Study led by NTU Singapore finds that microbes work as a network in causing lung infection
Credit: NTU Singapore Traditionally, an infection is thought to happen when microbes - bacteria, fungi, or viruses - enter and multiply in the body, and...
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‘No level of smoke exposure is safe’
Study links secondhand smoke during pregnancy to epigenetic changes in babiesCredit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Nearly a quarter of pregnant women say they've been around...
New insights into androgen’s action could boost battle against prostate cancer
Credit: Angela Paschal Researchers at UVA Cancer Center have unveiled important new insights into how hormones known as androgens act on our cells - and...
Same nerve cell — Different influence on food intake
Researchers reveal the diversity of our neuronsCredit: MPI for Metabolism Research/ Nasim Biglari The nerve cells, also called neurons, in our brain control all the...
New, biological, and safer soaps
An international research team could revolutionize the biosurfactant marketCredit: Christian Fleury An international research team led by Professor Charles Gauthier from the Institut national de...
Researchers shed light on the evolution of extremist groups
Findings suggest new strategies to limit the growth of groups like the Boogaloo and ISISCredit: Neil Johnson/GW WASHINGTON (May 19, 2021)--Early online support for the...
Oncotarget: Inhibition of resistant triple-negative breast cancer cells
The Oncotarget author's analyses of protein markers of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition indicated that treatments with 6-mercaptopurine and/or 5-azacitidine do not significantly reverse this process in their...
Case Western Reserve researchers identify potential approach to controlling epileptic seizures
Credit: Case Western Reserve University Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have identified a potential new approach to better controlling epileptic seizures. Lin Mei, professor...
TTUHSC study: Virus, restrictions increase mental health risks for nursing home caregivers
Credit: TTUHSC No matter one's age, race, gender, socioeconomic status or political party, COVID-19 has impacted everyone at some level. That impact has been especially...
Digital precision agriculture tool helps Nepalese rice farmers breakthrough yield barriers
Credit: © Amgain Lal Prasad Rice farmers in Nepal are chronically falling short of their potential productivity. Poor rice yields are persistent across the Terai--a...
Did Earth’s early rise in oxygen help multicellular life evolve?
A new study is taking the air out of a hypothesis linking early Earth's oxygenation to larger, more complex organisms. Georgia Tech researchers report a...
Rising energy demand for cooling
Keeping it cool despite climate changeCredit: Chromatograph @ unsplash Due to climate change, the average global temperature will rise in the coming decades. This should...
SMU professor receives NASA funding to study Active Galactic Nuclei
Credit: SMU (Southern Methodist University) DALLAS (SMU) - Krista Lynne Smith, an assistant professor of physics at SMU, has received a grant from NASA to...
Saving the eastern monarch butterfly: SFU research
Researchers analyzed current conservation strategies and recommended changes to how and where declining milkweed (an essential food source for butterfly larvae) can be restoredCredit: Rodrigo...
Adding antibodies to enhance photodynamic therapy for viral and bacterial disease
Advancing PDT as a rapid response to pandemicsCredit: Vladislav Yakovlev/Texas A&M University WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 -- The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the pressing need...
