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October 19, 2025

Climate change could lead to “widespread chaos” for insect communities

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- New species continue to evolve the world over, as different groups of organisms separate and take divergent paths....

Screening newborns for deadly immune disease saves lives

Introducing widespread screening of newborns for a deadly disease called severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID, followed by early treatment boosted...

Sustainability of a 12-month lifestyle intervention delivered by community health workers in reducing blood pressure in Nepal: 5-year follow-up of an open-label, cluster randomised (COBIN) trial

The sustainability and scalability of limited duration interventions in low- and middle-income countries remain unclear. A study published in The...

Scientists discover critical factors that determine the survival of airborne viruses

Critical insights into why airborne viruses lose their infectivity have been uncovered by scientists at the University of Bristol. The...

Impact Journals sponsors 2023 Ride for Roswell

Impact Journals is sponsoring Team Open Access in the annual cycling event to end cancer: The Ride for Roswell. This...

SUTD researchers’ discovery of the intrinsic nonlinear planar Hall effect proposes a new mechanism to characterise novel materials and their nonlinear complex behaviours that could translate to useful applications in electronics.

Novel intrinsic transport effect unlocks potential nonlinear applications

Like the blood coursing through our veins, electrons in the heart of our microchips breathe life into our computers. In...

UNCG spin-off launches national study to help prevent opioid misuse

Prevention Strategies received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to pursue the study and develop a commercially viable...

Tonga's Hunga Volcano produced most intense lightning ever recorded

Tonga’s Hunga eruption produced the most intense lightning ever recorded

American Geophysical Union Release No. 23-26 20 June 2023 For Immediate ReleaseCredit: Van Eaton et al. (2023), Geophysical Research Letters,...

Helping define the impact of “art” in education

Growing up, Brian Kisida always enjoyed going to school. He especially enjoyed the broad spectrum of subjects he was able...

The deepest vertebrate in the ocean, the hadal snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei) lives at a depth of 6,000-8,000 metres.

Scientists reveal how deepest sea dwellers adapted to their environment

A genetic analysis of the hadal snailfish, the deepest-dwelling known vertebrate species, has suggested a number of key adaptations that...

Less-invasive cardiac MRI is a valuable diagnostic tool in the early evaluation of patients with acute chest pain

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – June 20, 2023 – An estimated 3 million patients visit emergency departments each year with acute chest pain...

Number and proportion of pneumoconiosis cases diagnosed in the coal mining and dressing industry and death toll from accidents in coal mines and milestones from 1949 to 2021 in China

Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine article decodes patterns of pneumoconiosis among miners

At work, coal miners are constantly exposed to silica or coal dust, which tends to settle in their lungs. This...

Princeton Construction Sustainability Sign

Company culture shapes willingness of workers to act sustainably, research shows

Amidst rising concerns about the global climate crisis, Princeton researchers have uncovered the surprisingly large role that companies play in...

Concluding remarks & perspectives of Targeting Phage Therapy 2023

The 6th World Congress on Targeting Phage Therapy 2023 that was held on June 1-2 in Paris, and gathered more...

Abdominal-dominant obesity was associated with worse outcomes under SARS-CoV-2 infection

When it comes to COVID-19, belly fat upsets the apple cart

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that apple-shaped obesity is associated with cytokine storm and a higher...

Revealing magnetic mysteries: uOttawa breakthrough builds better single molecule magnets

Scientists from the University of Ottawa have invented a unique method to create better molecule-based magnets, known as single-molecule magnets...

Patient-led intervention first to successfully address multiple difficult symptoms in dialysis patients

PITTSBURGH, June 20, 2023 – When a patient with chronic kidney disease finally reaches the point that their kidneys fail,...

When a rat smells a rat

Some animals release chemical pheromones which can trigger behavioral or hormonal changes in other animals. It is known that calm...

Hummingbird bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi)

See-through squid lets scientists study cephalopod nervous system

By William von HerffCredit: Tim Briggs/MBL Cephalopod Program By William von Herff WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A team at the...

Contours of oscillatory shear index (OSI) on healthy, 30% stenosis, and 50% stenosis carotid arteries

Exercise may induce strokes for people with blocked arteries