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Biological cleanup discovered for certain “forever chemicals”

University of California, Riverside, chemical and environmental engineering scientists have identified two species of bacteria found in soil that break...

The clams that fell behind, and what they can tell us about evolution and extinction

Every so often, life on Earth steps onto a nearly empty playing field and faces a spectacular opportunity. Something major...

Shedding light on the complex flow dynamics within the small intestine

Science is well aware of the important role that gut bacteria and their interactions with the gastrointestinal tract play in...

Genetic change increased bird flu severity during U.S. spread

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – May 29, 2023) St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists discovered how the current epizootic H5N1 avian influenza...

Matthew Bailes, Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin receive the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2023 is awarded in equal shares to Matthew Bailes, Director of the Australian Research Council...

NJIT researchers awarded $4.6m to unlock mysteries of solar eruptions

A New Jersey Institute of Technology research team led by physics professor Wenda Cao at the university’s Center for Solar...

New Jersey Health Foundation awards grants to Kessler Foundation to advance research in brain and spinal cord stimulation methods

East Hanover, NJ – May 30, 2023 – Annually, New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) invites researchers to submit applications for...

Extreme precipitation in northeast to increase 52% by the end of the century

With a warmer climate creating more humid conditions in the Northeast, extreme precipitation events — defined as about 1.5 or...

Obstructive sleep apnea disrupts gene activity throughout the day in mice

The low blood oxygen levels of obstructive sleep apnea cause widespread changes in gene activity throughout the day, according to...

Researchers use ‘natural’ system to identify proteins most useful for developing an effective HIV vaccine

Since it was identified in 1984 as the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Scientists identify how some angiogenic drugs used to treat cancer and heart disease cause vascular disease

Research by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has demonstrated that the on-target molecular and cellular effects...

CSI Singapore researchers uncover potential novel therapeutic targets against natural killer/T-cell lymphoma

Singapore, 29 May 2023 – A team of researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National...

Deconstructing the role of MALAT1 in MAPK-Signaling in melanoma

“In this study, we present novel transcriptional dependencies between MALAT1 and MAPK-pathway-associated genes in melanoma.”Credit: 2023 Feichtenschlager et al. “In...

Biological specimens imaged with X-rays without damage