UK study highlights importance of spirometry in diagnosing COPD
Credit: ATS March 13, 2020 - A UK study of patients participating in low-dose CT lung cancer screening highlights the importance of spirometry (breathing tests)...
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Water-free way to make MXenes could mean new uses for the promising nanomaterials
Discovery by Drexel researchers could open new application for MXene materialsCredit: Drexel University Ten years after producing the first sample of the now widely studied...
UA engineers collaborate on $3.5M DOE traffic-flow project
Researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona, among other institutions, plan to move automated vehicles out of the lab and onto roadways for...
Facebook language changes before an emergency hospital visit
Analysis shows that language in posts becomes less formal and invokes family more oftenCredit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, March 12, 2020 - A...
UVM author reveals Thoreau’s relevance for today’s environmental and democratic crises
Bob Pepperman Taylor new book published by Notre Dame PressCredit: UVM Photo BURLINGTON - Bob Pepperman Taylor, the Elliott A. Brown Green and Gold Professor...
The Protein Society announces its 2020 award recipients
Credit: The Protein Society CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the winners of the...
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...
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...
