Fireflies face global threats
Credit: Jason Steel - www.jason-steel.co.uk Worldwide declines in insect populations have sparked considerable concern among researchers and members of the general public alike. To date,...
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How’s the weather up there? WVU engineer aims to enhance space weather forecasting
Credit: NASA Usually, the Earth's magnetic field shields us from the misadventures of our nearest star, the mighty sun. But it failed on Sept. 2,...
One single primitive turtle resisted mass extinction in the northern hemisphere
Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) Sixty-six million years ago, in the emerged lands of Laurasia -now the northern hemisphere- a primitive land tortoise, measuring about...
Hospital websites lack usability for non-English speakers
Credit: WSU SPOKANE, Wash. -- English proficiency shouldn't be a barrier to health care. That's why the federal government requires hospitals to make translated documents...
Life in dead wood
Credit: (Photo: Elisa Stengel) Waldsterben 2.0 - this term has made the rounds in Germany. It refers to the death of various tree species as...
Natural herb kratom may have therapeutic effects and relatively low potential for abuse or harm, according to a user survey
Researchers say findings underscore need for research and regulation, but not an outright ban on salesCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Using results of a survey of...
How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution
Harvard-led study examines functional diversity in mammalian backbonesCredit: Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology. A new study from Harvard University and the Field Museum of...
New study links autism to specific cell, paves way for potential approach to treatment
Postmortem brain tissue from autism patients reveals impairment of 'myelination' process that ensures neurons can communicate; efforts now turn to evaluating drugs that could correct...
A material benefit to society, Sandia scientist elected AAAS fellow
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories A perennial inventor of advanced materials has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Tina Nenoff...
The sleeping Sigma-Factor
A previously unknown mechanism enables bacterial antibiotic resistanceCredit: Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology/Iyer Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg...
How nature tells us its formulas
Developing a quantum description for a many-body system is extremely hard; TU Wien (Vienna) and Heidelberg University found a way to obtain quantum theories directly...
French mathematician and spider aficionado Cédric Villani honoured with a new orb-weaver
With their astonishingly precise spiral webs, orb-weaving spiders are the arachnid analogy of first-class mathematicians, note the researchers behind the studyCredit: Anatoliy Ozernoy Despite being...
Designing an emergency stop switch for immunotherapies
Credit: © Alain Herzog 2020 EPFL Immunotherapy, unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, arms the body's immune system to attack cancer cells. In recent years, it has...
Scientists discover new non-sticky gels
Credit: University of Bristol Scientists from the University of Bristol and Université Paris-Saclay have discovered a new class of material - non-sticky gels. Until now...
Ancient Greek tholos-like architecture composed of archaeal proteins
A unique archaeal protein complex having a spacious center surrounded by five columnsCredit: © Biomolecular Organization Research Group Proteins often form assemblies and thereby perform...
