Bat tick found for the first time in New Jersey
"Soft" tick species can pose a risk to public healthCredit: J. Occi/Rutgers Center for Vector Biology A tick species associated ...
Mysterious cellular droplets come into focus
University of Illinois biophysicists use Frontera supercomputer to study the formation and behavior of biological condensatesCredit: Han-Yi Chou, University of ...
Advanced NVMe controller technology for next generation memory devices
Credit: Professor Myoungsoo Jung, KAIST KAIST researchers advanced non-volatile memory express (NVMe) controller technology for next generation information storage devices, ...
A new study of ocean salinity finds substantial amplification of the global water cycle
Credit: Figure adapted from NASA (https://gpm.nasa.gov/education/water-cycle) Water and its movements within or between atmosphere, land, and ocean defines the global ...
In Ancient Giant Viruses Lies the Truth Behind Evolution of Nucleus in Eukaryotic Cells
Giant viruses, like the recently discovered medusavirus, may hold the key to deciphering the evolutionary mystery of the eukaryotic nucleusCredit: ...
Magnetic whirls crystallize in two dimensions
Cooperation within the TopDyn research center paves the way for the investigation of two-dimensional phases and phase transitionsCredit: ill./©: Jakub ...
The birth of a male sex chromosome in Atlantic herring
Credit: Nima Rafati. The evolution of sex chromosomes is of crucial importance in biology as it stabilises the mechanism underlying ...
The story of a cosmological experiment
The dark energy surveyCredit: World Scientific How does our universe function? Why is it expanding and why is the expansion ...
Ticked off: Researchers target Lyme disease vaccine with aid of $1.9 million federal grant
Credit: Timothy Driscoll/West Virginia University Pesky, yet dangerous ticks are no longer latching exclusively onto hunters and outdoor enthusiasts. Milder ...
Feline leukaemia virus infection: A clinical and epidemiological enigma
Credit: ISFM Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) is a gammaretrovirus that occurs worldwide in domestic cats, as well as small wild ...
The presence of resonating cavities above sunspots has been confirmed
Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC). Sunspots are darker regions which often appear on the Sun's surface. They are caused ...
Muscle weakness in patients in intensive care: Potential approach to treatment
Critical Illness Myopathy can be prevented by stretching the patient's peripheral muscles during the ventilation phaseCredit: FZ/Wibberg Critical Illness Myopathy ...
Malnutrition among a hunter-gatherer group
Why are key nutrients missing from their food environment?Credit: Matongo Tamie The diets of hunter-gatherers are changing at a fast ...
A new kind of liquid scintillator via hybridizing perovskite nanocrystals with organic molecules
Credit: by Sangeun Cho, Sungwoo Kim, Jongmin Kim, Yongcheol Jo, Ilhwan Ryu, Seongsu Hong, Jae-Joon Lee, SeungNam Cha, Eun Bi ...
Refined finish for fine fish oil
Sustainable processing lifts quality, odor and tasteCredit: Flinders University Not all fish oils are high quality oils, so scientists have ...
Cell-autonomous immunity shaped human evolution
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Every human cell harbors its own defenses against microbial invaders, relying on ...
Iron is to blame for carbon dioxide emissions from soil, says a soil scientists from RUDN
Credit: RUDN University Iron minerals and bacteria can be the main agents of carbon dioxide emissions from the soil. A ...
Unique partnership advances revolutionary CRISPR in a Box educational gene editing kit
Support from a second National Science Foundation grant will train next generation of scientists to find cures and therapies for ...
Humans, not climate, have driven rapidly rising mammal extinction rate
Credit: Tobias Andermann Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, ...
Bacteria are in key role for successful recirculating aquaculture farming
Credit: University of Jyvaskyla Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors globally. Due to continuous growth, ecologically, ...
