Asian giant hornet complete genome released by the agricultural research service
Credit: Photo by Matthew L Buffington, ARS. BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, AUGUST 6, 2020--The first complete genome of the Asian giant hornet has been released by a...
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Placebos prove powerful even when people know they’re taking one
Credit: Pexels: Pixabay CC0 EAST LANSING, Mich. - How much of a treatment is mind over matter? It is well documented that people often feel...
Chemists build natural anti-cancer compound with lean new process
Scripps Research collaborators develop a way to seamlessly create the compound's complex structureCredit: Scripps Research JUPITER, FL--Scripps Research chemists Hans Renata, PhD, and Alexander Adibekian,...
NASA satellites capture Isaias’ nighttime track into Canada
Credit: Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Storm Isaias has transitioned into a post-tropical storm as it moved out...
Embryonic heart development: Unprecedented insight from 4D OCT
Innovative method offers a new way of studying developmental cardiac biomechanics, live in 4DCredit: Wang and Larina. How a valveless embryonic heart tube pumps blood...
Personality-based approach may be key to partnering with robots
Credit: U.S. Army photo ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Human facial expressions could be one of the keys in building trust between Soldiers and autonomous...
New multiple myeloma therapy shows promise in preclinical study
Credit: Images created by S. Durand-Panteix and I. Quelven-Bertin, et al, University of Limoges, CNRS, INSERM Reston, VA--A new alpha-radioimmunotherapy, 212Pb-anti-CD38, has proven effective in...
Horizon31 startup licenses ORNL global communication system for drones
Credit: Horizon31, LLC Horizon31, LLC, of Knoxville, Tenn., has exclusively licensed a novel communication system that allows users to reliably operate unmanned vehicles such as...
WVU expands pioneering Alzheimer’s treatment to wider region of the brain
Credit: Marisa Sayre/West Virginia University A hospital nurse for 33 years, Nanette Miller would call her husband Frank at the end of each shift to...
The bouncer in the brain
IST Austria scientists discover cells that filter and sharpen spatial signalsCredit: Rieger / IST Austria The hippocampus is a region within the brain that contains...
Identifying local solutions in the barotse floodplain for sustainable agriculture development
To develop locally relevant strategies that improve food security, nutrition, and conservation, researchers employed a gendered ecosystem services approach in Zambia.Credit: Bioversity International/E.Hermanowicz The Barotse...
Long neck helped reptile hunt underwater
Credit: Emma Finley-Jacob Its neck was three times as long as its torso, but had only 13 extremely elongated vertebrae: Tanystropheus, a bizarre giraffe-necked reptile...
OU Health Sciences Center receives $38 million grant for suicide prevention
Credit: University of Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five-year, $38 million grant to lead...
New study sheds light on evolution of hell ants from 100 million years ago
Credit: NIGPAS Ants are the most successful social insects and play an important role in modern terrestrial ecosystems. The origin and early evolution of ants...
Scientists discover new concept of bacterial gene regulation
Research team of the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" at the University Jena identifies new regulatory sRNA moleculesCredit: Anne Günther/University Jena Bacteria are...