A smart ring shows it’s possible to detect fever before you feel it
Advance could pave the way for early warning system on COVID-19 and flu using wearablesCredit: Oura Ring Temperature data collected by wearable devices worn on...
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Researchers reveal how our brains know when something’s different
NIH study shows how our brains may set expectations by comparing past and present experiencesCredit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS. Imagine you are sitting on...
Molecule holds promise to reprogram white blood cells for better cancer treatment
Credit: Kim Ratliff, AU photographer Cancer immunotherapy using "designer" immune cells has revolutionized cancer treatment in recent years. In this type of therapy, T cells,...
Leaders in stem cell science, regenerative medicine combine courses in 2021
Regenerative Medicine Foundation and Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine to present a co-located World Stem Cell Summit and Regenerative Medicine Essentials CourseCredit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM,...
Research reveals unexpected insights into early dinosaur’s brain, eating habits and agility
Credit: Created by Antonio Ballell with BioRender.com, Thecodontosaurus silhouette from PhyloPic.org. A pioneering reconstruction of the brain belonging to one of the earliest dinosaurs to...
Carrots are healthy, but active enzyme unlocks full benefits
Credit: College of ACES. URBANA, Ill. - Carrots are a good source of beta-carotene, which is a precursor of vitamin A. But to get the...
Last Interglacial: warming amplified in mountain environments
Speleothems turned out to be a great stroke of luck: dripstones from two caves in the Swiss Alps provide for the first time a continuous...
Muscle cell secrets
Credit: C. Birchmeier Lab, MDC A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team at the MDC led by Professor Carmen...
Male weeds may hold key to their own demise
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Scientists are getting closer to finding the genes for maleness in waterhemp and Palmer amaranth,...
Carolina Sandhills Salamander: New species added to species-rich North Carolina
Credit: Todd Pusser Already possessing more salamander species than any other state in the country with 63, North Carolina has just added one more to...
Sea star listed as critically endangered following research by Oregon State University
Credit: Janna Nichols CORVALLIS, Ore. - The iconic sunflower sea star has been listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature...
Using water fleas, UTA researchers investigate adaptive evolution
Through preserved eggs, UTA team studies how species respond to invasive predatorCredit: Matthew Walsh, UTA associate professor of biology. Researchers from The University of Texas...
Fan mussel larval dispersal for the future of an endangered species
Science to protect an emblematic species in the MediterraneanCredit: Diego Kersting (UB-IRBio) Fan mussel populations -the biggest bivalve mussel in the Mediterranean- are endangered due...
The secret behind male ornaments
Credit: Georg Schneider / Uni Würzburg The tail feathers of the peacock, the enormous horn of male rhinoceros beetles, the protruding antlers of some deer:...
Newly discovered toxin-antitoxin system abundant in one-cell organisms
Credit: Ellie Jamison Bacteria are always hungry, according to Thomas Wood, Biotechnology Endowed Chair and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of...
