New model shows winners, losers among marine microbes in warming oceans
A USC-led research team developed a new tool to show how rising ocean temperatures help and hurt various marine microbesCredit: Photo credit: Ulrich Sommer, IFM-GEOMAR...
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Nutrient pollution and ocean warming negatively affect early life of corals
Credit: Raphael Ritson-Williams Corals are constantly exposed to multiple environmental stressors at any given time. On a global scale, climate change is increasing seawater temperatures...
Caesarean birth has little impact on children developing allergies
Credit: phduet A caesarean birth had little impact on whether a child would go onto develop allergies, a new study led by the Murdoch Children's...
CABI scientists help discover new biological control for noxious parthenium weed in Pakistan
Credit: Asim Hafeez CABI scientists, as part of an international team of researchers, have discovered a new biological control in the fight against the highly...
Biomaterial discovery enables 3D printing of tissue-like vascular structures
Credit: Professor Alvaro Mata An international team of scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures. In...
Bristol scientists demonstrate first non-volatile nano relay operation at 200°C
Discovery is significant step in developing electronics for extreme energy efficiency and harsh environmentsCredit: Dr Dinesh Pamunuwa Researchers at the University of Bristol have come...
Rapid DNA test quickly identifies victims of mass casualty event
Credit: Butte County Sheriff's Office To quickly identify victims of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California's history, researchers used a technique called...
Supercomputers drive ion transport research
XSEDE-allocated Stampede2 supercomputer powers path-sampling molecular simulationsCredit: Malmir et al. For a long time, nothing. Then all of a sudden, something. Wonderful things in nature...
Cover crops can benefit hot, dry soils
Credit: Rajan Ghimire The Southern High Plains of the United States have low annual rainfall. When it does rain, though, intense storms can cause severe...
The brains of shrimps and insects are more alike than we thought
Crustaceans share a brain structure known to be crucial for learning and memory in insects, a University of Arizona-led research team discovered.Credit: Gabriella Wolff and...
UH Hilo professor’s marine animal biodiversity research featured in Science
Credit: UH Hilo A team of researchers led by the Biology Department at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo has its new study on animal biodiversity patterns...
Jellyfish help understand the timing of egg production
Key protein has links to regulators of vertebrate feeding and reproductionCredit: Gonzalo Quiroga Artigas In animals, releasing eggs in a timely manner is vital to...
Chinese researchers detail chest CT findings in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia
Most patients have ground-glass opacities (GGO) or mixed GGO and consolidation and vascular enlargement in the lesion--lesion likely to have peripheral distribution and bilateral involvement...
Hydrogen sulfide heightens disease in tuberculosis, suggesting a new therapeutic target
The tuberculosis bacteria induce increased hydrogen sulfide production by human macrophages, which increases pathogenesis.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A new culprit -- hydrogen sulfide --...
Anti-evolution drug could stop antibiotic resistance
Credit: Veening lab The spread of antibiotic resistance is partly due to the ability of bacteria to pick up DNA from their surroundings. A new...
