A spatial regime shift to stickleback dominance
Credit: Photo: Joakim Hansen/Azote Large numbers of three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over larger parts of the Baltic Sea's coastal ecosystem, shows a new scientific...
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FEFU scientists are paving way for future tiny electronics and gadgets
Credit: Christian Wiediger, @christianw; Unsplash Scientists of the School of Natural Sciences of Far Eastern Federal University (SNS FEFU) with colleagues from Russia, South Korea,...
Gout treatment may aid patients with congenital heart disease
University of Cincinnati cardiologist says pilot study shows promise, but a larger trial is neededCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Creative + Brand. A drug used...
High walk and bike scores associated with greater crash risk
Walkable zones often home to attractive destinations -- creating conflicts among road usersCredit: UBC Neighbourhoods with high bikeability and walkability scores actually present higher crash...
Scientists establish first lethal mouse model for COVID-19
Mice engineered for SARS-1 studies repurposed for novel coronavirusCredit: Joseph W. Golden and Xiankun Zeng, USAMRIID Army scientists have developed the first lethal mouse model...
AI as good as the average radiologist in identifying breast cancer
Credit: Martin Stenmark Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden have compared the ability of three different artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to...
Duchenne: “Crosstalk” between muscle and spleen
Researchers at the Universities of Maynooth and Bonn discover a new connection in muscular dystrophyCredit: © Maynooth University Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most...
UVA-developed artificial pancreas effective for children ages 6-13, study finds
Credit: Tandem Diabetes Care An artificial pancreas originally developed at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology safely and effectively manages blood sugar levels...
Vertebral body tethering shows clinical success as treatment for scoliosis
Study finds more than 90% of patients avoided mobility-limiting spinal fusion procedureCredit: Justin Kelley, MU Health Care Scoliosis is the most common spinal deformity affecting...
Engineers use heat-free technology to make metallic replicas of a rose’s surface texture
Credit: Photo courtesy of Martin Thuo and his research group. AMES, Iowa - Nature has worked for eons to perfect surface textures that protect, hide...
A chiral surprise in the rainforest
Reversed ratio of chiral volatile organic compounds over the Amazon rainforest reveal insects as unexplored important source of forest emissionsCredit: Nora Zannoni, MPI for Chemistry...
Princeton plays major role in new $115 million quantum science center
Credit: Image courtesy of Nathalie de Leon, Princeton University Princeton University will have a major leadership role in one of the five new multi-institution centers...
Octupole corner state in a three-dimensional topological circuit
Credit: by Shuo Liu, Shaojie Ma, Qian Zhang, Lei Zhang, Cheng Yang, Oubo You, Wenlong Gao, Yuanjiang Xiang, Tie Jun Cui & Shuang Zhang Topological...
A topography of extremes
On the track of unconventional superconductivity, researchers are charting unknown territoryCredit: Toni Helm/HZDR An international team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the Max...
Rare encounters between cosmic heavyweights
Maunakea observatories discover three pairs of merging supermassive black holesCredit: Silverman et al. Maunakea, Hawaii - A cosmic dance between two merging galaxies, each one...