Songbirds exposed to lead-contaminated water show telltale signs about human impacts
Credit: Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock / Xavier MARCHANT Humans, wildlife, and the environment are all interconnected and play a role in one another's health...
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NIFA grant project aims to improve food safety testing for leafy greens
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Lettuce is an important food commodity in the U.S., popular for its health and nutrition...
Fossil pigments shed new light on vertebrate evolution
UCC palaeontologists have discovered new evidence that the fate of vertebrate animals over the last 400 million years has been shaped by microscopic melanin pigments.Credit:...
How safe is the soil under our military bases?
DOD grant funds research that will look at how climate change is impacting the ground beneath coastal installationsCredit: University of Delaware/ Jeffrey C. Chase The...
New eco-friendly technique protects rice plants against devastating fungal infection
Credit: Tsutomu Arie, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Researchers have developed a new technique to protect rice seeds against fungal infections that can ruin...
Mast cells: Sentinels and high-speed messengers of the immune defense
A team of scientists from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg unravels a crucial mechanism of cell-cell-communication during the defense against pathogensCredit: Melitta Schubert/UMMD In order to...
Surprising new research: We’re more like primitive fishes than once believed
Credit: Dr. Guojie Zhang People traditionally think that lungs and limbs are key innovations that came with the vertebrate transition from water to land. But...
New quantum receiver the first to detect entire radio frequency spectrum
Credit: (U.S. Army illustration) ADELPHI, Md. -- A new quantum sensor can analyze the full spectrum of radio frequency and real-world signals, unleashing new potentials...
Why banana candy doesn’t taste like banana (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2020 -- Have you ever eaten a Laffy Taffy and thought, "Wow, that tastes just like a...
New combination therapy offers chance of healing hepatitis B
Credit: CDC/Dr. Erskine Palmer The new therapeutic approach is based on shutting down the viral hepatitis B genome located in the nucleus of infected liver...
Quasicrystal-clear: Material reveals unique shifting surface structure under microscope
Scientists reveal peculiar surface structure in materials resembling quasicrystals with interesting implications for its magnetic propertiesCredit: Ryuji Tamura of Tokyo University of Science Between chemistry...
COVID-19 vaccine from new vaccine platform effective in mice
Credit: John Sennett. It is necessary to develop additional COVID-19 vaccines, as different vaccine approaches have their advantages and disadvantages and may work synergistically. Researchers...
Fast-flying bats rely on late-night updrafts to reach great heights
Credit: Teague O'Mara Although scientists knew that some bats could reach heights of over 1,600 meters (or approximately one mile) above the ground during flight,...
City, University of London academic tracks COVID-19 dark web marketplaces
In new research, Dr. Andrea Baronchelli and colleagues highlight the importance of the continuous monitoring of dark web marketplaces (DWMs), especially in light of the...
SARS-CoV-2 under the helium ion microscope for the first time
Bielefeld researchers provide 3D images of coronavirusesCredit: Photo left: Bielefeld University/M.-D. Müller, photo right: Thomas Popien Scientists at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Physics have succeeded...
