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Mosquitoes have neuronal fail-safes to make sure they can always smell humans
When female mosquitoes are looking for a human to bite, they smell a unique cocktail of body odors that we...
Greenland’s Indigenous population favours extracting and exporting sand from melting ice sheet
A national survey of close to 1000 adults in Greenland (where approximately 90% of the population is Indigenous) conducted by...
A novel drug suppresses muscle inflammation and restores muscle weakness
Tokyo, Japan - Inflammatory myopathies can be challenging to treat, but a new study reports encouraging findings for patients with...
WVU researcher studies the effects of online ‘sharenting’ and the risks facing kids
With back-to-school season in full swing, parents might want to think twice about posting “first day of class” photos of...
Noise affects life on the seafloor
Oceans have their own unique soundscape. Many marine organisms, for example, use sound for echolocation, navigation or communication with conspecifics....
How Martian ionospheric dispersion effected on SAR imaging
The subsurface of Mars records important historical information on the formation and evolution of Mars. As an ionized medium, the...
Chung-Ang University researchers breathe life into sensors with versatile gas masks
With the onset of the Internet of Things (IoT) era, devices have learned to communicate and exchange data. This is...
Can the protein that defeats metabolic diseases conquer dementia?
In the recent popular Korean TV series “The Light in Your Eyes,” many viewers emphasized with the main character suffering...
COVID OUT clinical trial suggests metformin effective at reducing odds of serious outcomes for COVID-19 patients seeking early treatment
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers — led by the University of Minnesota Medical School and School...
UBC researchers discover ‘weak spot’ across major COVID-19 variants
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered a key vulnerability across all major variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus,...
Breaking in a new planet
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The harder you hit something – a ball, a walnut, a geode – the more likely...
New model describes puffs, slugs, and the role of randomness in transitional turbulence
Mention the word “turbulence” and you might conjure up images of bumpy flights, stormy weather, and choppy ocean or river...
This mouse can’t keep a secret about the “secretome”
The “secretome” refers to proteins that are secreted by a cell, a tissue or an organism. In a new study published...
New prenatal test can reduce time, cost of detecting chromosomal abnormalities
NEW YORK, NY (Aug. 17, 2022)--A new prenatal test developed by researchers at Columbia University Fertility Center can determine if...
Dogs lying in the middle of the road after sunrise at Kewa Pueblo, in no hurry to start the day
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 17, 2022—Comprehensive data from several seasons of field research in the Alaskan Arctic will address uncertainties...
Reduced myocardial blood flow is new clue in how COVID-19 is impacting the heart
Patients with prior COVID may be twice as likely to have unhealthy endothelial cells that line the inside of the...
Baylor study combines lithophane, 3D printing to enable individuals to “see” data regardless of level of eyesight
WACO, Texas (Aug. 17, 2022) – A research team led by Baylor University chemists has taken a groundbreaking step forward...
Why heat makes us sleepy
On the hottest summer days, you may find yourself dozing off in the middle of the day. In some parts...
Why we fit a mini brain with a mini cap
It could be the world’s tiniest EEG electrode cap, created to measure activity in a brain model the size of...
South America might have been settled over 18,000 years ago, with evidence of a genetic bottleneck around 12,800 years ago, per Y chromosome genomic analysis
South America might have been settled over 18,000 years ago, with evidence of a genetic bottleneck around 12,800 years ago,...
