NASA finds wind shear making Tropical Depression 10E struggle
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of a struggling...
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A light bright and tiny: NIST scientists build a better nanoscale LED
New design overcomes long-standing LED efficiency problem -- and can transform into a laser to bootCredit: B. Nikoobakht / N. Hanacek, NIST A new design...
Targeting the LANDO pathway holds a potential clue to treating Alzheimer’s disease
Reducing neuroinflammation by disrupting a protein involved in recycling cellular components may provide a potential therapeutic approach for treating neurodegeneration and memory loss.Credit: St. Jude...
Decline in US bird biodiversity related to neonicotinoids, study shows
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Bird biodiversity is rapidly declining in the U.S. The overall bird population decreased by 29%...
Gene variants help explain connection between skin disorder and food allergy risk
Discovery could lead to new screening tests and potential treatmentsCredit: Cincinnati Children's Two common variants in the KIF3A gene increase the risk of young children...
Dynamic membranes set to solve problems of liquid waste treatment
A paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in Chemical and Petroleum EngineeringCredit: Kazan Federal University The co-authors, Associate Professor Dinar Fazullin and Associate Professor Gennady...
Linking sight and movement
Researchers key in on finding that can help self-driving cars 'see'Credit: Courtesy of Grigori Guitchounts To get a better look at the world around them,...
NIH-supported scientists demonstrate how genetic variations cause eczema
Finding could lead to genetic tests that identify infants at risk for the diseaseCredit: NIAID WHAT: New research supported by the National Institutes of Health...
People power and satellites help scientists study climate impacts on Antarctic seals
Credit: Credit: Ursala Rack A New Zealand-led international study of the crabeater seal population in Antarctica aims to understand environmental impacts on one of the...
German-Argentinean doctoral program bears first fruits
Credit: Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral The programme is funded by the German-Argentinean University Centre (DAHZ-CUAA). Dr. Regina Mencia from Argentina was the first doctoral...
How people and ecosystems fit together on the Great Barrier Reef
Credit: Graeme Cumming A world-first study examining the scales of management of the Great Barrier Reef has the potential to help sustain other ecosystems across...
200 000 years ago, humans preferred to kip cozy
Humans prepared beds to sleep on right at the dawn of our species -- over 200 000 years agoCredit: A. Kruger Researchers in South Africa's...
Remains of 17th century bishop support neolithic emergence of tuberculosis
Bishop Peder Winstrup of Lund, Sweden passed away in the winter of 1679 at the age of 74 and was interred in a crypt at...
The flax wilt agent has been sequenced
Researchers to sequence and assemble genome of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini, a highly destructive fungal parasite infecting flaxCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Molecular...
Patients’ access to opioid treatment cumbersome
Pregnant women less likely to receive treatmentCredit: Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy Women are having a difficult time getting into treatment for opioid addictions,...
