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Experiments riding 24th SpaceX cargo mission to space station study bioprinting, crystallization, laundry
The 24th SpaceX cargo resupply services mission, targeted to launch in late December from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carries scientific research and...
UC Santa Barbara scientists connect diet and temperature to metabolism in opaleye fish
Whether it’s warm outside or cold, people generally eat about the same amount. But a fish’s appetite can vary enormously...
A medication against SARS-CoV-2 – new strategy promises protection also against future SARS-CoV-2 variants
Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been made possible by an unprecedented worldwide partnership. But medications against Covid-19 have as...
Decade-old photographs shared on social media give away a new species of pygmy grasshopper
While scrolling through iNaturalist - a social network where professional and citizen scientists share their photographs, in order to map...
Debilitating human parasite transmitted via dogs eating fish
Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected fish, new research shows.Credit: Jared Wilson-Aggarwal...
Queen’s genes determine sex of entire ant colonies
Researchers have discovered the genetic basis for a quirk of the animal kingdom — how ant queens produce broods that...
Earliest adorned female infant burial in Europe significant in understanding evolution of personhood
Ten thousand years ago, just after the last Ice Age, a group of hunter-gatherers buried an infant girl in an...
Glioma invasion may be affected by the parietooccipital fissure and white matter fibers rather than being a random phenomenon
Charlottesville, VA (December 14, 2021). Researchers from four academic neurosurgical centers in Japan found that the parietooccipital fissure, which divides...
Learning and protecting itself: how the brain adapts
The brain is a remarkably complex and adaptable organ. However, adaptability decreases with age: as new connections between nerve cells...
Joanna Chikwe is named editor-in-chief of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
CHICAGO (December 13, 2021) — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has appointed Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS, as the new...
A missing link in the MHC class divergence puzzle: Class II came first
Which came first, MHC class I or MHC class II? For decades, it has been debated which of these two...
An enemy within: Pathogens hide in tissue
Antibiotics cure many bacterial infections. However, some patients suffer a relapse. A research group at the University of Basel has...
Once upon a BCG vaccine
LA JOLLA—A long, long time ago, the BCG vaccine was approved for use against tuberculosis (TB), and it's still given...
New hope for people living with a genetic cause of autism
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Fragile X syndrome, or FXS, a leading genetic cause of autism, affects around one in 4,000 males...
How organic neuromorphic electronics can think and act
The processor is the brain of a computer - an often-quoted phrase. But processors work fundamentally differently than the human...
It can happen in a heartbeat: Remote monitoring doesn’t always detect catastrophic pacemaker failure
Philadelphia, December 13, 2021 -- Even after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety notice and recall, manufacturing...
Farmed seafood supply at risk if we don’t act on climate change
The supply of farmed seafood such as salmon and mussels are projected to drop 16 per cent globally by 2090...
A close look into the regulation of CCL17 — A gene involved in hyperimmune diseases
Allergies and many other types of immune system-related diseases originate from an interplay of complex chemical pathways that affect cell...
Flavor your food with “flavanols (flavan 3-ols)” to burn excess fat, new study suggests
In cold conditions, brown adipose tissue (BAT) or brown fat generates heat to keep the body warm. Compared with white...
Big-headed ancient fish had land on its mind
Sophisticated CT scanning of the cranium of an Australian fish fossil has given new insights to explain how fish first...
