How the development of skulls and beaks made Darwin’s finches one of the most diverse species
Credit: Guillermo Navalon Darwin's finches are among the most celebrated examples of adaptive radiation in the evolution of modern vertebrates ...
Microplastic hotspots
UD study maps areas of high concentrations in the Delaware BayCredit: Photo courtesy of Jonathan Cohen Every year, about 8 ...
National study confirms nurses at higher risk of suicide than general population
Suicide prevention programs needed; UC San Diego offers successful model for nursesCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences In the first ...
Targeting chronic infections and deadly bacteria
UH researcher examines self-digestion mechanism in persister cellsCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston engineering professor is examining the ...
‘Wristwatch’ monitors body chemistry to boost athletic performance, prevent injury
Credit: Murat Yokus, NC State University Engineering researchers have developed a device the size of a wristwatch that can monitor ...
Making high-temperature superconductivity disappear to understand its origin
Scientists have collected evidence suggesting that a purely electronic mechanism causes copper-oxygen compounds to conduct electricity without resistance at temperatures ...
New device identifies high-quality blood donors
Credit: University of British Columbia Blood banks have long known about high-quality donors - individuals whose red blood cells stay ...
Questions and answers about cannabis use during pregnancy
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 3, 2020--A new study shows that women have many medical ...
Blood test identifies risk of disease linked to stroke and dementia
UCLA-led team finds connections between inflammation and cerebral small vessel diseaseCredit: UCLA Health A UCLA-led study has found that levels ...
New quantum switch turns metals into insulators
Credit: Berend Zwartsenberg/SBQMI Most modern electronic devices rely on tiny, finely-tuned electrical currents to process and store information. These currents ...
The one ring — to track your finger’s location
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Smart technology keeps getting smaller. There are smartphones, smartwatches and now, smart rings, devices that ...
Fireflies face global threats
Credit: Jason Steel - www.jason-steel.co.uk Worldwide declines in insect populations have sparked considerable concern among researchers and members of the ...
How’s the weather up there? WVU engineer aims to enhance space weather forecasting
Credit: NASA Usually, the Earth's magnetic field shields us from the misadventures of our nearest star, the mighty sun. But ...
One single primitive turtle resisted mass extinction in the northern hemisphere
Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) Sixty-six million years ago, in the emerged lands of Laurasia -now the northern hemisphere- a ...
Hospital websites lack usability for non-English speakers
Credit: WSU SPOKANE, Wash. -- English proficiency shouldn't be a barrier to health care. That's why the federal government requires ...
Life in dead wood
Credit: (Photo: Elisa Stengel) Waldsterben 2.0 - this term has made the rounds in Germany. It refers to the death ...
Natural herb kratom may have therapeutic effects and relatively low potential for abuse or harm, according to a user survey
Researchers say findings underscore need for research and regulation, but not an outright ban on salesCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Using ...
How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution
Harvard-led study examines functional diversity in mammalian backbonesCredit: Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology. A new study from Harvard University ...
New study links autism to specific cell, paves way for potential approach to treatment
Postmortem brain tissue from autism patients reveals impairment of 'myelination' process that ensures neurons can communicate; efforts now turn to ...
A material benefit to society, Sandia scientist elected AAAS fellow
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories A perennial inventor of advanced materials has been elected fellow of the American Association for the ...
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