the lab of MIT Professor Daniel Anderson, to ...
Two early-career researchers capture 2022 JCP Emerging Investigator Awards
MELVILLE, N.Y., April 11, 2023 – The Journal of Chemical Physics is pleased to announce Bingqing Cheng and Katrin Erath-Dulitz ...
Senior MCG student edits April edition of American Medical Association Journal of Ethics
AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 11, 2023) – A senior at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is the guest editor ...
Timely pandemic countermeasures reduce both health damage and economic loss
The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, profound impacts on the world. In the early stages of the ...
The roly-poly gold rush
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2023 – The woodlouse goes by many names: roly-poly, pill bug, potato bug, tomato bug, butchy boy, ...
Stopping storms from creating dangerous urban geysers
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2023 – During intense rainstorms, residents of urban areas rely on stormwater sewers to keep streets and ...
Understanding a community’s shared vision for public health is key to supporting change
Philadelphia, April 11, 2023 – The prevalence of obesity in rural communities goes beyond food choice and geography to include ...
