Monty Python’s silly walk: A gait analysis and wake-up call to peer review inefficiencies
Credit: Chart created by Erin E. Butler and Nathaniel J. Dominy. Fifty years ago, Monty Python's famous sketch, "The Ministry of Silly Walks," first aired...
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Molds damage the lung’s protective barrier to spur future asthma attacks
Credit: Bruce Klein MADISON, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have identified a new way that common Aspergillus molds can induce asthma, by first attacking...
Ocean acidification impacts oysters’ memory of environmental stress
Credit: Yaamini Venkataraman/University of Washington As oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, they are becoming increasingly acidic and shifting the delicate balance that supports marine life....
Environmental DNA in rivers offers new tool for detecting wildlife communities
International team, UMass Amherst ecologist, tested new mammal survey methodCredit: UMass Amherst/Joseph Drake AMHERST, Mass. - Ecologists in England and Scotland, collaborating with ecologists Christopher...
Computer model solves mystery of how gas bubbles build big methane hydrate deposits
Credit: Dylan Meyer/ The University of Texas at Austin New research from The University of Texas at Austin has explained an important mystery about natural...
NASA finds ex-Tropical Cyclone 21S affecting Australia’s Pilbara Coast
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible image of Ex-Tropical Cyclone 21S. Although...
Wikipedia visits to disease outbreak pages show impact of news media on public attention
News coverage closely linked with public attention to Zika in the US during 2016 outbreakCredit: Gerd Altmann, pixabay During the 2016 Zika outbreak, news exposure...
Hero proteins are here to save other proteins
New study of heat-resistant protein class reveals unusual shape and ability to prevent dangerous clumps associated with neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: Illustration by Kotaro Tsuboyama, CC BY...
New aflatoxin biocontrol product lowers contamination of groundnut and maize in Senegal
Credit: Ranajit Bandyopadhyay? In Senegal, groundnut and maize are commonly contaminated with highly toxic, cancer-causing chemicals called aflatoxins, which are produced by fungi in the...
Perturbation-free studies of single molecules
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Department of Chemistry Researchers of the University of Basel have developed a new method with which individual isolated molecules can...
Prize-winning research reveals pathway to improving regenerative medicine
Research earns top Sartorius/Science prize for young scientistCredit: Sartorius AG Joana Neves is the 2019 grand prize winner of the Sartorius & Science Prize for...
Something in the water
Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virusCredit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education Between 2015...
How the historically misunderstood amyloid helps to store memories
Credit: Si Lab, Stowers Institute for Medical Research KANSAS CITY, MO--For the first time, scientists from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and collaborators have...
Fruit flies advance research on ACOX1-related neurodegenerative disorders
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reports that a hyperactive variant of enzyme ACOX1 produces elevated...
Treatment disparities drive worse outcomes for pediatric Black, Hispanic brain cancer pts
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer researchers have known for years that Black and Hispanic patients have worse outcomes than their non-Hispanic White peers....
