Phenomenon explains why patients who survive sepsis die sooner after hospital discharge
A review article by Brazilian researchers shows that alterations in the defense cell metabolism may explain why many patients who survive sepsis die within a...
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Rules of the road: the navigational ‘strategies’ of bacteria in motion
Wide ranging implications -- from the health of the environment to the spread of infectious diseasesCredit: McGill University Bacteria that move around live on the...
Novel circuitry solves a myriad of computationally intensive problems with minimum energy
Credit: NIST From the branching pattern of leaf veins to the variety of interconnected pathways that spread the coronavirus, nature thrives on networks -- grids...
Same gene drives male water striders’ long legs and the inclination to use them as weapons
RNAi experiments reveal correlated effects on sexual characteristics like body size and aggressionCredit: Abderrahman Khila Some water strider males (Microvelia longipes) have enormous back legs...
Webb’s golden mirror wings open one last time on earth
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn For the last time while it is on Earth, the world's largest and most powerful space science telescope opened its iconic...
Oregon State researchers discover new class of cancer fighting compounds
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A team of Oregon State University scientists has discovered a new class of anti-cancer compounds that effectively kill...
COVID-19 alters gray matter volume in the brain, new study shows
Credit: Vince Calhoun, Georgia Tech Covid-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the...
Tiny amino acid differences can lead to dramatically different enzymes
Credit: Dr Ulrike Kappler Just a few changes to an enzyme's amino acids can be enough to dramatically change its function, enabling microbes to inhabit...
Newly described horned dinosaur from New Mexico was the earliest of its kind
With a frilled head and beaked face, Menefeeceratops sealeyi lived 82 million years ago, predating its relative, TriceratopsCredit: Sergey Krasovskiy A newly described horned dinosaur...
Researchers find target to fight antibiotic resistance
Significance of molecule in bacteria was previously unknownCredit: Ali Ennis Gram-negative bacteria are the bane of health care workers' existence. They're one of the most...
Tanzanian farmers boost diets with sustainable methods
Credit: Marianne V. Santoso ITHACA, N.Y. - A project based in Tanzania found significant improvements in the diversity of children's diets and food security for...
Lab reveals how an oral antiviral drug confuses the replication machinery of SARS-CoV-2
Molnupiravir under consideration for emergency use in India to slow explosive spread of COVID-19 infections.Credit: Supplied by Matthias Gotte A University of Alberta virology lab...
Dartmouth engineering study shows renewable energy will enhance power grid’s resilience
Credit: Dakota Thompson/Dartmouth A new Dartmouth Engineering study shows that integrating renewable energy into the American Electric Power System (AEPS) would enhance the grid's resilience,...
New research outlines a critical driver in an immune cell’s defense against melanoma
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - Today in Nature Communications, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah report critical new...
New ancient shark discovered
Credit: (© Sebastian Stumpf) This rare fossil find comes from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in England, a series of sedimentary rocks that was formed in...