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Study identifies new temperature sensing mechanism in plants
Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of lightCredit: Stan Lim/UC Riverside A protein called phytochrome B,...
New laser technique will allow more powerful — and smaller — particle accelerators
Credit: (H. Palmer and K. Palmisano) By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able...
Suffering from skin damage from face masks?
Award-winning skin infection expert offers remedies to healCredit: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com DOCTORS and nurses on the COVID-19 frontline are...
UMass Amherst engineers, nurses design low-cost face shield PPE for health care
Protective plastic face shields can be mass-produced quickly by existing manufacturersCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In just under two...
Deep-sea worms and bacteria team up to harvest methane
Credit: Alvin/WHOI Scientists at Caltech and Occidental College have discovered a methane-fueled symbiosis between worms and bacteria at the bottom...
Extreme rainfall days in metropolitan São Paulo have risen four-fold in seven decades
Study by researchers at Brazil's National Disaster Surveillance and Early Warning Center (CEMADEN) also shows a rise in the number...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches Tropical Cyclone Harold develop near Solomon Islands
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Pacific...
A direct protein-to-protein binding couples cell survival to cell proliferation
This discovery has implications in cancer, stem cell growth, and blood or neuron progenitor cell speciationCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -...
New study identifies characteristics of patients with fatal COVID-19
Credit: ATS April 03, 2020-- In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who...
Trial for potential coronavirus treatment is underway at Montefiore and Einstein
Experimental therapy might help people with serious COVID-19 complicationsCredit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine April 3, 2020--(BRONX, NY)-- Montefiore Health...
Making plant protein look and feel more like whole meat
UMass Amherst food scientists awarded grant for innovative approach to improving sensory qualities of plant-based foodCredit: UMass Amherst A team...
Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance
University of Maryland and Hong Kong University study shows masks may limit the spread diseases including influenza, rhinoviruses and coronavirusesCredit:...
nTIDE Mar 2020: COVID-19 effects not yet seen in jobs data for Americans with disabilities
National Trends in Disability Employment -- Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation & University of New Hampshire IOD -...
A twist connecting magnetism and electronic-band topology
Combined optical and torque measurements establish the microscopic mechanism linking magnetism and electronic-band topology in a Dirac materialCredit: ETH Zurich/D-PHYS...