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RSV is a serious heath threat, but the public knows little about it
PHILADELPHIA – As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determines whether to approve a vaccine against RSV for...
An app can transform smartphones into thermometers that accurately detect fevers
If you’ve ever thought you may be running a temperature yet couldn’t find a thermometer, you aren’t alone. A fever...
Monarch butterflies are more likely to survive their long migrations if they have more and larger white spots on their wings, possibly because it gives them an aerodynamic advantage
###Credit: Andrew K. Davis, using images courtesy of www.butterfliesofamerica.com with permission, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ### Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286921 Article Title:...
Wild and feral cats shed more toxoplasmosis parasites in areas densely populated by humans
A new analysis suggests that wild, stray, and feral cats living in areas with higher human population density tend to...
Why is there a data trust deficit?
The Association for Computing Machinery’s global Technology Policy Council (TPC) has released its TechBrief: The Data Trust Deficit.” It is...
Smart farming platform improves crop yields, minimizes pollution
A new farming system developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin aims to solve one of the...
New microcomb device advances photonic technology
A new tool for generating microwave signals could help propel advances in wireless communication, imaging, atomic clocks, and more.Credit: University...
A roadmap for gene regulation in plants
– By Will FergusonCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab – By Will Ferguson For the first time, researchers at the Department of...
The surprising path to life: Breaking free from Plate Tectonics
A groundbreaking study published in Nature has challenged the long-held belief that plate tectonics is a prerequisite for the emergence of life...
Single hepatitis E mutation renders sofosbuvir therapy ineffective
Which viral variants circulate in the blood?Credit: © RUB, Marquard Which viral variants circulate in the blood? In an earlier...
Drug-resistant fungi are thriving in even the most remote regions of Earth
New McMaster research has found that a disease-causing fungus — collected from one of the most remote regions in the...
Direct photons point to positive gluon polarization
UPTON, NY— A new publication by the PHENIX Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) provides definitive evidence that gluon “spins” are aligned...
SEB Centenary Conference 2023
This year's SEB conference will feature over 800 talks covering the latest advances in experimental research across animal, plant and...
A new, promising weapon in the fight against HIV
A research team led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) has identified a molecular compound that activates latent HIV-1...
NIST lays groundwork for future ultra-precise timing links to geosynchronous satellites
Last year, scientists drove up Mauna Loa volcano on Hawai’i, aimed a laser at a reflector positioned on Haleakala peak...
Watch worms use electricity to jump
In nature, smaller animals often attach themselves to larger ones to “hitch a ride” and save energy migrating large distances....
Multi-valent mRNA vaccines against monkeypox enveloped or mature viron surface antigens for enhanced protection
A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Beijing Institute of...
Yongguo Li secures ERC Starting Grant
Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) are awarded to outstanding researchers and are worth millions of euros in funding....
Key material, solid electrolyte, created for all-solid-state batteries
Osaka, Japan - While most of us only associate room temperature with personal comfort, this temperature is exactly what scientists...
Ketone supplements worsen performance in trained endurance athletes, researchers find
Hamilton, ON, June 21, 2023 – Kinesiologists at McMaster University have found ketone supplements, used by some athletes hoping to...
