Intranasal influenza vaccine spurs strong immune response in Phase 1 study
Credit: NIH WHAT: An experimental single-dose, intranasal influenza vaccine was safe and produced a durable immune response when tested in a Phase 1 study published...
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The business of bees
The economic value of insect pollination services is much higher than previously thought in the US, new research findsCredit: University of Pittsburgh The economic value...
First-of-its-kind medical truck launches in the twin cities metro to treat cardiac arrest patients
Credit: University of Minnesota University of Minnesota, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and health care system partners announce the launch of...
Standard water treatment eliminates enveloped viruses — like the coronavirus
Texas A&M researchers have shown that water treatment has the potential to remove nearly all viruses that have an "outer fortress" from drinking water.Credit: Dr....
Intensity not paramount for physical training during cancer therapy
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt People receiving treatment for cancer are known to feel better with physical training. But does it make any difference how vigorously they...
Pollinator host-switches and fig hybridization dominate fig-wasp coevolution
Credit: WANG Gang The genus Ficus (figs) and their agaonid pollinating fig wasps are a classic example of coevolution. It represents perhaps the most extreme...
Aging-US: Sulforaphane promotes C. elegans longevity and healthspan
'The results in this Aging-US research output, indicate that sulforaphane prolongs the lifespan and healthspan of C. elegans through insulin/IGF-1 signaling'Credit: Correspondence to: Ingrid Herr...
Díaz, Lavorel and Westoby win the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology
The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to Sandra Díaz, Sandra Lavorel and Mark Westoby for cataloguing plant traits and their functions in ecosystems...
An innovative and non-destructive strategy to analyse material from Mars
The IBeA research group of the University of the Basque Country has proposed a method that can be used to characterise samples from the Mars...
Pensoft and ARPHA welcome three biodiversity-themed journals in their portfolio
Credit: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria and Pensoft The scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft and its self-developed publishing platform ARPHA welcome three journals to their...
CABI study updates safer options for fall armyworm control in Africa
CABI scientists have updated the first major study of potential biological controls that could be used in the fight against the devastating fall armyworm in...
Hierarchical dynamics
Credit: Graphic: Steffen Wolf Consider for a moment a tree swaying in the wind. How long does it take for the movement of a twig...
New study to probe how diet and metabolism influence the immune system
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Yasmine Belkaid, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 3, 2021) -- A pair of scientists from...
New research to explore seaweed for ocean, economic health
Credit: Photo courtesy of the Island Institute A nearly $900,000 grant awarded to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will be used to explore how kelp...
Investigating the removal of dry biofilm with probiotic cleansers
Credit: University of Huddersfield A CONCEPT known as dry biofilms has emerged over the past few years and they have shown to frequently harbour potentially...