SARS-CoV-2 seasonal behavior traced back to genetics and global change
URBANA, Ill. — As the northern hemisphere heads into summer, we may be in for a COVID-19 reprieve. Not because the pandemic is over; the Omicron subvariant...
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How love, health, and neighborhood intersect for Black Americans
URBANA, Ill. — Romantic relationships and neighborhood quality are both important predictors of mental and emotional wellbeing. But the larger societal context also influences how...
Google Quantum AI braids non-Abelian anyons for the first time
Our intuition tells us that it should be impossible to see whether two identical objects have been swapped back and forth, and for all particles...
Solar-powered balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphere #ASA184
CHICAGO, May 11, 2023 – Imagine if sending your science experiment 70,000 ft in the air just took painter’s plastic, tape, a dash of charcoal...
Second gene implicated in malaria parasite resistance evolution to chloroquine
(May 11) — How malaria parasites evolved to evade a major antimalarial drug has long been thought to involve only one key gene. Now, thanks...
Interactions between gut bacteria may limit antibiotics’ efficacy against C. difficile
Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a bacterium that can infect the large intestine, with symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage. A study publishing...
Gene switches help juvenile “Nemo” fish adapt their physiology to a new life on the coral reef
Coral reef fish larvae undergo major physiological changes during their short development as they transition from long-distance dispersal in the open ocean to settling on...
Researchers discover twisted fields around mysterious fast radio burst
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are the brightest millisecond-duration cosmic explosions in radio bands. Their unknown origin poses challenges for astronomy as well as physics.Credit: LI...
Hammerhead sharks hold their breath on deep water hunts to stay warm
Scalloped hammerhead sharks hold their breath to keep their bodies warm during deep dives into cold water where they hunt prey such as deep sea...
First-of-its-kind measurement of the Universe’s expansion rate weighs in on a longstanding debate in physics and astronomy
Thanks to data from a magnified, multiply imaged supernova, a team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has successfully used a first-of-its-kind technique...
Weill Cornell Medicine receives grant from NIH’s Common Fund Program
Weill Cornell Medicine has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of a new $140 million Common Fund program to...
Van Andel Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to lead genome center under $140M NIH initiative
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 11, 2023) — Van Andel Institute’s Hui Shen, Ph.D., and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis’s Ting Wang, Ph.D.,...
Getting active, while living with a partial spinal cord injury
A UBC Okanagan researcher has been testing the effectiveness of a mobile app that encourages people living with a spinal cord injury—but can walk—to get...
Gene linking circadian and circatidal rhythms is discovered in tiny crustacean
Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole have identified the first gene—Bmal1—to play a crucial role in regulating...
Heavy drinking poses even greater risk for one in three Americans
LOS ANGELES — Two people regularly have a few alcoholic drinks daily. One develops liver disease. The other doesn’t. Credit: Courtesy of Keck Medicine of USC...
