Strokes in babies are surprisingly common; here’s how the body rushes to the rescue
Credit: Courtesy Kuan lab New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on the development of the brain's immune defenses...
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Asthma may not be a significant risk factor for severe COVID-19
Credit: ATS August 31, 2020-- A new research letter published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines whether asthma is a significant...
Guam study advances research of cycads as an ecotoxin
Models for estimating seed age to add clarity to future researchCredit: University of Guam University of Guam research has revealed that younger cycad seeds pose...
Intelligent software tackles plant cell jigsaw puzzle
Credit: Kreshuk group/EMBL and Hamprecht lab/HCI Heidelberg University Imagine working on a jigsaw puzzle with so many pieces that even the edges seem indistinguishable from...
Natural disasters must be unusual or deadly to prompt local climate policy change
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Natural disasters alone are not enough to motivate local communities to engage in climate change mitigation or adaptation,...
NASA Terra Satellite sees development of Tropical Storm Maysak
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed several areas of strong thunderstorms around the center of the recently organized Tropical Storm Maysak. Tropical Depression 10W formed...
NASA Terra Satellite examines Tropical Storm Hernan’s relocated center
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed a burst of strength in Tropical Storm Hernan, located over the Gulf of California. At 12:30 a.m. EDT, NOAA's...
NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery tracks Tropical Depression Laura over US
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) A new animation of nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite followed the path...
Fossil trees on Peru’s Central Andean Plateau tell a tale of dramatic environmental change
Credit: Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and colleagues...
Plant scientists study the interaction of heat stress responses in corn
Credit: ISU News Service AMES, Iowa - Environmental extremes driven by climate change create stresses in crops, and plant breeders are attempting to untangle the...
Study shows efforts in mangrove conservation and restoration paying off
Research led by The Singapore-ETH Centre on the quantification of mangrove carbon stocks reveals low net loss of mangrove carbon stocks globally, pointing to success...
NASA sees wind shear still battering tropical storm Iselle
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery shows wind shear continued to batter Tropical Storm Iselle in the Eastern Pacific Ocean for the second day. NASA's...
Only the nose knows: New international network explores how odors lead to actions
Credit: Glenn Asakawa, CU Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder will lead a groundbreaking new international research network dubbed Odor2Action starting this fall. The work...
Farmers’ quick sale of poultry during outbreaks may increase deadly virus transmission
Credit: Alexis Delabouglise, CIRAD/Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Small-scale poultry farmers in Vietnam tend to respond to viral outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza...
Researchers dramatically downsize technology for fingerprinting drugs and other chemicals
Tiny photonic chip could fit comfortably within the tip of a fingerCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering As new infectious diseases emerge and spread,...