Hot or cold, weather alone has no significant effect on COVID-19 spread
Credit: Ian Dolphin. At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, there were high hopes that hot summer temperatures could reduce its spread. Although summer didn't...
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Genomic data ‘catches corals in the act’ of speciation and adaptation
Credit: Forsman, et al. (2020) A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) revealed that diversity...
Novel technique spotlights neuronal uptake of amyloid beta in Alzheimer’s disease
Study finds a short section of the amyloid beta protein is recognized by the cellular prion protein, which mediates its uptake into neurons and subsequent...
NIST researchers advance efforts to accurately measure glyphosate pesticide in oats
Credit: J. Murray/NIST Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of insect-borne diseases, but since the...
Flying through wildfire smoke plumes could improve smoke forecasts
Credit: Brett Palm/University of Washington Wildfires burning in the West affect not only the areas burned, but the wider regions covered by smoke. Recent years...
Just like us – Neanderthal children grew and were weaned similar to us
Neanderthals introduced solid food in their children's diet at around 5-6 months of ageCredit: ERC project SUCCESS, University of Bologna, Italy FRANKFURT/KENT/BOLOGNA/FERRARA. Teeth grow and...
Resurrecting war plan blue: NPS workshop re-examines US war preparedness
Credit: Courtesy of the Warfare Innovation Continuum The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently concluded an intense concept generation workshop to explore new ways to augment...
Scientist studies the role of a muscle protein in skeletal muscle disorders
NIAMS grant supports the work of a University of Cincinnati researcherCredit: Photo by Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand. A University of Cincinnati researcher has received...
New cause of COVID-19 blood clots identified
Credit: Stephanie King/ Michigan Medicine Blood clots continue to wreak havoc for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, and a new study explains what may spark...
New remote sensing technique could bring key planetary mineral into focus
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Planetary scientists from Brown University have developed a new remote sensing method for studying olivine, a mineral that...
Vitamin D levels during pregnancy linked with child IQ
Study shows disparities among black womenCredit: Seattle Children's Vitamin D is a critical nutrient and has many important functions in the body. A mother's vitamin...
Microfluidics helps MTU engineers watch viral infection in real time
Credit: Phil Mcleod/Michigan Tech Get your popcorn. Engineers and virologists have a new way to watch viral infection go down. The technique uses microfluidics --...
Tunable THz radiation from 3D topological insulator
Bismuth telluride can efficiently radiate linearly and circularly polarized terahertz waves, with adjustable chirality and polarizationCredit: Haihui Zhao et al., doi 10.1117/1.AP.2.6.066003 Terahertz (THz) waves,...
Excessive alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic
McLean Hospital experts offer insights on how to address this public health crisisCredit: McLean Hospital Alcohol consumption is a common coping response to stress, and...
New insight into how brain neurons influence choices
Effort could aid study of addiction, eating disorders, other neuropsychiatric conditions that involve faulty decision-makingCredit: Mike Worful When you are faced with a choice --...
