Pancreatic cancer blocked by disrupting cellular pH balance
Study findings highlight the potential of targeting pH balance as therapeutic approach to pancreatic cancerCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have found...
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Successful MERS vaccine in mice may hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine
Credit: NIH Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia have developed a vaccine that fully protects mice against a lethal dose...
Development of a sticker that indicates whether cold-chain food products have gone bad
This sticker creates an image on it when exposed to room temperature; high demand is expected due to rapid growth in the fresh food delivery...
Lipid gradient that keeps your eyes wet
Credit: Hokkaido University New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye disease. A new approach has...
Litter problem at England’s protected coasts
Credit: Marine Conservation Society Beaches in or near England's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have the same levels of litter as those in unprotected areas, new...
New genetic tools expand capacity to investigate microbes
Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences A team of international scientists has developed a suite of more than 200 new genetic techniques for using marine...
MCG’s GEM Lab offering coronavirus testing statewide
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University The Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Laboratory at the Medical College of Georgia Department of Pathology is now offering...
Fungi found in cotton can decrease root knot nematode galling
Credit: Cesar Valencia Texas A&M University scientists found that a surprising number of fungi naturally associated with cultivated cotton were capable of curtailing the negative...
Stream pollution from mountaintop mining doesn’t stay put in the water
Stream insects and the bankside spiders that eat them carry potentially toxic selenium runoff from water to landCredit: Photo by Jacqueline Gerson, Duke University DURHAM,...
Development of new system for combatting COVID-19 that can be used for other viruses
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston working...
Lifestyle trumps geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome
Captive apes' microbiomes more similar to some humans' than to wild apes'Credit: GOUALOUGO TRIANGLE APE PROJECT Apes in U.S. zoos host bacterial communities in their...
NASA finds heavy rainfall in powerful tropical cyclone Harold
Credit: Credit: JAXA/Jason West, NASA EOSDIS One of NASA's satellites that can measure the rate in which rainfall is occurring in storms passed over powerful...
Clemson researchers unraveling role of fungi in early childhood dental health
Credit: Clemson College of Science/Pete Martin CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Although mostly preventable, tooth decay is one of the most common chronic diseases in children...
Leaving its mark: How frailty impacts the blood
Credit: OIST Globally, human society is aging. A side-effect of this is that age-related disorders, such as frailty, are becoming increasingly common. Frailty includes, not...
Scientists’ warning to humanity on insect extinctions
As the human race continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have found that the planet's insects are also facing a crisis after accelerating rates...
