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Cells that make our insides slick also calm our spleens
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University It's called icing sugar spleen, when the usually purplish organ looks like it...
The Lancet: Most comprehensive study to date provides evidence on optimal physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent spread of COVID-19
First review of all available evidence including 172 observational studies looking at how physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection...
Evidence supports physical distancing, masks, and eye protection to help prevent COVID-19
The systematic review and meta-analysis was commissioned by the World Health OrganizationCredit: Photo by Gerli Sirk Hamilton, ON (June 1,...
Report on New Caledonia’s coral reefs offers a glimmer of hope for the future
Scientists on the Global Reef Expedition surveyed and mapped New Caledonia's most remote coral reefs--some for the first timeCredit: ©...
Reducing inflammation boosts cognitive recovery after stroke, may extend treatment window
Medical University of South Carolina researchers report that adding a compound to reduce inflammation to standard stroke treatment improves learning,...
Researchers identify a moving target in small cell lung tumors
Credit: University of Utah Health Lung cancers account for approximately 25 percent of all cancer deaths. Even among those who...
Researchers map SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells of nasal cavity, bronchia, lungs
Major study of coronavirus infection in human airways adds to evidence that wearing a mask is an important protective step...
Loggerhead sea turtles host diverse community of miniature organisms
Credit: Matthew Ware / Florida State University There is a world of life on the backs of loggerhead sea turtles,...
Conserving biodiverse ‘slow lanes’ in a rapidly changing world
UMass Amherst ecologist and team synthesize climate change refugia science developments to dateCredit: UMass Amherst/Toni Lyn Morelli The notion of...
Study shows today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide levels greater than 23 million-year record
New study published in GeologyCredit: Photo credit: A. Hope Jahren. Boulder, Colo., USA: A common message in use to convey...
A remote control for neurons
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has created a new...
Class of stellar explosions found to be galactic producers of lithium
Credit: David A. Hardy A team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Sumner Starrfield of Arizona State University (ASU), has combined...
New biosensor visualizes stress in living plant cells in real time
Nanosensor allows unprecedented access to explore mechanisms related to droughtCredit: Schroeder Lab, UC San Diego Plant biologists have long sought...
Across the cell membrane
UT San Antonio biophysicist helps elucidate mechanisms of neutral solute carriersCredit: Liao Chen, University of Texas at San Antonio Some...
Rice scientist goes deep to improve environmental tracers
Laurence Yeung wins NSF CAREER Award to study biosphere's historyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 1, 2020) - With...
Mice are shrinking, but are climate change and cities to blame?
Credit: Bryan McLean GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- According to a well-studied but controversial principle known as Bergmann's Rule, species tend to...
K-State study reveals asymmetry in spin directions of galaxies
Research also suggests the early universe could have been spinningCredit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- An analysis of more...
NASA catches short-lived Tropical Storm Amanda
Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Storm Amanda, the first of the Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season, formed on Sunday, May 31,...
Squid studies suggest new route to therapy for ALS, targeting synaptic dysfunction
Credit: Daniel Cojanu WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most devastating adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases....
The cascade to criticality
Combined theoretical and experimental work unveils a novel mechanism through which criticality emerges in quasiperiodic structures.Credit: Aalto University, Jose Lado...
