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Two centuries of Monarch butterflies show evolution of wing length
Credit: Micah Freedman, UC Davis North America's beloved Monarch butterflies are known for their annual, multi-generation migrations in which individual...
New research partnership
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 2, 2020--Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB), the Center for Biomedical Research...
Short-term moisture removal can eliminate downy mildew of spinach
Credit: Braham Dhillon Downy mildew is the biggest threat to spinach production around the world. While the pathogen has a...
‘Transparent solar cells’ can take us towards a new era of personalized energy
Scientists design novel transparent solar cells using thin silicon films, with efficient power generationCredit: Joel Filipe on Unsplash Today, the...
Depression, social anxiety, and use of mobile dating apps
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 2, 2020--Depression symptoms and social anxiety are associated with greater...
Study suggests increased risk of restraint use in black patients in the emergency setting
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- A study published in...
Self-watering soil could transform farming
Credit: University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- A new type of soil created by engineers at The University...
Lizard skull fossil is new and ‘perplexing’ extinct species
Credit: Simon Scarpetta In 2017, while browsing the fossil collections of Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, University of Texas...
Hot or cold, weather alone has no significant effect on COVID-19 spread
Credit: Ian Dolphin. At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, there were high hopes that hot summer temperatures could reduce...
Genomic data ‘catches corals in the act’ of speciation and adaptation
Credit: Forsman, et al. (2020) A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine...
Novel technique spotlights neuronal uptake of amyloid beta in Alzheimer’s disease
Study finds a short section of the amyloid beta protein is recognized by the cellular prion protein, which mediates its...
NIST researchers advance efforts to accurately measure glyphosate pesticide in oats
Credit: J. Murray/NIST Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of...
Flying through wildfire smoke plumes could improve smoke forecasts
Credit: Brett Palm/University of Washington Wildfires burning in the West affect not only the areas burned, but the wider regions...
Just like us – Neanderthal children grew and were weaned similar to us
Neanderthals introduced solid food in their children's diet at around 5-6 months of ageCredit: ERC project SUCCESS, University of Bologna,...
Resurrecting war plan blue: NPS workshop re-examines US war preparedness
Credit: Courtesy of the Warfare Innovation Continuum The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently concluded an intense concept generation workshop to...
Scientist studies the role of a muscle protein in skeletal muscle disorders
NIAMS grant supports the work of a University of Cincinnati researcherCredit: Photo by Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand. A University...
New cause of COVID-19 blood clots identified
Credit: Stephanie King/ Michigan Medicine Blood clots continue to wreak havoc for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, and a new...
New remote sensing technique could bring key planetary mineral into focus
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Planetary scientists from Brown University have developed a new remote sensing method for...
Vitamin D levels during pregnancy linked with child IQ
Study shows disparities among black womenCredit: Seattle Children's Vitamin D is a critical nutrient and has many important functions in...
Microfluidics helps MTU engineers watch viral infection in real time
Credit: Phil Mcleod/Michigan Tech Get your popcorn. Engineers and virologists have a new way to watch viral infection go down....