Relative restrictiveness of each state’s voting environment in 2020
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 19, 2020--Texas has the most restrictive electoral environment in 2020, and Oregon has the least...
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Study identifies key enzyme for development of autoimmune diseases
An enzyme associated with energy production in cells also participates in the differentiation of immune cells involved in exacerbated inflammation. The discovery could lead to...
More than ‘just a fish’ story
MU study will help fisheries management of a popular game fish -- the smallmouth bass.Credit: University of Missouri For recreational fishing enthusiasts, the thrill of...
Immune protein orchestrates daily rhythm of squid-bacteria symbiotic relationship
Credit: Eric Koch Nearly every organism hosts a collection of symbiotic microbes--a microbiome. It is now recognized that microbiomes are major drivers of health in...
UCI-led study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function following gene therapy
New generation CRISPR technology lays foundation for therapeutics to treat a wide range of inherited ocular diseasesCredit: Nature Biomedical Engineering Irvine, CA - October 19,...
Study discovers gene that helps us know when it’s time to urinate
Results suggest 'sixth sense' PIEZO2 gene may help body sense a full urinary bladderCredit: Courtesy of Patapoutian lab, Scripps Researcher Institute, La Jolla, CA. In...
Material found in house paint may spur technology revolution
Sandia developed new device to more efficiently process informationCredit: (Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) LIVERMORE, Calif. -- The development of a new method to...
Tiny beetles a bellwether of ecological disruption by climate change
Credit: Brett Melbourne As species across the world adjust where they live in response to climate change, they will come into competition with other species...
How a greenhouse catastrophe killed nearly all life
Scientists show the unfolding of one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's historyCredit: (PaleoFactory, Sapienza University of Rome) for Jurikova et al. (2020). Earth's...
The line of succession
An unusual mechanism of robustness in charge of brain mRNAsCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics/ V. Hilgers A specific region of messenger RNAs, the 3'...
A trillion turns of light nets terahertz polarized bytes
Nanophotonics researchers demonstrate ultrafast polarization switchingCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 19, 2020) - U.S. and Italian engineers have demonstrated the first...
NYU Abu Dhabi study discovers how some single-cell organisms control microbiomes
This discovery paves the way for future research into climate change and understanding of evolution.Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, UAE - October 17, 2020:...
Cheaters don’t always win: species that work together do better
Extinction may be prevented by diverse communities of mutually beneficial speciesCredit: Syracuse University The sign of a healthy personal relationship is one that is equally...
Hesitancy about a COVID-19 vaccine is linked to beliefs about origin of the virus
Credit: Dr Gul Deniz Salali More than a third of people (34%) in Turkey and one sixth of people (17%) in the UK are 'hesitant'...
Microscopy beyond the resolution limit
Credit: Source: UW Physics, A. Makowski The Polish-Israeli team from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw and the Weizmann Institute of Science...
