Update noise regulations to protect seals, porpoises
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 – Noise produced by pile drivers building offshore wind turbines can damage the hearing of porpoises, seals, and other marine life....
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The Mark Foundation for cancer research expands partnership with the Johns Hopkins University to accelerate groundbreaking immunotherapy research
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (BKI) announced today a new $10 million commitment at The Johns Hopkins...
Trial of potential universal flu vaccine opens at NIH Clinical Center
A Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel influenza vaccine has begun inoculating healthy adult volunteers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in...
In the near future, unprecedented drought conditions are projected to be more frequent and consecutive in certain regions
For a successful climate change strategy, it is crucial to understand how the impacts of global warming may evolve over time. A new study led...
Seat assignments drive friendships among elementary school children
Most teachers focus on academic considerations when assigning seats. A new study by Florida Atlantic University psychology researchers is the first to show that these...
CUNY Graduate Center wins National Science Foundation award to give graduate students a head start in bio-inspired nanotechnology
From photosynthesis to the collective behavior of ants, natural phenomena inspire both discovery and innovation. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in computing, engineering, molecular biology, biochemistry,...
How did vertebrates first evolve jaws?
Five-hundred million years ago, it was relatively safe to go back in the water. That’s because creatures of the deep had not yet evolved jaws....
Simultaneous extreme weather created dangerous cascades in U.S.
Intense heat in the southwestern United States broke records last summer partly because it hit in tandem with an unusually severe drought, finds a new...
Common antiretroviral drug improves cognition in mouse model of Down syndrome
Lamivudine, a commonly-used antiretroviral drug for treating HIV, improves cognition in a mouse model of Down syndrome, according to the findings of a joint new...
Increasing heat waves affect up to half a billion people
Climate change is a reality and extremely high temperatures have been reported by India and Pakistan in the spring. In a new scientific journal article,...
Bacteria’s shapeshifting behaviour clue to new treatments for urinary tract infections
Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. More than half of all Australian women will suffer from a UTI in their...
Emergency care and hospitalizations higher among cannabis users, study finds
Visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations are 22 per cent higher among individuals who use cannabis compared with those who do not, according to...
COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
RICHLAND, Wash.—The virus that causes COVID-19 undertakes a massive takeover of the body’s fat-processing system, creating cellular storehouses of fat that empower the virus to...
New NSF grant to Illinois Tech aims to foster ‘effective, caring, and empathetic’ teachers equipped with anti-racism training
CHICAGO, June 27, 2022—Illinois Institute of Technology has received a new $1.1 million National Science Foundation grant to fund scholarships for undergraduate students enrolled in...
DOE backs Rice physicists’ collaboration
HOUSTON – (June 27, 2022) – Two Rice University nuclear physicists have received Department of Energy backing to continue their research on the fundamental properties of...
