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How did vertebrates first evolve jaws?
Five-hundred million years ago, it was relatively safe to go back in the water. That’s because creatures of the deep...
Simultaneous extreme weather created dangerous cascades in U.S.
Intense heat in the southwestern United States broke records last summer partly because it hit in tandem with an unusually...
Common antiretroviral drug improves cognition in mouse model of Down syndrome
Lamivudine, a commonly-used antiretroviral drug for treating HIV, improves cognition in a mouse model of Down syndrome, according to the...
Increasing heat waves affect up to half a billion people
Climate change is a reality and extremely high temperatures have been reported by India and Pakistan in the spring. In...
Bacteria’s shapeshifting behaviour clue to new treatments for urinary tract infections
Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. More than half of all Australian women will suffer...
Emergency care and hospitalizations higher among cannabis users, study finds
Visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations are 22 per cent higher among individuals who use cannabis compared with those...
COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
RICHLAND, Wash.—The virus that causes COVID-19 undertakes a massive takeover of the body’s fat-processing system, creating cellular storehouses of fat...
New NSF grant to Illinois Tech aims to foster ‘effective, caring, and empathetic’ teachers equipped with anti-racism training
CHICAGO, June 27, 2022—Illinois Institute of Technology has received a new $1.1 million National Science Foundation grant to fund scholarships...
DOE backs Rice physicists’ collaboration
HOUSTON – (June 27, 2022) – Two Rice University nuclear physicists have received Department of Energy backing to continue their research...
Single-atom tractor beams power chemical catalysis
By trapping light into tiny gaps only a few atoms wide, a team from the NanoPhotonics Centre has magnified optical...
Structural racism drives higher COVID-19 death rates in Louisiana, study finds
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND–Disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality rates among Black populations in Louisiana parishes are the result of longstanding health vulnerabilities...
Top predators could ‘trap’ themselves trying to adapt to climate change, study shows
Link to Google Drive folder containing images:Credit: Bobby-Jo Vial Link to Google Drive folder containing images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U7acqtX0fuqAHq45YPxTSKXbZAaD6Xlh?usp=sharing As climate change...
Fossils in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ may be more than a million years older than previously thought
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind”...
Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit 1 million years older than previously thought
Fossils found at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa reveal nearly four million years of hominin and environmental evolution. Since...
Long-term liquid water also on non-Earth-like planets?
Liquid water is an important prerequisite for life to develop on a planet. As researchers from the University of Bern,...
New genetic associations in pediatric NAFLD affect both risk and severity
In a pair of overlapping studies, a diverse team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego...
Oxytocin spreads cooperation in social networks
Administering oxytocin to the central members of a social network spreads cooperation via increased punishment of uncooperative behavior, according to...
Rensselaer researchers receive $3.5 million grant for development of COVID antiviral drug
TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers Gaetano Montelione and Christopher Cioffi will use a five-year, $3.5 million grant from...
Making dark semiconductors shine
Whether or not a solid can emit light, for instance as a light-emitting diode (LED), depends on the energy levels...
Virus discovery offers clues about origins of complex life
The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has...
