More extreme coastal weather events likely to increase bluff erosion, landslide activity
Credit: Ben Leshchinsky, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Unstable slopes on Oregon's coastline could see a 30 percent jump ...
Radiation-resistant E. coli evolved in the lab give view into DNA repair
Credit: Michael Cox Lab MADISON -- Scientists in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Biochemistry are watching evolution happen in real ...
Cellular alterations increase vulnerability of obese and diabetic individuals to infection
A study published in Scientific Reports identifies changes to neutrophils that appear to explain why people suffering from obesity and ...
Researchers identify how the bacterial replicative helicase opens to start DNA replication process
The new discovery may prove useful in developing a novel class of antibiotics and designing molecular nanodevicesCredit: Jillian Chase and ...
New method uses AI to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Tool leverages computer vision and machine learning to screenings in low-resource environments Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC), ...
SU engineers create rubbery ‘smart’ material to treat open wounds, infections and cancer
New shape memory polymer doesn't require additional triggers like temperature changes and could have major implications for health care treatmentCredit: ...
‘Immunizing’ quantum bits so that they can grow up
New material enhances supercurrent in topological-insulator nanoribbon Josephson junctionsCredit: Purdue University image/Morteza Kayyalha WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Quantum computers will ...
Army lab, industry announce partnership to develop new materials
Credit: U.S. Army photo by Conrad Johnson The Army and a major defense contractor established a new research partnership to ...
PCORI Board approves $2.8 million to support implementation of findings
Projects focus on sleep apnea and community health worker interventions WASHINGTON, DC (February 26, 2019) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research ...
Machine learning could eliminate unnecessary treatments for children with arthritis
An algorithm predicted disease outcome in children suffering from arthritis, helping doctors better tailor treatmentCredit: Simon Eng Arthritis is not ...
‘Dead zone’ volume more important than area to fish, fisheries
Dubravko Justic, the Texaco Distinguished Professor in the LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, and Research Associate Lixia Wang ...
NASA finds heavy rainfall potential in new Tropical Cyclone Pola
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Pola formed in the South Pacific Ocean on February 26 and the Fiji Meteorological Services ...
Zoonoses: Antimicrobial resistance shows no signs of slowing down
ECDC/EFSA report 'rings alarm bells,' says EU CommissionerCredit: ECDC/EFSA, 2019 Data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention ...
Signals from distant lightning could help secure electric substations
Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Side channel signals and bolts of lightning from distant storms could one day help prevent ...
An existing drug may have therapeutic potential in mitochondrial disease
CHOP researchers: Animal studies may offer clues to possible precision medicine approachCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia New preclinical findings from ...
You recognize your face even when you don’t ‘see’ it
Given the limited capacity of our attention, we only process a small amount of the sights, sounds, and sensations that ...
NASA-NOAA satellite finds Typhoon Wutip’s eye clouded
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northwestern ...
Cancer survivors see mostly positives in how they have changed
Study: Intervention program further boosted positive thoughts COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two years after diagnosis, breast cancer survivors have four times ...
Online intervention shows promise in HIV prevention
Penn Nursing tool helps decrease HIV risks among young men who have sex with menCredit: José Bauermeister, Ph.D., M.P.H./ Penn ...
Inside the brains of hungry worms, researchers find clues about how they hunt
Credit: Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University Perpetually hungry, worms are strategic ...
