Biology
Tests indicate modern oral nicotine products elicit lower toxicity responses than cigs
Credit: Bat-science.com New research by BAT indicates that modern oral products (MOPs) showed lower toxicity responses in certain assays than...
A new twist on public health tick surveillance
UMass Amherst scientists to capture the outdoor locations of people with tick-borne diseasesCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst...
Marine heatwaves are human made
Credit: Courtesy NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center A marine heatwave (ocean heatwave) is an extended period of time...
A better alternative to Phthalates?
NIST researchers measure DINCH levels in women to better understand its effectsCredit: A. Holt/NIST Detergents, shampoos, soaps and other everyday...
Family care? Healed injuries suggest social behavior in ancestral wolves
New specimens from Ice Age of China provide clues to origin of pack-hunting in modern wolvesCredit: Mairin Balisi Wolves today...
Pale melanomas masked by albino gene
Credit: iStock People with pale coloured melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of...
Spin clean-up method brings practical quantum computers closer to reality
Osaka City University develops a quantum algorithm that removes pesky spin contaminants from chemical calculations on quantum computers.Credit: Kenji Sugisaki,...
Study could be first step in providing personalized care to patients with ureteral stents
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ONTARIO - For patients with kidney stones, ureteral stents (hollow devices placed in the...
Tree rings show scale of Arctic pollution is worse than previously thought
Credit: Dr Alexander Kirdyanov The largest-ever study of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has shown that the...
New study to uncover how climate change and tectonics drove evolution in East Africa
First-of-its-kind international study is rooted in 17 million year-old whale fossilCredit: Isaiah Nengo STONY BROOK, NY, (Under Embargo until September...
Ultrapotent compound may help treat C. diff, reduce recurrence
Credit: Herman O. Sintim/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, is the leading cause of health...
Simpler models may be better for determining some climate risk
Credit: NOAA Typically, computer models of climate become more and more complex as researchers strive to capture more details of...
Tracking shape changes in amazon fish after major river is dammed
Cichlid fishes, able to respond rapidly to environmental change, offer good modelCredit: UMass Amherst/Albertson lab A team of biologists led...
Secondary variant of Photorhabdus luminescens interacts with plant roots
New form of insect-pathogenic bacterium extends the options for sustainable crop protection and biological pest control in agricultureCredit: ill./©: Nazzareno...
Leading water scientists warn of risks in shift to monoculture crops, tree plantations
Credit: University of Saskatchewan Conversion of large swaths of land to uniform tree plantations and single-crop species may lead to...
New ‘atlas’ of human heart cells first step toward precision treatments for heart disease
University of Alberta cardiology team uses cutting-edge techniques to profile individual cells and genes in six regions of the heartCredit:...
SciLifeLab scientists participate in interactive exhibition on COVID-19
Credit: Interspectral AB To facilitate communication of complex data to the public in attractive and educative way, SciLifeLab connects researchers...
New nemertean species found in Panama represents the first of its genus from the Caribbean
Credit: Natsumi Hookabe As Natsumi Hookabe snorkeled around Panama's Bocas del Toro archipelago, during the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Training...
Researchers demonstrate how deep learning can advance study of neural degeneration
Credit: Adriana San Miguel, NC State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated the utility of artificial intelligence...
Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to genetic mutations or antibodies that attack the body
Credit: NIAID People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild to deadly. Now, two new...
