A novel neural network to understand symmetry, speed materials research
Understanding structure-property relations is a key goal of materials research, according to Joshua Agar, a faculty member in Lehigh University’s ...
Team discovers invasive-native crayfish hybrids in Missouri
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In a study of crayfish in the Current River in southeastern Missouri, researchers discovered – almost by ...
Individual donor strains do not show link between fecal microbe transplantation and successful melanoma immunotherapy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The mix of microbes in the gut can shape a person’s immune response. In immunotherapy for melanoma, ...
Keeping it clean and cool
The summer of 2021 in Western Canada was one of the hottest on record. In BC alone, 59 weather stations ...
How mussels make a powerful underwater glue
Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) spend their days being buffeted by crashing waves. They manage to stay tethered to the rocks ...
Elucidating the brain’s white matter
The human brain is a constant buzz of activity, with its 86 billion nerve cells (neurons) sending electrical signals from ...
Research shows promising results for Parkinson’s disease treatment
Embargoed until 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021. Credit: Rachel Keady Keeney Embargoed until 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021. ...
Second most common malaria parasite takes unrealized toll on human health
The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) causes frequent, chronic infections that represent a major unrecognized burden on global health, ...
The climate-driven mass extinction no one had seen
DURHAM, N.C. – Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around ...
Referential alarm calls increase vigilance in brood parasite hosts
Yellow warblers are hosts to brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, which rely on other species to raise their offspring. Warblers use ...
A cousin of Viagra reduces obesity by stimulating cells to burn fat, study shows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Images courtesy of David Kass FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a ...
Corals once thought to be a single species are really two, study concludes
BUFFALO, N.Y. — On a night dive off the coast of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2016, ...
Kids with MIS-C mount normal T cell response to COVID-19
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a serious condition associated with a recent COVID-19 infection. The syndrome is rare, ...
Study reveals impact of wild meat consumption on greenhouse gas emissions
Consuming sustainably sourced wild meat instead of domesticated livestock reduces greenhouse gas emissions and retains precious tropical forest systems, which ...
Birds learn to avoid plants that host dangerous insects, researchers have found
Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators quickly learn to avoid ...
National Kidney Foundation, Leading nephrology experts develop roadmap to advance kidney disease research
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) released today a research roadmap that, if funded by Congress, would quickly accelerate innovations in treatment and increase ...
Extinct ground sloth likely ate meat with its veggies
A new study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History suggests that Mylodon—a ground sloth that lived ...
Study reveals abundance of microscopic paint flakes in the North Atlantic
Flakes of paint could be one of the most abundant type of microplastic particles in the ocean, new research has ...
New USask research contributes to understanding of Cystic Fibrosis
SASKATOON – Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are hopeful new understanding of cellular defects related to Cystic Fibrosis ...
WVU to receive $2.7 million from NIH to study how the brain heals from stroke and impact of aging
Although strokes can occur no matter how old you are, your risk for one increases as you age. About two-thirds ...