Patients with kidney transplants more vulnerable to common, usually harmless bacterium
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 11, 2021) – It’s a pervasive bacterium found in soil and water that rarely causes disease, but a new national review of nocardia...
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Studies find mixed results from sage grouse hunting restrictions
A thorough review of the history of sage grouse hunting and populations across the Intermountain West shows that declines in the bird’s numbers have prompted...
Charting hidden territory of the human brain
Neuroscientists at Technische Universität Dresden discovered a novel, non-invasive imaging-based method to investigate the visual sensory thalamus, an important structure of the human brain and...
TTUHSC researcher investigates ways to enhance neurolysin activity in the brain
Ischemic stroke, the second leading cause of death worldwide, occurs when a vessel to the brain is blocked, reducing blood flow to the brain and...
A novel neural network to understand symmetry, speed materials research
Understanding structure-property relations is a key goal of materials research, according to Joshua Agar, a faculty member in Lehigh University’s Department of Materials Science and...
Team discovers invasive-native crayfish hybrids in Missouri
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In a study of crayfish in the Current River in southeastern Missouri, researchers discovered – almost by chance – that the virile...
Individual donor strains do not show link between fecal microbe transplantation and successful melanoma immunotherapy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The mix of microbes in the gut can shape a person’s immune response. In immunotherapy for melanoma, for example, the composition of...
Keeping it clean and cool
The summer of 2021 in Western Canada was one of the hottest on record. In BC alone, 59 weather stations registered their hottest temperatures ever...
How mussels make a powerful underwater glue
Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) spend their days being buffeted by crashing waves. They manage to stay tethered to the rocks or their fellow mussels thanks...
Elucidating the brain’s white matter
The human brain is a constant buzz of activity, with its 86 billion nerve cells (neurons) sending electrical signals from one region of the brain...
Research shows promising results for Parkinson’s disease treatment
Embargoed until 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021. Credit: Rachel Keady Keeney Embargoed until 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University...
Second most common malaria parasite takes unrealized toll on human health
The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) causes frequent, chronic infections that represent a major unrecognized burden on global health, according to a review by...
The climate-driven mass extinction no one had seen
DURHAM, N.C. – Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after...
Referential alarm calls increase vigilance in brood parasite hosts
Yellow warblers are hosts to brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, which rely on other species to raise their offspring. Warblers use referential “seet” calls to warn...
A cousin of Viagra reduces obesity by stimulating cells to burn fat, study shows
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Images courtesy of David Kass FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a drug first developed to treat...
