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Keeping COVID-19 in check likely to require periodic boosters
Between natural infection and a global vaccination campaign, most people now have some immunity against the virus that causes COVID-19....
Ocean warming intensifies viral outbreaks within corals
HOUSTON – (April 3, 2023) – The breathtaking colors of reef-building corals come from photosynthetic algae that live inside the...
Calcium sensor helps us to see the stars
Using cryo-electron microscopy and mass spectrometry, researchers from PSI have deciphered the structure of an ion channel found in the...
Diet/lifestyle program reverses biological age: a female case series
“ these data suggest that a methylation-supportive diet and lifestyle intervention may favorably influence biological age in both sexes during...
Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs in a communal nest
FRANKFURT. In millions of years and with a long sequence of small changes, evolution has shaped a particular group of...
Royal reception on Commonwealth Day 2023 for Sri Lankan PhD researcher
A PhD researcher from the University of Huddersfield’s Global Disaster Resilience Centre (GDRC) was invited by His Majesty The King and The...
Who let the dingo out?
A taxidermy-prepared dingo named Cooinda has been proposed to serve as an “archetype” specimen for all dingoes. A newly published...
Cold is beneficial for healthy aging
Cold activates a cellular cleansing mechanism that breaks down harmful protein aggregations responsible for various diseases associated with aging. In...
Griffin Charitable Foundation donates $71,000 to the Masonic Medical Research Institute
UTICA, NY –A $71,000 donation by the Griffin Charitable Foundation, based in Rome, New York, was awarded to the Masonic...
MU grant will help ease nursing workforce shortage
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A recent grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development will help train hundreds of MU students...
In a rare occurrence, UT Austin professors each snag the ‘Nobel Prizes’ of their fields in the same year
The University of Texas at Austin is the first university to claim winners of the top prizes in computing and...
Illegal trade and poor regulation threaten pangolins in China
Pangolins, unique scale-covered mammals, are drastically declining in numbers across Asia and Africa, largely due to illegal trade. Part of...
Rising temperatures alter ‘missing link’ of microbial processes, putting northern peatlands at risk
If you’re an avid gardener, you may have considered peat moss — decomposed Sphagnum moss that helps retain moisture in soil —...
Prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel announces 2023 Laureates
Jerusalem, April 3, 2023 – The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the New York...
Researchers reviewed recent progress of organic room-temperature phosphorescent materials towards application
Organic materials with room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) emission have attracted extensive attention due to extraordinary properties including long lifetime, large Stokes...
Fast light pulse triggers charge transfer into water
In certain molecules, the so-called photoacids, a proton can be released locally by excitation with light. There is a sudden...
Better air due to slurry acidification
Ammonia released into the environment is a major problem. Agriculture is considered the most prolific polluter – it is responsible...
Double-slit experiment that proved the wave nature of light explored in time
Imperial physicists have recreated the famous double-slit experiment, which showed light behaving as particles and a wave, in time rather...
Wt1 gene to be a key factor in the endothelial cell during the formation of new coronary vessels
How is the mammals’ heart formed? What role do endothelial cells play? Do the same pathways and genes involved in...
More U.S. prostate cancer patients choosing active surveillance
The number of prostate cancer patients in the U.S. choosing active surveillance over surgery or radiation has rapidly increased since...
