Study identifies new temperature sensing mechanism in plants
Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of lightCredit: Stan Lim/UC Riverside A protein called phytochrome B, which can sense light and...
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New laser technique will allow more powerful — and smaller — particle accelerators
Credit: (H. Palmer and K. Palmisano) By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able to unlock clues about the...
Suffering from skin damage from face masks?
Award-winning skin infection expert offers remedies to healCredit: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com DOCTORS and nurses on the COVID-19 frontline are spending many hours a day...
UMass Amherst engineers, nurses design low-cost face shield PPE for health care
Protective plastic face shields can be mass-produced quickly by existing manufacturersCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In just under two weeks, researchers at the University...
Deep-sea worms and bacteria team up to harvest methane
Credit: Alvin/WHOI Scientists at Caltech and Occidental College have discovered a methane-fueled symbiosis between worms and bacteria at the bottom of the sea, shedding new...
Extreme rainfall days in metropolitan São Paulo have risen four-fold in seven decades
Study by researchers at Brazil's National Disaster Surveillance and Early Warning Center (CEMADEN) also shows a rise in the number of consecutive dry days, suggesting...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches Tropical Cyclone Harold develop near Solomon Islands
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and provided forecasters with...
A direct protein-to-protein binding couples cell survival to cell proliferation
This discovery has implications in cancer, stem cell growth, and blood or neuron progenitor cell speciationCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Human cells respond to stresses...
New study identifies characteristics of patients with fatal COVID-19
Credit: ATS April 03, 2020-- In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who died in Wuhan, China in...
Trial for potential coronavirus treatment is underway at Montefiore and Einstein
Experimental therapy might help people with serious COVID-19 complicationsCredit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine April 3, 2020--(BRONX, NY)-- Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College...
Making plant protein look and feel more like whole meat
UMass Amherst food scientists awarded grant for innovative approach to improving sensory qualities of plant-based foodCredit: UMass Amherst A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst...
Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance
University of Maryland and Hong Kong University study shows masks may limit the spread diseases including influenza, rhinoviruses and coronavirusesCredit: University of Maryland School of...
nTIDE Mar 2020: COVID-19 effects not yet seen in jobs data for Americans with disabilities
National Trends in Disability Employment -- Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation & University of New Hampshire IOD - featuring The Women's Project, which...
A twist connecting magnetism and electronic-band topology
Combined optical and torque measurements establish the microscopic mechanism linking magnetism and electronic-band topology in a Dirac materialCredit: ETH Zurich/D-PHYS Dirac matter is an intriguing...
NASA sees tropical cyclone Irondro developing an eye
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview As Tropical Cyclone Irondro continues to move through the Southern Indian Ocean, NASA's Terra satellite saw the storm developing an eye...
