Pair of massive baby stars swaddled in salty water vapor
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tanaka et al. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers spotted a pair of massive baby stars growing in salty cosmic...
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Machine learning takes on synthetic biology: algorithms can bioengineer cells for you
Berkeley Lab scientists develop a tool that could drastically speed up the ability to design new biological systemsCredit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab If you've eaten vegan...
Tree rings show scale of Arctic pollution is worse than previously thought
Credit: Dr Alexander Kirdyanov The largest-ever study of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has shown that the direct and indirect effects of...
New study to uncover how climate change and tectonics drove evolution in East Africa
First-of-its-kind international study is rooted in 17 million year-old whale fossilCredit: Isaiah Nengo STONY BROOK, NY, (Under Embargo until September 25, 12:01 AM, EST) -...
Novel neuroimaging study on dissociative symptoms reveals wounds of childhood trauma
Researchers have found connections in the brain to dissociative symptomsCredit: McLean Hospital Being traumatized can cause what are known as dissociative symptoms--such as experiencing amnesia,...
Historical racial & ethnic health inequities account for disproportionate COVID-19 impact
Credit: ATS Sept. 22, 2020-- A new Viewpoint piece published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the ways in which COVID-19...
High-performance single-atom catalysts for high-temperature fuel cells
Individual Pt atoms participate in catalytic reaction to faciitate the electrode process by up to 10 times. Single-atom Pt catalysts are stable at 700 degrees...
Ultrapotent compound may help treat C. diff, reduce recurrence
Credit: Herman O. Sintim/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, is the leading cause of health care-associated infection in the U.S....
Simpler models may be better for determining some climate risk
Credit: NOAA Typically, computer models of climate become more and more complex as researchers strive to capture more details of our Earth's system, but according...
Tracking shape changes in amazon fish after major river is dammed
Cichlid fishes, able to respond rapidly to environmental change, offer good modelCredit: UMass Amherst/Albertson lab A team of biologists led by Craig Albertson and Ph.D....
Atom-Billiards with X-Rays: a new Approach to look inside of Molecules
Credit: Stefan Eisebitt/Max Born Institute In 1921, Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery that light is quantized, interacting with matter...
First PhytoFrontiers™ paper discusses arabidopsis response to caterpillars
Credit: APS The PhytoFrontiers™ editorial board, led by editor-in-chief Nik Grünwald and associate editor-in-chief Steve Klosterman, is pleased to announce the publication of its first...
3D camera earns its stripes at Rice
Engineers develop Hyperspectral Stripe Projector to quickly merge depth, spectral dataCredit: Kelly Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 24, 2020) - Stripes are in fashion this...
Color-coded biosensor illuminates in real time how viruses attack hosts
Understanding how viruses invade host cell protein-making machineryCredit: Stasevich Lab/Colorado State University Infectious viruses come in many shapes and sizes and use slightly different attack...
Scientists Discover Genetic and Immunologic Underpinnings of Some Cases of Severe COVID-19
NIH Investigator Co-Led International Research EffortCredit: NIAID Integrated Research Facility, Fort Detrick, Maryland. WHAT: New findings by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and...