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,...
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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...
A new antiviral drug heading into clinical trials offers hope for COVID-19 treatment
Scientists are hopeful that a new drug -- called EIDD-2801 -- could change the way doctors treat COVID-19Credit: Photo Courtesy of Mary Lide Parker Scientists...
Artificial light in the arctic
New study examines how artificial light from research vessels affects fish countsCredit: Photo by Michael O. Snyder The Arctic polar night remains one of the...
ATS publishes new guidance on COVID-19 management
Credit: ATS April 06, 2020─ An American Thoracic Society-led international task force has released a guidance document to help clinicians manage COVID-19 patients in the...
How understanding the dynamics of yeast prions can shed light on neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Tokyo Tech Prions are a class of misfolded proteins that form aggregates called "amyloid fibrils." These aggregates are the main culprit behind severe mammalian...
New therapy could combat persistent joint infections in horses
Credit: Dr, Lauren Schnabel, North Carolina State University A new therapy could combat persistent joint infections in horses, potentially saving them from years of pain....
The Milky Way’s satellites help reveal link between dark matter halos and galaxy formation
Credit: Ralf Kaehler/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Just as the sun has planets and the planets have moons, our galaxy has satellite galaxies, and some of...
NASA finds Tropical Storm Irondro’s heavy rainfall displaced
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL NASA analyzed Tropical Storm Irondro's rainfall and found heaviest rainfall was being pushed far southeast of the center because of strong wind shear....
Tested and testing: UC San Diego Health expands COVID-19 diagnostics
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences From the beginning, the ability of front line clinicians to test patients for COVID-19 -- to determine whether a...
