Shrinking snowcaps fuel harmful algal blooms in Arabian sea
Climate-driven shifts disrupt fisheries, desalination plants; problems may hit other regionsCredit: Norman Kuring/NASA A uniquely resilient organism all but unheard of in the Arabian Sea...
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Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain’s transmitters
Researchers find switch in chemical messaging is key prelude to motor skill acquisitionCredit: Spitzer Lab, UC San Diego Doctors have relentlessly impressed upon us the...
Last supper: Fish use sharp barbs and spines to fight off hungry seals
Credit: David Hocking What price are you willing to pay for food? As humans, we face this challenge each time we shop, but for some...
AI-supported test for very early signs of glaucoma progression
Credit: UCL/Western Eye Hospital A new test can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the current gold standard method, according to results from a...
Found: Neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress
This circuit could be a key target for treating stress-related disorders such as panic disorder and PTSD.Credit: Kazuhiro Nakamura Researchers at Nagoya University have discovered...
SFU professor’s invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators
Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help save the lives of COVID-19...
Window to another world: Life is bubbling up to seafloor with petroleum from deep below
Credit: Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen WOODS HOLE, Mass. --The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that we move through a...
Researchers develop ‘piggyback’ method to improve drug delivery of RNA therapeutics
Their platform has shown to downregulate critical genes in cancer cells, and could be used for other genetic diseasesCredit: Neil Ta A group of researchers...
Long-lasting, low toxicity antimicrobial peptide fights ‘superbug’ lung infections
Credit: B. Deslouches/Pitt PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2020 - Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health considerably reduced the toxicity...
Sustainable structural material for plastic substitute
Credit: Shu-Hong Yu Plastic is a kind of widely used artificial material. The invention of plastic gives us a lightweight, strong and inexpensive material to...
Study finds natural fires help native bees, improve food security
Native bees are increasingly important to food growersCredit: Lauren Ponisio / UCR Native bees that boost food crops are in decline but changing fire management...
Aromatherapy may reduce nurses’ stress, WVU researcher suggests
Credit: Jennifer Shephard/West Virginia University Even under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates it. New research led by...
First direct look at how light excites electrons to kick off a chemical reaction
Light-driven reactions are at the heart of human vision, photosynthesis and solar power generation; seeing the very first step opens the door to observing chemical...
Free use of Kudos Pro to help researchers keep communicating during pandemic disruption
Credit: Kudos Innovations Ltd For immediate release - Oxford, UK - May 1st, 2020 - Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, has today...
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infects cells of the intestine
Credit: Joep Beumer, copyright Hubrecht Institue Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, and Maastricht University in the Netherlands...
