Humans are poor at identifying aggressive behavior in videos of dogs and humans
While humans can generally identify the nature of social interactions between children, dogs and monkeys from facial expressions and body language, we are poor at...
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Heart attack on a chip
Researchers at the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a “heart attack on a chip,” a device that could...
Wearable sensor could guide precision drug dosing
For some of the powerful drugs used to fight infection and cancer, there’s only a small difference between a healing dose and a dose that’s...
Some forms of childhood malnutrition, stunting may be preventable with vaccines
Diarrhea is no longer the killer it was in the mid-20th century, when an estimated 4.5 million children under age 5 died of it every...
Soil in midwestern US is eroding 10 to 1,000 times faster than it forms, study finds
AMHERST, Mass. – In a discovery that has repercussions for everything from domestic agricultural policy to global food security and the plans to mitigate climate...
Rust-coated irrigation pipes hint at lack of nitrate in groundwater
Oh, we don’t have to worry about that area. They have red pivots.Credit: Mikaela Cherry / ACS ES&T Water / Scott Schrage Oh, we don’t have...
Helping acoustic concepts resonate with students #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 7, 2022 – "I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now." With these words, Alvin Lucier...
NSF-funded solicitation seeks physical science proposals to utilize the International Space Station National Lab
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), December 7, 2022 – For the eighth year, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc. (CASIS) and U.S. National...
The three dimensions of a flower
To better understand the evolution of flowers, a research team in biology from Université de Montréal, the Montreal Botanical Garden and McGill University have succeeded...
URI entomologist wins $2.6 million NIH grant to study evolution of Lyme disease bacteria in deer ticks
KINGSTON, R.I. – Dec. 7, 2022 – University of Rhode Island entomologist Jannelle Couret is tipping the way we understand the bacteria that causes Lyme...
In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
The ability of tropical forests to grow and store carbon is limited, in part, by herbivory. Insects and other animals prefer to feed on nitrogen-fixing...
Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years
Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million yearsCredit: Beth Zaikenjpg Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years Two-million-year-old...
Evidence of autoimmunity’s origins uncovered via new approach
Autoimmune diseases are thought to be the result of mistaken identity. Immune cells on patrol, armed and ready to defend the body against invading pathogens,...
Bat virus receptor studies vital to predict spillover risk
New research shows that the closest bat virus relatives of the human Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus efficiently bind to bat ACE2 receptors as an...
How cells gain control over their bacterial symbionts
Modern eukaryotic cells contain numerous so-called organelles, which once used to be independent bacteria. In order to understand how these bacteria were integrated into the...
