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Cold-weather accounts for almost all temperature-related deaths
Credit: UIC/Roberta Dupuis-Devlin With the number of extreme weather days rising around the globe in recent years due to global...
Under pressure, nontoxic salt-based propellant performs well
Credit: Aerospace Engineering, Grainger Engineering In smaller spacecraft such as CubeSat satellites, a salt-based monopropellant is showing promise. It can...
Concordia student maps global primate habitat endangered by climate change
Brogan Stewart demonstrates how territory home to hundreds of species of monkeys, apes and prosimians is being lost due to...
Research story tip: Horse skeletons provide clues to preventing racehorse injuries
Credit: Graphic by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using public domain images for the horse leg and bone, and a...
This ‘Cold Tube’ can beat the summer heat without relying on air conditioning
Chilled panels use less energy than conventional A/C and work in open spacesCredit: Lea Ruefenacht Many people beat the summer...
Ratio of two proteins may add kidneys to the transplant donor pool
Credit: Graphic by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using public domain image of kidney courtesy of www.medicalgraphic.de and data from...
Heart attack damage reduced by shielded stem cells
Stem cell capsules implanted on heart surface improve function in four weeksCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 18, 2020)...
Research story tip: Down syndrome mice open door to better understanding of the disorder
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Scientists across the globe often use mouse models in the study of human conditions to advance...
Exploding stars may have caused mass extinction on Earth, study shows
Credit: Graphic courtesy Jesse Miller CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Imagine reading by the light of an exploded star, brighter than a...
The historical partnership that revolutionized battery research at Argonne
Credit: Mark Lopez / Argonne National Laboratory Researchers around the world are on the hunt to find cheaper, better lithium-ion...
Analysis shows that political speeches now use simpler language, express more sentiments
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Research by Kansas State University shows how politicians from both major parties have...
Enzyme cocktail developed in Brazil powers production of second-generation ethanol
Brazilian researchers used genetic engineering to develop a low-cost platform for the production of enzymes that break down sugarcane trash...
Northern white rhino rescue program resumes work with successful egg harvest
Credit: Rio/Ol Pejeta Conservancy/BioRescue After a hiatus of a few months owing to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the international team...
Low ‘good’ cholesterol levels found in Latin America and the Caribbean
New findings suggest low levels of HDL cholesterol are the most common kind of lipid disorder in Latin America and...
Cool new worlds found in our cosmic backyard
Citizen scientists and NOIRLab facilities key to discovery of almost 100 nearby cool brown dwarfsCredit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld Acknowledgement: William Pendrill...
Evolution in real-time: How bacteria adapt to their hosts
Some bacteria become increasingly infectious when they have to move from cell to cell in order to surviveCredit: © Patrick...
Calculating hadrons using supercomputers
Antoni Woss earned JSA's 2019 Thesis Prize for exploring the theory underpinning the properties of subatomic particles and how they...
Species competition and cooperation influence vulnerability to climate change
Some species work together to maximise their fitness at suboptimal temperatures in the presence of competitors, making them especially vulnerable...
Biomedical scientists piece together how medication paralyzes parasitic worms
Credit: Richard Martin AMES, Iowa - For years, many scientists and medical professionals likely misunderstood how a commonly prescribed medication...
LJI team gets first-ever look at a rare but vital stem cell in humans
New understanding of immune cell origins may offer cancer and COVID-19 drug targetsCredit: Daniel Araujo, La Jolla Institute for Immunology...
