WASHINGTON – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space Test Program (STP) Sat-6. SIRI-2, a gamma-ray spectrometer, will demonstrate...
LAWRENCE — A comprehensive new genetic and statistical study from researchers at the University of Kansas reveals two groups of scrub jays — one in Mexico and...
Your gut is a wondrous place. A special layer of cells that coats the insides of your small and large intestines takes in nutrients and...
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona reveal that Srrm3 is a master regulator gene crucial for the development of photoreceptors, cells...
Health issues and loss, social isolation and mental health problems – the pandemic has had a drastic effect on our society. But how have the...
The findings suggest that methods developed in high-income settings to check kidney function are not accurate for many people in Africa.Credit: University of the Witwatersrand,...
In 2015, the United Nations put forth 17 Sustainable Development Goals that aim to transform the world and envision a more sustainable future for all...
In an era of ubiquitous human entanglement with the natural world, scientists are turning to social–ecological systems approaches as a way to better understand our...
Medicinal microrobots could help physicians better treat and prevent diseases. But most of these devices are made with synthetic materials that trigger immune responses in...
Researchers are one step closer to understanding the ‘internal GPS’ of animals and humans, by investigating whether rats can learn spaces just by observation. In...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Many medical professionals who volunteered for short-term deployment to a field hospital in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced high levels...
In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Medicine: Credit: Solen Feyissa, Unsplash (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) In...
FLATHEAD LAKE – As any gardener or farmer can tell you, nitrogen and phosphorus are chemical elements found in soils and fertilizers that plants need...
A sound scientific basis exists for climate liability claims between individual countries, according to a Dartmouth study.Credit: Credit: Richard Clark/Dartmouth College A sound scientific basis...
Proteins often consist of hundreds or thousands of individual parts, the amino acids. These are connected like the links of a chain. However, protein molecules...
