Biology
More of the Chinese population will be exposed to heat waves
One of the major concerns in climate change studies is how the thermal conditions for the living environment of human...
Physiological benefits may be experienced by veterans with PTSD who use service dogs
Credit: Purdue University photo/ Kevin Doerr) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A new study shows how veterans with PTSD may benefit...
Immune response associated with inflammation and joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis
To diagnose rheumatoid arthritis, antibodies to the amino acid citrulline are commonly measured. A new study from Uppsala University shows...
Finally, hope for a syphilis vaccine
Despite efforts to eradicate it, syphilis is on the rise. Until now, most health agencies focused on treating infected people...
Doing right by the whales
These are not good times for the North Atlantic right whale. Ship strikes and gear entanglement play major roles in...
PNNL technology clears way for ethanol-derived jet fuel
Credit: PNNL/Andrea Starr RICHLAND, Wash. -- ASTM International recently revised ASTM D7566 Annex A5 -- the Standard Specification for Aviation...
Stanford nectar research sheds light on ecological theory
Credit: Manpreet Dhami, Tadashi Fukami and Lydia-Marie Jouber A sticky drop of nectar clinging to the tip of a hummingbird's...
Volcanic activity, declining ocean oxygen triggered mass extinction of ancient organisms
Credit: Stephen Bilenky TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Global climate change, fueled by skyrocketing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, is siphoning oxygen...
Orange peels may hold secret to airborne medicine, safer bridges
Credit: Dr. Andrew Dickerson's lab Bartenders and cooks have long recognized the value of an orange twist, but thanks to...
Making the oxygen we breathe, a photosynthesis mechanism exposed
Credit: Georgia Tech / Brumfield / Barry Lab Arguably, the greatest fueler of life on our planet is photosynthesis, but...
Large-scale study indicates novel, abundant nitrogen-fixing microbes in surface ocean
Credit: Delmont et al (2018) Nature Microbiology, doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0176-9 WOODS HOLE, Mass.-- Move over, cyanobacteria! A large-scale study of the...
Researchers Discover New Type of Stem Cell State
Credit: Courtesy Prof. John R. Bracht. It's not the amount of fat, but the ability to store fat in the...
USC scientists help identify genetic markers for prostate cancer in global DNA download
An international team of researchers including USC scientists has found scores of new genetic markers in DNA code that increase...
DIY brings high throughput to continuous cell culturing
Credit: C. Bashor/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 11, 2018) -- Rice University's Caleb Bashor never planned to be an inventor...
Pandoravirus: Giant viruses invent their own genes
Credit: IGS- CNRS/AMU Three new members have been isolated and added to the Pandoravirus family by researchers at the Structural...
‘Tricking’ bacteria into hydroxylating benzene
Credit: Osami Shoji and Masayuki Karasawa Nagoya, Japan - Breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds is notoriously difficult in lab chemistry, yet nature...
Solar cells combining silicon with perovskite have achieved record efficiency of 25.2 percent
Credit: EPFL In the field of photovoltaic technologies, silicon-based solar cells make up 90% of the market. In terms of...
Wastewater treatment plants are key route into UK rivers for microplastics
Water samples from UK rivers contained significantly higher concentrations of microplastics downstream from wastewater treatment plants, according to one of...
Montana State researcher wins major award to engineer microbial biofilms
Credit: MSU photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN - Just as an entomologist studies how ants organize themselves in a colony,...
30 percent of the UK’s natural gas could be replaced by hydrogen, cutting carbon emissions
Credit: Swansea University Almost a third of the natural gas fuelling UK homes and businesses could be replaced by hydrogen,...