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September 22, 2025

Protein patterns — a new tool for studying sepsis

IMAGE: This is a graph from the study: Tissue-specific protein in blood plasma. Credit: Research team/Study Researchers from Lund University...

Low screening rates for adolescents diagnosed with PID in the…

Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO–The nation's emergency departments had low rates of complying with recommended HIV and syphilis screening...

The ocean is losing its breath. Here’s the global scope

Credit: (Credit: Arcadio Castillo/Smithsonian) In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen...

To mow or not to mow: Tackling nuisance growth of water plants at the…

Credit: Michiel Verhofstad/NIOO-KNAW Massive growth of submerged aquatic plants can be a nuisance, especially in summer. It's up to water...

Moth gift: Winner of an eBay auction thanks his mother by naming a new species after her

Credit: Eric H. Metzler Winner of an eBay auction Steve Mix received the opportunity to pick the name for a...

Astronauts experience decrease in blood vessel function during…

Credit: NASA MANHATTAN, KANSAS — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in...

Medicaid expansion states saw ER visits go up, uninsured ER visits go…

Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA)...

Research discredits theory that e-cigarettes make tobacco use socially acceptable

Credit: Centre for Substance Use Research Centre for Substance Use and Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 20 December 2016 – A...

Drought defense

Credit: Connor Fitzpatrick Just as the microorganisms in our gut are increasingly recognized as important players in human health and...

Brain reorganization supports recovery of function in hand transplant recipients

Credit: MU School of Medicine When a person loses a hand, nerves that control sensation and movement are severed. This...

Protein insights to help find heart disease cure

Research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has uncovered new insights into how the human genome gets through the...

Scientists uncover re-evolution of disruptive camouflage in horned praying mantises

A scientist from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History led research that revised the horned praying mantis group and traced...

Tennessee’s Tyson Raper named 2018 Outstanding Young Cotton Physiologist

Credit: Ginger Rowsey, courtesy UTIA. JACKSON, Tenn. – Tyson Raper, assistant professor with the University of Tennessee Department of Plant...

$8.9 million collaborative grant to understand how dangerous virus ‘hides’ to attack…

Credit: Jason Ryder The University of Arizona's Felicia Goodrum, PhD, and some of the nation's most prominent human cytomegalovirus researchers...

Grant enables study of mosquito virus as a genetic lab tool, malaria biocontrol

Credit: Jason Rasgon lab A virus that infects a species of malaria-transmitting mosquito could help scientists gain a better understanding...

Berkeley Lab gets $4.6 million in functional genomics catalog project

Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is set to receive nearly $4.6...

Discovery of a unique subcellular structure determining the orientation of cell division

Cell division is a fundamental process of life, producing two cells from one single cell at each cell division. During...

ECDC rapid risk assessment outlines actions to reduce the spread of the mcr-1 gene

The recently recognised global distribution of the mcr-1 gene poses a substantial public health risk to the EU/EEA. The gene...

Enzyme with surprising dual function

Credit: © Foto: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn Scientists at the University of Bonn have clarified a surprising dual function of ceramide...

Scientists surprised to discover lymphatic ‘scavenger’…