Evacuating under dire wildfire scenarios
Credit: The White House via Wikicommons In 2018, the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise, California at an unprecedented rate. Officials had prepared...
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Chemical changes to peptide siRNA-carrier enhance gene silencing for future cancer drugs
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers improve peptide siRNA drug carriers for use as a novel cancer treatmentCredit: MUSC/Marquel Coaxum MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers are...
How do clownfish earn their stripes?
The distinctive white stripes in clownfish form at different rates depending on their sea anemone hosts, a PNAS study findsCredit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor Clownfish species develop...
Weight-loss treatment prevents accumulation of lipid linked to cardiac mortality
Credit: Oxford Medical Illustrations at the John Radcliffe Hospital Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet, University of Oxford and University of Copenhagen have shown that elevated...
Specialized inhibitory cluster gates plasticity in fear learning
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Has your heart ever started to race at the thought of an upcoming deadline for work? Or has...
Researchers identify facilitators for rehabilitation care for people with spatial neglect
Inpatient rehabilitation is shown to be effective, and ample opportunities exist to facilitate optimal outcomes; experts identify innovative approaches to improve careCredit: Kessler Foundation/Jody Banks...
No difference in outcomes between light exercise and rest for patients with mild TBI
Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom Des Plaines, IL - For acute mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), there were...
Shiqing Cai to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
Shiqing Cai to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conferenceCredit: Insilico Medicine Hong Kong...
Microscopic fossils record ancient climate conditions
Credit: Courtney Wagner/University of Utah Fifty-six million years ago, as the Earth's climate warmed by five to eight degrees C, new land mammals evolved, tropical...
Researchers find semimetal that clings to a quantum precipice
Credit: Yiming Qiu, NIST Scientists studying a special kind of semimetals have found a material with an unusually pristine nature that could be crucial for...
Decolonising ecology? How to adopt practices that make science more equitable
Credit: Keren Cooper Knowledge systems outside of those sanctioned by Western universities have often been marginalised or simply not engaged with in many science disciplines,...
New optimization approach helps design lighter carbon fiber composite materials
New design approach for manufacturing carbon fibers with optimized orientation and thickness achieves weight reduction in fiber reinforced plasticsCredit: Robert Bye on Unsplash Carbon is...
Study: Fluorescent light clarifies relationship between heat stress and crop yield
Credit: Graphic courtesy Hyungsuk Kimm CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists report that it is possible to detect and predict heat damage in crops by measuring the...
Bile acids trigger satiety in the brain
EPFL scientists have discovered a new role for bile acids: they curb appetite by entering the brain.Credit: EPFL Our brain is usually well protected from...
New fishing tech may pose risks to fisheries, says study co-authored by UMass researcher
Scientists need to work closely with resource management agencies to assess impactsCredit: Andrew Burr AMHERST, Mass. - New developments in recreational fishing technology--from the use...
