Previously undescribed lineage of Archaea illuminates microbial evolution
New group with possible symbiotic life strategyCredit: Anja Spang In a publication in Nature Communications last Friday, NIOZ scientists Nina Dombrowski and Anja Spang and...
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NASA infrared data confirms depression became Tropical Storm Elida
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL After Tropical Depression 09E formed near the coast of southwestern Mexico, infrared data from NASA's Aqua satellite helped confirm its transition to...
Cannabis use in pregnancy linked to a greater risk of autism
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital In the largest study of its kind, Ottawa researchers found that children whose mothers reported using cannabis during pregnancy were at...
NASA sees compact Tropical Storm Jangmi exiting East China Sea
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Jangmi was exiting the East China Sea and moving toward the Sea of Japan when NASA's Aqua satellite measured the...
Miscarriage risk increases each week alcohol is used in early pregnancy
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Each week a woman consumes alcohol during the first five to 10 weeks of pregnancy is associated with an incremental...
Retesting for COVID-19: UPMC shares its experience
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2020 - In the first large, multicenter analysis of its kind, the 40-hospital UPMC health system today reported its findings...
Imaging method highlights new role for cellular “skeleton” protein
Molecules of actin help control the division of mitochondria, with implications for diseaseCredit: Salk Institute/Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center LA JOLLA--(August 10, 2020) While your skeleton...
Individual differences in the brain
If selection reinforces a behavior, brain activities soon change as wellCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / Kuhl Personality varies widely. There are bold and reserved individuals,...
Breaking molecular traffic jams with finned nanoporous materials
New porous catalyst with ultra-small fins facilitates molecular transportCredit: University of Houston and J.C. Palmer Thousands of chemical processes used by the energy industry and...
Personal connections key to climate adaptation
Credit: Dean Miller. Connections with friends and family are key to helping communities adapt to the devastating impact of climate change on their homes and...
Detailed molecular workings of a key system in learning and memory formation
UMass Amherst team discovers new regulatory role for a calcium-tuning proteinCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - One of the new realities in biomedical research is...
Quantitative Science Studies Journal to participate in transparent peer review
Credit: The MIT Press The MIT Press announced today that Quantitative Science Studies (QSS), the official open access journal of the International Society for Scientometrics...
The CNIO pave the way for a future gene therapy to reverse pulmonary fibrosis associated with ageing
Credit: CNIO Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a potentially lethal disease for which there is currently no cure and that is associated with certain mutations or...
Scientists develop first quantum algorithm to characterize noise across large systems
Australian and North American physicists display rigorous, scalable diagnostic toolCredit: IBM Noise is the main obstacle to building large-scale quantum computers. To tame the noise...
Space invaders as MOFs act as liquids
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Innovative materials called metal organic frameworks (MOFs) could become much more versatile following research that shows that they can be manipulated...