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Plant size and habitat traits influence cycad susceptibility to invasive species
Credit: University of Guam When humans bring a non-native herbivore to an isolated island, the native trees do not possess...
A normal DNA repair process can become a major source of mutations in cancer
Scientists at IRB Barcelona describe the "mutation fog"Credit: Dave Hoefler on Unsplash. Hypermutation is an unusual occurence that can lead...
Food menu fit for pandemic times
Ethical eating with health, environment in mindCredit: Flinders University In the midst of a global pandemic, eating well in a...
NTU and A*STAR scientists develop new way to deliver more drugs through the skin
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)...
Iron study combats anaemia with cutting-edge computer simulation
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia A new iron intervention study has determined which of the world's low-and-middle income...
A 40-year journey leads to a new truffle species
Credit: Joyce Eberhart CORVALLIS, Ore. - As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma...
Machine learning methods provide new insights into organic-inorganic interfaces
Simulations at Graz University of Technology refute earlier theories on long-range charge transfer between organic and inorganic materials.Credit: © Baustädter...
Exposure to common cold coronaviruses can teach the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2
Researchers caution: It is too soon to say whether pre-existing immune cell memory affects COVID-19 clinical outcomesCredit: Gina Kirchweger, La...
Sulfur-containing polymer generates high refractive index and transparency?
Transparent polymer thin film with refractive index exceeding 1.9 to serve as new platform materials for high-end optical device applicationsCredit:...
Dolphin calf entangled in fishing line only lived two years following rescue
Study of Indian River lagoon bottlenose dolphin shows severe, long-term damage from monofilament fishing lineCredit: Private citizen More than 1,000...
A research team of the CNIO and the HKUST identifies how some gliomas develop chemoresistance
Credit: CNIO A team led by Massimo Squatrito, Head of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation Brain Tumour Group at the Spanish...
Ghasempour receives 2020 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award
ECE alum honored for Ph.D. work on terahertz wireless network connectionCredit: Photo courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON -- (Aug 4,...
Grooming behavior between dairy cows reveals complex social network
Insights into how cattle react to changes in social groups could help shape future farm management practicesCredit: Gustavo E. Monti...
Penn medicine receives $4.9 million grant to improve uptake of cancer care best practices
Funding from National Cancer Institute is part of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot InitiativeCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - While extensive...
Implantable transmitter provides wireless option for biomedical devices
Credit: Hansraj Bhamra/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in...
Surface clean-up technology won’t solve ocean plastic problem
Credit: Making Oceans Plastic Free Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem,...
A targeted treatment for emphysema?
Small engineered peptide maintains lung tissue in animal modelsCredit: Hao Wu, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital Emphysema is a progressive, debilitating...
Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough
Plasma technology could improve viability of implantsCredit: University of Sydney Published in Advanced Functional Materials, a University of Sydney team...
COVID-19: Lower incidence at high altitudes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2020--Despite recent reports of lower COVID-19 incidence among high-altitude...
Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds
Policies that facilitate hospital coordination are urgently needed to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Health Affairs, August 2020 PHILADELPHIA...
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