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Nanoplastics alter intestinal microbiome and threaten human health
Credit: UAB/CREAF We live in a world invaded by plastic. Its role as a chemically stable, versatile and multi-purpose fostered...
New population of blue whales discovered in the western Indian ocean
Credit: Robert Baldwin/Environment Society of Oman An international team of researchers has discovered what it believes to be a new...
Digging deep for differences in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Study identifies divergent gene activity between healthy and damaged skeletal muscleCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 21, 2020...
Pneumolysis: High altitude specialists explain lung destruction caused by COVID-19
The article by Dr. Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja and colleagues in published as open access in Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials,...
TRIUMF’s CANREB facility marks first beam
Credit: Stu Shepherd Scientists and engineers at TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre, announced a major milestone for TRIUMF's Advanced Rare...
New 3D maps reveal inner workings of immune cell gene expression
LJI scientists track down control elements that govern gene expression from a distanceCredit: Alex Fung LA JOLLA--The COVID-19 pandemic has...
Scientists discover a new type of brain cell that could help detect distance
Credit: Dr. Steven Poulter and Dr. Colin Lever The existence of GPS-like brain cells, which can store maps of the...
Variety: Spice of life for bumble bees
Research team led by Göttingen University analyses the foraging behavior of bees using pollen DNACredit: Svenja Bänsch, University of Göttingen...
Device refines analysis of materials for fuel cells and batteries
Developed at an Engineering Research Center supported by FAPESP, the novel spectroelectrochemical cell can be used to study the behavior...
New phase for synthetic aperture microscopy
A phase microscopy method with unprecedented spatial resolution and speed, enough to observe subcellular dynamics and nanometric structuresCredit: SPIE Microscopy...
Gene pathway linked to schizophrenia identified through stem cell engineering
Credit: (Photo by Laura Stertz, PhD/UTHealth) Using human-induced pluripotent stem cells engineered from a single family's blood samples, a gene...
New optical fiber brings significant improvements to light-based gyroscopes
New technology poised to enable more precise and compact navigation systems for airplanes, unmanned vehicles and for land and marine...
First patient enrolled in stem cell therapy trial for traumatic injury
Credit: Athersys The first patient has enrolled in a Phase II clinical trial evaluating a stem cell therapy for the...
UArizona researcher wins $1 million NSF C-Accel Grant
University of Arizona researcher Zheshen Zhang leads a team to create sensor systems for navigation, health care and communications --...
Sixfold increase in risk
Study shows link between cervical cancer and HIV infectionCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM A research team at the Technical University...
Sex-specific Alzheimer’s treatment could benefit males over females
University of Ottawa research in mice highlights sex-specific difference that could prevent certain treatments from working in females, signaling caution...
The quest for carbon capture: WVU engineer explores the ways through four federally-funded projects
Credit: Paige Nesbit/WVU One silver lining to COVID-19 restrictions, based on a recent report, is a 2.4 billion-ton plummet in...
Looking for dark matter near neutron stars with radio telescopes
Credit: Credit: Kavli IPMU In the 1970s, physicists uncovered a problem with the Standard Model of particle physics--the theory that...
Young people regarded COVID-19 as a threat to the older generation but not to themselves
Credit: NTU Singapore At the start of the pandemic, young Singaporeans regarded COVID-19 as a threat to the older generation...
Discovery: How Colorado potato beetles beat pesticides
Epigenetic changes, passed to new generations, may solve paradox of rapid resistanceCredit: Lily Shapiro The Colorado potato beetle is a...
