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Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - The human heart is like a sponge, able to expand and grow, increasing its capacity to take...

Black individuals at higher risk for contracting COVID-19, according to new research

Credit: ATS July 08, 2020 - Results of an analysis published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found that Black individuals were twice...

Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs

Credit: The Bromeliad Working Group/UBC. An expansive, multi-site ecology study led by UBC has uncovered new insights into the effects of climate change on the...

Using electricity to break down pollutants left over after wastewater treatment

A team at the INRS tested an advanced electro-oxidation processCredit: Jean-Daniel Bourgault (INRS) Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are some of the emerging contaminants...

Water-saving alternative forage crops for Texas livestock

Credit: Sukhbir Singh In the semi-arid Texas High Plains, growers and producers are concerned about the sustainability of beef and dairy industries, which rely heavily...

Stress testing ‘coral in a box’

Credit: Christian Voolstra Coral death is impacting oceans worldwide as a consequence of climate change. The concern is that corals cannot keep pace with the...

Lung, immune function in kids could protect from severe COVID-19

Credit: Photo credit: Krithika Lingappan, MBBS; Matthew Harting, MD; Bindu Akkanti, MD Differences in lung physiology and immune function in children could be why they...

Study reveals how bacteria build essential carbon-fixing machinery

Credit: Luning Liu Scientists from the University of Liverpool have revealed new insight into how cyanobacteria construct the organelles that are essential for their ability...

New method for simulating yarn-cloth patterns to be unveiled at ACM SIGGRAPH

Novel technique includes the stretching and bending responseCredit: © Georg Sperl, Rahul Narain, and Chris Wojtan The simulation of woven and knitted fabrics is an...

5G networks have few health impacts, Oregon State study using zebrafish model finds

Credit: Lynn Ketchum CORVALLIS, Ore. - Findings from an Oregon State University study into the effects of radiofrequency radiation generated by the wireless technology that...

Study: ‘Anti-vaxxers’ gain traction against HPV vaccine on Facebook

MU media expert analyzed 10 years of HPV-vaccine related Facebook postsCredit: University of Missouri One of the biggest social media sites -- Facebook -- has...

Research advances understanding of how the brain focuses while ignoring distractions

UC Riverside mouse study has implications for treating neuropsychiatric diseases such as ADHD and schizophreniaCredit: Zagha lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When trying to...

Researchers receive $3.6M grant to continuously monitor blood pressure during sleep

Texas A&M researchers hope to use a wrist-worn system to monitor blood pressure during sleepCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering High blood pressure is...

Learning more about particle collisions with machine learning

Credit: ATLAS Collaboration The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland became famous around the world in 2012 with the detection of the Higgs boson....

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