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Magnesium deprivation stops pathogen growth
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum When pathogens invade the cells, our body combats them using various methods. Researchers at the...
Building better bacteriophage to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 21, 2019-Researchers are pursuing engineered bacteriophage as alternatives to antibiotics...
A new antibiotic to combat drug-resistant bacteria is in sight
Credit: Justus Liebig University Giessen/Katrina Friese More and more bacterial pathogens of infectious diseases become resistant to customary antibiotics. Typical...
NASA found Atlantic’s Sebastien was fighting wind shear
Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Sebastien that showed wind shear had pushed...
Exposing office distractions and effects on worker productivity
Dataset links stress, interruptions and performanceCredit: Computational Physiology Lab at University of Houston With seemingly endless emails, phone calls and...
NASA imagery indicates a dissipating Kalmaegi
Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Tropical Depression Kalmaegi in the South China Sea as it...
Two Argonne projects earn Secretary of Energy Honor Awards
Credit: DOE - Donica Payne Argonne researchers receive Secretary of Energy Honor Awards from the U.S. Department of Energy. Two...
Using controlled environment food production to solve food shortages
Feeding the urban masses the smart wayCredit: Celina Gomez A review of the literature led by researchers from the University...
Regenstrief, IU study finds assigning hospitalists by unit has both pros and cons
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine have conducted the first time-motion...
Life under extreme conditions at hot springs in the ocean
Credit: Mario Lebrato, Uni Kiel The volcanic island of Kueishantao in northeastern Taiwan is an extreme habitat for marine organisms....
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
Chemical catalysis for an existing class of biomaterialsCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Photography A tide of public momentum is swelling...
Almost a third of tropical Africa’s flora faces extinction
Credit: IRD - Thomas Couvreur Given the anthropological and climate threats facing nature, the conservation of tropical biodiversity is a...
Quantum tricks on demand
Max Planck-New York Center for Nonequilibrium Quantum Phenomena inaugurated in New York CityCredit: Asiya Khaki The Max Planck Institute for...
Structures near airports increase risk of airplane-goose collisions
Credit: Photo by Ryan Askren CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- From mid-November 2015 through February 2016, scientists used GPS transmitters to track...
Illinois researcher’s theory of pore-scale transport to enable improved flow batteries
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Redox flow batteries are an emerging technology for electrochemical energy storage that could help enhance the...
Dmitri Zakharov recognized with the 2019 Chuck Fiori Award
The Microscopy Society of America award -- which honors an outstanding technologist in the physical sciences--recognizes Zakharov's contributions to environmental...
Does frailty affect outcomes after traumatic spinal cord injury?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 21, 2019--A new study has shown that frailty is an...
Extremely energetic particles coupled with the violent death of a star for the first time
Credit: Johan Fynbo and Daniele Malesani Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen and DTU Space in Lyngby...
Study shows lower mortality from induction of labor at 41 weeks
Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson Inducing labor after 41 instead of 42 full weeks' pregnancy appears to be safer in...
The simultaneous merging of giant galaxies
Research team discovers three supermassive black holes at the core of one galaxyCredit: P Weilbacher (AIP), NASA, ESA, the Hubble...
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