Why do some people get sick while others feel fine?
The answer is something infectious disease experts are working to uncover. As COVID-19 revealed, the same pathogen can have widely varying outcomes in different people....
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Fungus creates a fast track for carbon
Stanford scientists find epidemics of fungal infections in algae alter carbon cycling Tiny algae in Earth's oceans and lakes take in sunlight and carbon dioxide...
Substantial carbon dioxide emissions from northern peatlands drained for crop cultivation
A new study shows that substantial amounts of carbon dioxide were released during the last millennium because of crop cultivation on peatlands in the Northern...
Adapting laboratory techniques for remote instruction
The COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors to adapt their courses for online learning. Laboratory courses were particularly difficult due to lack of access to specialized equipment...
Collaboration controls killers
St. Jude researching how effector and killer T cells can be controlled to destroy cancer cells that resist treatment Effector and killer T cells are...
An atom chip interferometer that could detect quantum gravity
Physicists in Israel have created a quantum interferometer on an atom chip. This device can be used to explore the fundamentals of quantum theory by...
nTIDE May 2021 Jobs Report: Slow improvement as economy strives for recovery
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) -- issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire East Hanover, NJ - June 4, 2021...
A novel tuberculosis regimen shortens treatment course for patients
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and elsewhere find a new antibiotic regimen that shortens the treatment course for patients with tuberculosis Tuberculosis...
UMass Amherst food scientists aim to make plant-based protein tastier and healthier
New journal paper explores the scientific complexities As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists are focusing on ways to create healthier, better-tasting...
Giving brown fat a boost to fight type 2 diabetes
Increasing a protein concentrated in brown adipose tissue remodels white adipose tissue to lower diabetes risk, study suggests DALLAS - June 4, 2021 - Increasing...
Songbirds can control single vocal muscle fibers when singing
Singing is crucial for the recognition, sex life and speciation of songbirds; new research published in Current Biology shows songbirds have extremely high-resolution control over...
ADHD medications associated with reduced risk of suicidality in certain children
In large observational study, CHOP researchers find ADHD drugs are associated with less suicidal behavior and thoughts in preadolescent children with substantial externalizing behaviors like...
Multisensory facilitation near the body in all directions
Touch detection is facilitated by task-irrelevant approaching sound in front, rear, left, and right Details: Peripersonal space (PPS) is defined as the space near the...
Researcher gets $2.7 million grant to study seasonal and universal vaccination in aged populations
ATLANTA--Dr. Sang-Moo Kang, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $2.7 million federal grant to study seasonal...
Corals tell Arabian Sea story of global warming
Coral insights into 1,000 years of seasonal changes in the Arabian Sea warn of significant impacts caused by global warming. Every year, the southwesterly winds...
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