Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections
Virus with D614G change in Spike out-competes original strain, but may not make patients sickerCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 2, 2020--...
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Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential
Credit: University of Stirling The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to new research involving the University...
How a mutation on the novel coronavirus has come to dominate the globe
A small variation has made the novel coronavirus fitter--but not more deadlyCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA--Flashback to mid-March: the novel coronavirus had...
Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Y. Cheng et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; NASA/ESA Hubble. Astronomers created a stunning new image showing celestial fireworks in star cluster G286.21+0.17....
Moss protein corrects genetic defects of other plants
Study by the University of Bonn could contribute to the development of more efficient cropsCredit: © Bastian Oldenkott/Uni Bonn Almost all land plants employ an...
New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance
Credit: Dr Stefano Pagliara, University of Exeter New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance A new technique could help...
How that preprint about a ‘more contagious strain’ of coronavirus changed in peer review
Credit: Korber et al. / Cell On May 5, 2020, news broke about a reportedly more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2--the virus that causes COVID-19--based on...
A loving ‘outsider’s’ bird’s eye-view of China’s transformation
World Scientific publishes 'China's Millennium Transformation, the Belt and Road Initiative,' an unusual book by Da Hsuan FengCredit: World Scientific Ever since President Xi initiated...
Targeting deep areas of the skeletal muscles effectively alleviates postoperative pain
In a clinical trial, the NETOIMS method rapidly reduced pain resulting from open abdominal surgery, according to Journal of American College of Surgeons articleCredit: American...
Unprecedented ground-based discovery of 2 strongly interacting exoplanets
Credit: Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, Mark A. Garlick Several interacting exoplanets have already been spotted by satellites. But a new breakthrough has been achieved with,...
A scientific measure of dog years
Credit: Ideker Lab, UC San Diego How old is your tail-wagging bundle of joy in human years? According to the well-known "rule of paw," one...
Marine alga from the Kiel Fjord discovered as a remedy against infections and skin cancer
GEOMAR research group successfully applies bioinformatics methods and machine learning in marine drug discoveryCredit: Larissa Büdenbender Healing with the help of marine organisms is no...
Typhoon changed earthquake patterns
Intensive erosion influenced seismicityCredit: NASA/LANDSAT The Earth's crust is under constant stress. Every now and then this stress is discharged in heavy earthquakes, mostly caused...
Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry
Credit: RUB, Marquard Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an...
A novel sperm selection technology to increase success rates of in vitro fertilization
LEFT: Mouse sperm collected by a conventional cell sorter. Motility cannot be maintained and sperm cannot advance. Motile sperm are difficult to collect with a...
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