Sea quark surprise reveals deeper complexity in proton spin puzzle
New results from STAR experiment show antiquarks' contribution to proton spin depends on 'flavor' -- and in a way that's opposite to those flavors' relative...
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Chemical innovation by relatives of the ice cream bean explains tropical biodiversity
Credit: Steve Paton, Smithsonian Tropical Research Constant pressure from hungry insects forces plants to innovate: producing new chemicals to protect themselves. This is the newest...
CRF research to be presented at ACC.19
New York, NY - March 14, 2019 - Research from the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the CRF Clinical Trials Center will be presented at the...
Trump administration’s 2020 Budget Request ‘deeply troubling’ for older Americans, AGS
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Trillions of dollars in cuts to everything from the nation's largest insurer to programs for training more health professionals...
Tracking turtles with telemetry
New model predicts where Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles travel to help protect endangered species SOLOMONS (March 14, 2019)--A new model has been created that can...
NASA catches Tropical Cyclone Idai making landfall in Mozambique
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Cyclone Idai was approaching landfall in Mozambique when NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at the cloud top temperatures...
‘Home’ is where success — or failure — rests: Personal context directly affects CPAP use
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - CPAP, short for continuous positive airway pressure, is the most commonly used therapy for obstructive sleep apnea and is prescribed...
C-Path, FNIH announce clinical development user’s guide for kidney safety biomarkers
TUCSON, Ariz., March 14, 2019 -- The Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Predictive Safety Testing Consortium (PSTC) today announced availability of the User's Guide: Kidney Safety...
BU: Central American kidney disease epidemic linked to occupational heat exposure
Chronic kidney disease, common in agricultural workers in El Salvador and Nicaragua, was also found in 12 percent of sample of brick makers. For two...
New research unlocking the secrets of how languages change
RIT/NTID team examines Nicaraguan sign language to determine whether languages change so they are easier to produce or to understandCredit: Mark Benjamin/NTID New research is...
RIT associate professor Suzanne O’Handley nationally recognized for mentorship
O'Handley is the 2019 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeCredit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT Rochester Institute of Technology Associate Professor Suzanne O'Handley has been selected by the...
How a mitochondrial enzyme can trigger cell death
Credit: Illustration by Patrick van der Wel and Mingyue Li Cytochrome c is a small enzyme that plays an important role in the production of...
Vaccine study confirms sensitivity of cholera test
Credit: Conor Ashleigh, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, (CC BY 2.0, 2012) Recently, the sensitivity of fecal microbiological cultures for detecting cholera has come...
Narwhals spend at least half time diving for food, can fast for several days after meal
Tracking data from male Narwhal shows whales regularly dive to depths of over 700mCredit: Photo by Carsten Egevang. Narwhals - enigmatic arctic whales known for...
Exotic ‘second sound’ phenomenon observed in pencil lead
At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports The next time you set a kettle to boil, consider this...
