Potentially toxic plankton algae may play a crucial role in the future Arctic
Plankton algae that supplement photosynthesis by eating other algae and bacteria may play a crucial role in the future ArcticCredit: ...
Experts ‘scan horizon’ to help prepare governments for next major biosecurity threat
Credit: Centre for Existential Risk, Cambridge University During the summer of 2019, a global team of experts put their heads ...
$1 million gift from pool industry pioneer establishes MCG’s newest endowed chair
Credit: File photo AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb.3, 2021) - A $1 million gift from the estate of a pool industry pioneer ...
More mammals are being struck by aircraft each year
Credit: Samantha Ball Investigators have published a global review of mammal strikes with aircraft, noting that events have been increasing ...
Some food contamination starts in the soil
Credit: Matt Limmer When most people hear "food contamination," they think of bacteria present on unwashed fruits or vegetables, or ...
Remyelinating drug could improve vision in patients with multiple sclerosis
UC Riverside-led mouse study stresses MS treatment should be started earlyCredit: Tiwari-Woodruff lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team ...
Providing inclusive care for LGBTQ2SPIA+ cancer patients
A research article in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences examines reducing barriers in the cancer-care trajectory for ...
Scientists advocate breaking laws – of geography and ecology
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory, Joshua Stevens Recent global calamities - the pandemic, wildfires, floods - are spurring interdisciplinary scientists to ...
UTEP researchers make discoveries to better understand SARS-CoV-2 virus
Credit: Courtesy: Lin Li, Ph.D EL PASO, Texas - An effort led by Lin Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics ...
A new hands-off probe uses light to explore electron behavior in a topological insulator
Just as pressing a guitar string produces a higher pitch, sending laser light through a material can shift it to ...
Study challenges ecology’s ‘Field of Dreams’ hypothesis
Restoring habitat requires much more than just the right plantsCredit: Holly Jones, Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- If you ...
An origami-inspired medical patch for sealing internal injuries
The patch, which can be folded around surgical tools, may someday be used in robotic surgery to repair tissues and ...
Deep Vision: Near-infrared imaging and machine learning can identify hidden tumors
Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging combined with machine learning can visualize tumors in deep tissue and covered by a mucosal layer, scientists ...
1 in 10 college women experience period poverty, more likely to experience depression
New George Mason University study is first to examine period poverty experiences and associations with depression among college studentsCredit: George ...
A show of force: Novel polymer that toughens up and changes color upon mechanical stress
Credit: Tokyo Tech A fascinating and crucial ability of biological tissue, such as muscle, is self-healing and self-strengthening in response ...
Neuromuscular disease registry helps patients access research, clinical trials, new genetic tests, and therapies
With data on more than 4,000 patients, the Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Registry celebrates a decade of facilitating research across Canada, ...
UTEP fights superbugs with $1.2 Million NIH grant to produce antibiotics
Credit: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications EL PASO, Texas - Chu-Young Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at ...
Snake micro scales reveal secrets of sidewinding and slithering
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech The mesmerizing flow of a sidewinder moving obliquely across desert sands has captivated biologists for ...
Researchers develop 10-minute COVID-19 diagnostic test that wage workers can afford
Technology based on nanoparticles identifies IgG antibodies and costs only about a fifth of similar devices now on the market. ...
Beyond qubits: Sydney takes next big step to scale up quantum computing
In partnership with Microsoft, Sydney scientists have removed a roadblock to scaling up quantum machinesCredit: University of Sydney Scientists and ...