Unusual currents explain mysterious red crab strandings
New findings suggest that abnormal ocean currents cause the occasional appearance of pelagic red crabs outside their native rangeCredit: Photo ...
More than half of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury needed repairs in past 6 months
Vulnerable populations are most likely to experience negative consequences of wheelchair breakdown, such as missing work or school or being ...
UMass Amherst research pinpoints role of dopamine in songbird’s brain plasticity
Neurotransmitter shown to be a key driver in sensory processingCredit: UMass Amherst Neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have ...
nTIDE June 2021 Jobs Report: Job indicators close in on pre-pandemic employment levels
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) -- issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New HampshireCredit: Kessler Foundation ...
Insect-sized robot navigates mazes with the agility of a cheetah
This flexible, durable robot can traverse complex terrain and quickly swerve to avoid obstacles, qualities that could one make it ...
Kansas State University virologists publish new findings on SARS-CoV-2 treatment option
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- A recent study by Kansas State University virologists demonstrates successful postinfection treatment for ...
New technology and partnerships to aid scientists facing critical global challenges
Swansea University and Diamond Light Source to exploit revolutionary nanoparticle beam technologyCredit: Henry Hoddinott. A new state-of-the-art instrument has been ...
Solar hydrogen for Antarctica — study shows advantages of thermally coupled approach
A team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Ulm University, and Heidelberg University has now investigated how hydrogen can be produced at ...
Scientists publish a how-to guide for creating mouse-human chimeric embryos
The research enables far more accurate models of human development and disease and could help solve the shortage of organs ...
Inside the lungs, a new hope for protection against flu damage
New experimental data pinpoints a molecular component responsible for modulating the damage the flu can wreck on the lungsCredit: Joana ...
Energy production at Mutriku remains constant even if the wave force increases
The EOLO group has developed a statistical model that relates the power generation of the Mutriku wave farm to wave ...
Air pollution during pregnancy may affect growth of newborn babies
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country analyses the relationship between atmospheric pollution during pregnancy and the level ...
Changing consumption of certain fatty acids can lessen severity of headaches
A new study shows how a change in diet based on certain classes of fatty acids decreased headaches in patients ...
Potential drug target for difficult-to-treat breast cancer: RNA-binding proteins
Studies using human cell lines and tumors grown in mice provide early evidence that inhibiting RNA-binding proteins, a previously overlooked ...
How ethane-consuming archaea pick up their favorite dish
Scientists of Bremen sucessfully decoded the structure of the enzyme responsible for ethane fixationCredit: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/ ...
The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers
The mysterious ocean plastic sinkCredit: CEFREM/UPVD Plastics are a growing problem for natural ecosystems around the globe, and in particular ...
Guadalupe fur seals continue to recover as new colony discovered
Credit: Jorge Paul Orduño GarcÃa. Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) have established a large resting colony in the Gulf of ...
At what temperature the weather becomes a problem
Climate change leads to increasing heat strain for humans, animals and cropsCredit: U. Benz / TUM "We have studied which ...
Uncovering the genetic mechanism behind Rett syndrome
Dysfunction in key gene causes neural stem cells to produce more astrocytes than neuronsCredit: Kyushu University/Nakashima Lab Fukuoka, Japan--Medical researchers ...
New solution for sleep apnoea
Existing medications can reduce severity by 'at least 30%'Credit: The Hospital Research Foundation, South Australia In an Australian world-first, researchers ...