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The fungal effector Rip 1 suppresses maize host defense responses
Plant colonisation by biotrophic pathogens requires sophisticated strategies for tissue invasion, defence suppression and metabolic manipulation to loot nutrients necessary...
ARRS annual meeting presents emergency radiology cases of inattention blindness
New Orleans, LA, May 5, 2022—Significant imaging findings (cancer, infection, pseudoaneurysm, fracture, bowel perforation) can occur in emergency department (ED)...
New discovery to improve malaria elimination strategies
WEHI researchers in Melbourne have made a crucial discovery about how asymptomatic malaria infections impact the body, informing potential strategies...
How a COVID-19 infection spurs antibodies against common colds
LA JOLLA, CA—Getting sick with a common cold doesn’t make you immune to COVID-19, but a COVID-19 infection might, at...
Pitt neuroscientists find multiple brain regions control speech, challenging common assumption
PITTSBURGH, May 4, 2022 – Neurobiologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine give new meaning to the term...
MU grant boosts public health messaging to parents considering various vaccines for their children
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As a public health nurse for the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services department, Malaika Gallimore...
Baby corals are just as susceptible as adults to deadly reef disease, study finds
Baby corals are just as susceptible as adults to a deadly disease that has been spreading across Florida’s reefs since...
UT Southwestern Voice Center study profiles hundreds of injured singers
An analysis of more than 400 singers who sought treatment at UT Southwestern Medical Center for vocal injuries provides a wealth...
Content and trigger warnings from 32 countries and 10 different sectors analyzed to produce a new framework of classification by theme (violence, language, flashing lights, etc.) and media type
Content and trigger warnings from 32 countries and 10 different sectors analyzed to produce a new framework of classification by...
ORNL’s Chi elected Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Miaofang Chi, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the...
Study identifies factors that shape vaccine preferences
A study involving hypothetical COVID-19 vaccines suggests that vaccine effectiveness and risk of side effects significantly influence people’s preferences for...
The 2014 Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion had positive spillover effects, increasing participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by almost 3 percentage points (or 7%) among low income individuals
The 2014 Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion had positive spillover effects, increasing participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
As few as 1 in 20 English adults may be meeting physical activity guidelines, especially strengthening exercise, in study of over 250,000 people – with those who are female, older, or in deprived areas being especially unlikely to exercise enough
As few as 1 in 20 English adults may be meeting physical activity guidelines, especially strengthening exercise, in study of...
Links between paranormal beliefs and cognitive function described by 40 years of research
In a review of 71 studies that explored links between belief in paranormal phenomena and cognitive function, most of the...
Like a pebble in a whirlpool
Osaka, Japan – Scientists from the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University have shown how silicon nanoparticles can...
Scientists engineer new tools to electronically control gene expression
Researchers have created an improved method for turning genes on and off using electrical signals.Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have...
Resistance to COVID-19 drug detected in lab study
The virus that causes COVID-19 can develop partial resistance to the antiviral drug remdesivir during infection of cultured cells in...
Founding family renews philanthropic commitment to Libin Cardiovascular Institute
The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation is renewing its commitment to improving the cardiovascular health of Canadians, announcing a $7.5...
Devil in the coronavirus fusion details
The mystery of exactly how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects human lung cells remains largely hidden to experimental scientists. Now, however,...
How mosquito brains encode human odor so they can seek us out
Mosquitos. Bane of backyard picnics — and deadly in Zika- and dengue-prone regions.Credit: Photo by Denise Applewhite, Princeton University Office...
