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April 13, 2026

NASA sees Mauritius covered by Tropical Storm Calvinia

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Cyclone Calvinia formed on Dec. 29 and by the next day, its clouds from a...

Individualized physical therapy reduces incontinence, pain in men after prostate surgery

Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Dec. 30, 2019 - For decades, therapy to strengthen pelvic muscles has been the standard treatment...

First study to compare citrus varieties with combination of metabolomics and microbiome

Credit: Emily M. T. Padhi, Nilesh Maharaj, Shin-Yi Lin, Darya O. Mishchuk, Elizabeth Chin, Kris Godfrey, Elizabeth Foster, Marylou Polek,...

Arup SenGupta awarded second Fulbright research fellowship

Water technology expert returning to India to explore new opportunities to deploy HIX-Nano to mitigate drinking water crisis in affected...

Long-dormant disease becomes most dominant foliar disease in New York onion crops

Credit: Frank S. Hay, Sandeep Sharma, Christy Hoepting, David Strickland, Karen Luong, and Sarah J. Pethybridge New York is the...

How do conifers survive droughts? Study points to existing roots, not new growth

Scientists can't see underground, but computational models are providing a new way to investigate how root systems might be changingCredit:...

Study: Children who drank whole milk had lower risk of being overweight or obese

Review analyzing almost 21,000 children suggests children who drank whole milk were less likely to be overweight or obeseCredit: Unity...

How bacteria control their cell cycle

Credit: Biozentrum, University of Basel Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University have demonstrated how bacteria coordinate cell division with...

Better anchor roots help crops grow in poor soils

Learning from the bears

Credit: Gotthardt Lab, MDC Grizzly bears spend many months in hibernation, but their muscles do not suffer from the lack...

NASA finds heavy rain potential in tropical storm Sarai

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Sarai using infrared light to determine...

Samara Polytech scientists has developed a new concept of mathematical modeling

Using unique models, new technologies for producing nanomaterials and nanocoatings will be createdCredit: @SamaraPolytech A team of scientists from the...

Harnessing hot carriers for high efficiency solar cells

How cells learn to ‘count’

Credit: Andrew Holland One of the wonders of cell biology is its symmetry. Mammalian cells have one nucleus and one...

Women with single dose of HPV vaccine gain similar protection as multiple doses

Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth A new study revealed that one dose of the HPV vaccine may prevent infection from...

NASA finds an elongated Phanfone now a tropical storm

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image...

Which of these mushrooms could kill you? (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2019 -- There are tens of thousands of mushroom species out there,...

Diet has rapid effects on sperm quality

Credit: Ulrik Svedin/LiU Sperm are influenced by diet, and the effects arise rapidly. This is the conclusion of a study...

Researchers identify new therapeutic target for colorectal cancer

Credit: Mis et al., 2019 Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a key protein that supports the growth...

New insights into the earliest events of seed germination