New study sheds light on function of sex chromosomes in turtles
Credit: Nicole Valenzuela AMES, Iowa - A new study led by an Iowa State University scientist sheds light on how organisms have evolved to address...
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UC San Diego receives $35 million in state funding for new coastal research vessel
First-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid vessel will be vital to education and researchCredit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego California legislators have allocated UC San Diego...
Sharks, lies, and videotape: Scientists document problems with Shark Week
Credit: Marion Kraschl, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons MEADVILLE, PA - July 22, 2021 - Shark Week is many things. First and foremost,...
Study shows environmental link to herbicide-resistant horseweed
Credit: Photo by John A. Schramski WESTMINSTER, Colorado - July 23, 2021 - Horseweed is a serious threat to both agricultural crops and natural landscapes...
UTA researcher explores 3D printing of multilayered materials for smart helmets
A better helmet to protect soldiers in combatCredit: UT Arlington A mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing...
Using silicone wristbands to measure air quality
A Texas A&M study found that these inexpensive, convenient devices can measure exposure to a class of chemicals that can be harmful during pregnancyCredit: Itza...
New organ-on-a-chip finds crucial interaction between blood, ovarian cancer tumors
Team identifies crucial interaction between platelets and tumors for the first timeCredit: Texas A&M Engineering In the evolving field of cancer biology and treatment, innovations...
Dalian Coherent Light Source reveals strong isotope effects in photodissociation of water isotopolog
Credit: DICP Recently, a research group led by Prof. YUAN Kaijun and Prof. YANG Xueming from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the...
Advantages of intranasal vaccination against SARS-CoV-2
Intranasal vaccination is needle-free and elicits immunity at the site of infection, the respiratory tractCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - There are many reasons that an...
Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning
Credit: Sur Lab/ MIT Picower Institute Small and seemingly specialized, the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for its outsized export of the...
China’s carbon-monitoring satellite reports global carbon net of six gigatons
Credit: Dongxu Yang About six gigatons -- roughly 12 times the mass of all living humans -- of carbon appears to be emitted over land...
Four themes identified as contributors to diseases of despair in Pennsylvania
Credit: Penn State Hershey, Pa. -- Financial instability, lack of infrastructure, a deteriorating sense of community and family fragmentation are key contributors to diseases of...
Cascaded metasurfaces for dynamic control of THz wavefronts
Dynamic control of THz wavefronts demonstrated by rotating layers of cascaded metasurfacesCredit: Shanghai University Electromagnetic (EM) waves in the terahertz (THz) regime contribute to important...
Why do some people get severe COVID-19? The nose may know
People who develop severe COVID-19 have markedly blunted antiviral responses in the nasopharynxCredit: BioRxiv Feb 20, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.20.431155 The body's first encounter with SARS-CoV-2, the...
Featured articles from the journal CHEST®, July 2021
Credit: González Gutiérrez J., et al, Journal CHEST® Glenview, Ill. - Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary,...
