Wild and feral cats shed more toxoplasmosis parasites in areas densely populated by humans
A new analysis suggests that wild, stray, and feral cats living in areas with higher human population density tend to release—or “shed”—a greater amount of...
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Why is there a data trust deficit?
The Association for Computing Machinery’s global Technology Policy Council (TPC) has released its TechBrief: The Data Trust Deficit.” It is the latest in a series...
Smart farming platform improves crop yields, minimizes pollution
A new farming system developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin aims to solve one of the biggest problems in modern agriculture:...
New microcomb device advances photonic technology
A new tool for generating microwave signals could help propel advances in wireless communication, imaging, atomic clocks, and more.Credit: University of Rochester A new tool...
A roadmap for gene regulation in plants
– By Will FergusonCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab – By Will Ferguson For the first time, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...
The surprising path to life: Breaking free from Plate Tectonics
A groundbreaking study published in Nature has challenged the long-held belief that plate tectonics is a prerequisite for the emergence of life on Earth. Credit: University of Rochester...
Single hepatitis E mutation renders sofosbuvir therapy ineffective
Which viral variants circulate in the blood?Credit: © RUB, Marquard Which viral variants circulate in the blood? In an earlier clinical trial, in which the...
Drug-resistant fungi are thriving in even the most remote regions of Earth
New McMaster research has found that a disease-causing fungus — collected from one of the most remote regions in the world — is resistant to...
Direct photons point to positive gluon polarization
UPTON, NY— A new publication by the PHENIX Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) provides definitive evidence that gluon “spins” are aligned in the same direction as...
SEB Centenary Conference 2023
This year's SEB conference will feature over 800 talks covering the latest advances in experimental research across animal, plant and cell biology including impactful research...
A new, promising weapon in the fight against HIV
A research team led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) has identified a molecular compound that activates latent HIV-1 in cells, showing promise for...
NIST lays groundwork for future ultra-precise timing links to geosynchronous satellites
Last year, scientists drove up Mauna Loa volcano on Hawai’i, aimed a laser at a reflector positioned on Haleakala peak on Maui, and beamed rapid...
Watch worms use electricity to jump
In nature, smaller animals often attach themselves to larger ones to “hitch a ride” and save energy migrating large distances. In paper published on June...
Multi-valent mRNA vaccines against monkeypox enveloped or mature viron surface antigens for enhanced protection
A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology have made...
Yongguo Li secures ERC Starting Grant
Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) are awarded to outstanding researchers and are worth millions of euros in funding. Assistant Professor Yongguo Li from...
