Biology
High end of climate sensitivity in new climate models seen as less plausible
Credit: Image by Chenggong Wang, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University A recent analysis of the latest generation...
Camera traps reveal newly discovered biodiversity relationship
Data scientists analyze photos from 15 tropical rainforestsCredit: Daniel Gorczynski HOUSTON - (March 3, 2021) - In one of the...
‘Best case’ goals for climate warming which could still result in massive wildfire risk
A seemingly small difference in global warming levels could greatly impact wildfires worldwide, researchers have foundCredit: Pexels Under the 2015...
Sewage-handling robots help predict COVID-19 outbreaks in San Diego
Automated process helps test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing researchers to forecast the region's caseload one to two weeks ahead...
Researchers explore relationship between maternal microbiota and neonatal antibody response
Credit: Andrew Mann, Virginia Tech. A healthy system of gut bacteria, or microbiota, is crucial to health: Gut bacteria not...
Evolution drives autism and other conditions to occur much more frequently in boys
Genetic researchers see greater role in health researchCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, March 3, 2021 -- Evolutionary forces drive a...
Key steps discovered in production of critical immune cell
Credit: Courtesy of WEHI WEHI researchers have uncovered a process cells use to fight off infection and cancer that could...
Heat-free optical switch would enable optical quantum computing chips
Credit: Lucas Schweickert In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method...
How to choose low glycaemic index (GI) foods? A GI “glossary” of Asian foods released
Singapore research team's comprehensive study provides the glycaemic index values for a variety of foods that are consumed in non-Western...
Climate models may significantly overestimate savings from improved energy efficiency
Credit: University of Sussex The models used to produce global climate scenarios may overestimate the energy and emission savings from...
A Thousand Brains introduces a novel theory of intelligence
A new book by Jeff Hawkins offers implications for AI and for the future of humanity - with foreword by...
Funding the future of cancer research
PICI awards nearly $3 million to six early career researchersCredit: Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy SAN FRANCISCO - From improving...
A new effect of red ginseng: suppression of lung cancer metastasis
Development of KIST-maximized ginsenoside (KMxG) using a microwave processing method for ginseng that increase the trace amounts of Rk1 and...
Opioid overdose reduced in patients taking buprenorphine
Study indicates the drug is effective in opioid users who also take benzodiazepines for anxiety, other conditionsCredit: Washington University Even...
Researchers offer new insights on bird migration
Credit: Benjamin Metzger During their seasonal migration, birds typically travel between breeding and non-breeding grounds along migratory routes grouped into...
The social and economic cost of eating disorders in the United States
Credit: J Streatfeild et al., International Journal of Eating Disorders (2021) The impact of eating disorders in the United States...
A fluid solution to dendrite growth in lithium metal batteries
Credit: Jiandi Wan, UC Davis A new paper from associate professor Jiandi Wan's group in the UC Davis Department of...
Placebo effect may explain reported benefits of psychedelic microdoses
The largest placebo-controlled trial of psychedelics to date suggests that the reported psychological benefits of microdosing are likely explained by...
A new blindness gene uncovered in a canine study
Credit: Kaisa Wickström. Inherited retinal dystrophy is a common cause of blindness, with as many as two million people suffering...
Wolf social group dynamics matter for infectious disease spread, models suggest
Credit: National Park Service UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- By modeling wolves in Yellowstone National Park, researchers have discovered that how...
