Milky Way raids intergalactic ‘bank accounts,’ Hubble study finds
Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Player (STScI) Our Milky Way is a frugal galaxy. Supernovas and violent stellar winds blow ...
Babies burdened by environmental estrogens in mothers’ wombs
Hormone-producing fungiCredit: University of Vienna Xenoestrogens are absorbed through the environment, especially through food. As oestrogen-like substances, they can have ...
Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth
Scientists find genetic variation that allows the moth to change its biological clock and adjust to shorter wintersCredit: Frank Peairs, ...
Researchers discover how chlamydia takes up new DNA from host
Credit: Hefty Lab LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly ...
Researchers decode the immune response to Ebola vaccine
Credit: Cologne University Hospital/Dorothea Hensen Following the dramatic Ebola epidemic in West Africa from 2013 to 2016, viral infections have ...
Study has wide-reaching impact on safe storage of nuclear energy waste
Credit: Virginia Tech Society's demand for sustainable energy sources continues to grow, nuclear energy is seen as a viable and ...
Gut immunity more developed before birth than previously thought
Findings could help develop new maternal vaccines and reveal the baby's risk of autoimmune diseasesCredit: Cell Press/Konnikova Lab Most biology ...
Masashi Watanabe elected to inaugural class of Microanalysis Society Fellows
Professional association honors electron microscopy expert and Lehigh University materials science and engineering professor for outstanding leadership and innovationCredit: Courtesy ...
Genetics of nephropathia epidemica researched by Kazan Federal University
A paper appeared recently in VirusesCredit: Kazan Federal University This particular inquiry pertains to CCR5 - a gene which has ...
Technology to use hot air balloons for rocket launches competes in a startup battlefield
Credit: Michael Hepfer/Leo Aerospace WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Leo Aerospace, a Purdue University-affiliated startup looking to launch rockets with the ...
Plant death may reveal genetic mechanisms underlying cell self-destruction
Loss of protein homeostasis is involved in programmed cell death during hybrid lethality in plantsCredit: Tetsuya Yamada, TUAT Hybrid plants ...
Stable radicals can solve unconventional problems in modern science and technology
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University study reaction properties of verdazyl radicals, which can expand scientific knowledge into the field of ...
Musical perception: nature or nurture?
This is the subject of the research by Juan Manuel Toro (ICREA) and Carlota Pagès Portabella, researchers at the Center ...
The Milky Way kidnapped several tiny galaxies from its neighbor
UC Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic CloudCredit: ...
NHS needs to act on patient feedback, say Sheffield health researchers
Credit: The University of Sheffield Researchers from the University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) are today ...
Watching energy transport through biomimetic nanotubes
Credit: Dina Maniar Scientists from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and the University of Würzburg (Germany) have investigated a ...
Placenta transit of an environmental estrogen
Researchers show path of zearalenone through the womb using new technologyCredit: © University of Vienna The human foetus is considered ...
AI-based cytometer detects rare cells in blood using magnetic modulation and deep learning
Credit: Ozcan Research Lab, UCLA Detection of rare cells in blood and other bodily fluids has numerous important applications including ...
Ebola antibodies at work
Scientists in Israel and Germany show, on the molecular level, how an experimental vaccine offers long-term protection against the diseaseCredit: ...
The secret to sneaky float serves
University of Tsukuba researchers use wind-tunnel experiments to study the effect the panels of a volleyball have on its flight, ...
