Discovery could hold the key to healthy aging during global warming
SPOKANE, Wash.—Researchers have long known that many animals live longer in colder climates than in warmer climates. New research in C. elegans nematode worms suggests...
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New shape-shifting antibiotics could fight deadly infections
In the United States alone, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi infect almost 3 million people per year and kill about 35,000. Antibiotics are essential and effective, but...
Salk Institute receives $50 million from Hess Corporation to mitigate climate change through plant science
LA JOLLA—(April 3, 2023) Hess Corporation is donating $50 million to the Salk Institute’s Campaign for Discovery: The Power of Science, a seven-year, $750 million comprehensive...
Team finds major storage capacity in water-based batteries
Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered a 1,000% difference in the storage capacity of metal-free, water-based battery electrodes.Credit: Texas A&M Engineering Researchers at Texas...
Keeping COVID-19 in check likely to require periodic boosters
Between natural infection and a global vaccination campaign, most people now have some immunity against the virus that causes COVID-19. This widespread immunity hasn’t stopped...
Ocean warming intensifies viral outbreaks within corals
HOUSTON – (April 3, 2023) – The breathtaking colors of reef-building corals come from photosynthetic algae that live inside the corals. A groundbreaking three-year study...
Calcium sensor helps us to see the stars
Using cryo-electron microscopy and mass spectrometry, researchers from PSI have deciphered the structure of an ion channel found in the eye while it interacts with...
Diet/lifestyle program reverses biological age: a female case series
“ these data suggest that a methylation-supportive diet and lifestyle intervention may favorably influence biological age in both sexes during middle age and older.”Credit: 2023...
Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs in a communal nest
FRANKFURT. In millions of years and with a long sequence of small changes, evolution has shaped a particular group of dinosaurs, the theropods, into the...
Royal reception on Commonwealth Day 2023 for Sri Lankan PhD researcher
A PhD researcher from the University of Huddersfield’s Global Disaster Resilience Centre (GDRC) was invited by His Majesty The King and The Queen Consort to attend a...
Who let the dingo out?
A taxidermy-prepared dingo named Cooinda has been proposed to serve as an “archetype” specimen for all dingoes. A newly published article provides detailed information on...
Cold is beneficial for healthy aging
Cold activates a cellular cleansing mechanism that breaks down harmful protein aggregations responsible for various diseases associated with aging. In recent years, studies on different...
Griffin Charitable Foundation donates $71,000 to the Masonic Medical Research Institute
UTICA, NY –A $71,000 donation by the Griffin Charitable Foundation, based in Rome, New York, was awarded to the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) to...
MU grant will help ease nursing workforce shortage
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A recent grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development will help train hundreds of MU students to become part-time nurse assistants...
In a rare occurrence, UT Austin professors each snag the ‘Nobel Prizes’ of their fields in the same year
The University of Texas at Austin is the first university to claim winners of the top prizes in computing and mathematics in the same year....
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