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Wearable, portable invention offers options for treating antibiotic-resistant infections
Credit: Purdue University/Rahim Rahimi WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The rapid increase of life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infections has resulted in challenging wound...
Insights into behavior during chimney tops 2 fire could improve evacuation planning
Credit: National Park Service As global temperatures continue to rise, cities and towns not historically prone to large wildfires may...
UIC research discovers links among poor sleep, high blood pressure, gut microbiome
Study shows potential negative effects of disrupted sleepCredit: Mark Mershon/University of Illinois Chicago In the first study of its kind,...
Researchers awarded $2 million grant to study the immune system and triple negative breast cancer
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (September 2, 2020) - Liza Makowski, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine-Hematology-Oncology at the...
Plant pathogens reorder physical structures of effectors to escape plant recognition
Credit: The American Phytopathology Society Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete, or water mold, that causes the devastating potato disease known...
How mechanical forces nudge tumors toward malignancy
Credit: Laboratory of Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University All cancers are the result of cells that have...
Dartmouth-led team engineers new treatment for drug-resistant bacterial infections
Credit: Dartmouth Engineering The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prioritized finding effective treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...
Newly identified gene grants tomatoes resistance to bacterial speck disease
Boyce Thompson Institute researchers are working to create tomatoes that are protected from a devastating diseaseCredit: Greg Martin Bacterial speck...
COVID-19 impact survey yields unexpected findings for individuals with progressive MS
Team of international researchers finds minimal emotional impact among people with progressive multiple sclerosis during pandemic lockdowns in 6 countriesCredit:...
Making more of methane
Credit: © 2020 data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Demand continues for plastics and solvents made from petrochemicals, which...
Anthropologist receives NSF funding to explore new fossil site in Kenya
The work will lead to a better understanding of the origins of modern humans at the time they migrated out...
Using magnetic resonance elastography to detect epilepsy
Credit: Beckman Institute A new study uses magnetic resonance elastography to compare the stiffness of the hippocampus in patients who...
Ambient light alters refraction in 2D material
Rice researchers find effect that could aid 3D displays, virtual reality, self-driving vehiclesCredit: Weijian Li/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 2,...
NASA’s Webb ‘powerhouse’ solar array reconnects to the telescope
Credit: Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn One kilowatt is about what it takes to heat up some leftovers in a microwave...
Novel technology for the selection of single photosynthetic cells
Novel technology for the selection of single photosynthetic cells for industry and ecosystem understandingCredit: Lars Behrendt You might need a...
NASA analyzes typhoon Haishen’s water vapor concentration
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, it gathered water vapor data on recently...
Vanderbilt launches clinical trial of outpatient treatments for COVID-19
Credit: (photo by Susan Urmy) Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is launching a clinical trial of promising treatments for COVID-19...
Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?
Credit: Shuai Li To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high...
Purdue 2-dimensional nanomaterial shows promise
May help with high-speed electronics, quantum devices and defense toolsCredit: Wenzhuo Wu/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers...
Why naming neurons can help cure brain disease
A unified classification of diverse cell types proposed by a Columbia-led team could shed light on how our brains are...
