NASA catches development of Tropical Cyclone Nuri in South China Sea
Credit: NASA/Worldview A low-pressure system that developed in the Philippine Sea and tracked over the central Philippines has moved into the South China Sea and...
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Study links elevated levels of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) with breast cancer risk
Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina assess the connection between dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and breast cancer riskCredit:...
Versatile symbionts: Reed beetles benefit from bacterial helpers through all life stages
Bacterial symbionts support their host's larvae and adult insects in different waysCredit: photo/©: Martin Kaltenpoth Insects that feed only on plants have a number of...
Protecting scientific diversity
International researchers demand the active protection and support of diversity, equity and inclusion in scienceCredit: Rejane Santos-Silva @@rejsantossilva In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Where have the swans gone?
Wintering area Bewick's swans shifts hundreds of kilometres in 50 yearsCredit: Bart Nolet/NIOO-KNAW Nearly 13 kilometres per year: that is the rate at which the...
Elastomeric masks provide a more durable, less costly option for health care workers
Authors of Journal of the American College of Surgeons article report use of elastomeric masks reduces the number of N95 masks needed by nearly 95...
Study proposes ‘Microbial Noah’s Ark’ pilot project
The initiative will protect microbial diversity and long-term health of humanityCredit: Joana Carvalho IGC 2020 The Rutgers University's initiative will give an important contribute to...
School may be the key to improvement for children in social care
Credit: Linköping University Children in social care have poorer mental health and perform worse in school than other children. But they have trust in the...
Study reveals impacts of climate change on migrating mule deer
Credit: Tayler LaSharr When drought reshuffles the green-up of habitats that mule deer migrate across, it dramatically shortens the annual foraging bonanza they rely on....
Together they stay alive longer
How tuberculosis pathogens protect themselves from drying out in the airCredit: Elisabeth Pfrommer, Heinrich-Pette-Institute / FZ Borstel Hamburg/Borstel/Leipzig. The tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis can protect...
Analysing the effects two decades after a mining spill
Experts highlight the concentrations of metals in the River Guadiamar (south of Spain) twenty years after the disaster at the Aznalcóllar mineCredit: Universidad de Sevilla...
Prodigiosin-based solution has selective activity against cancer cells
A new nanoformulation was described by Kazan University's Bionanotechnology Lab in Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyCredit: Kazan Federal University Together with colleagues from the University...
Hibernation in mice: Are humans next?
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba and RIKEN in Japan spark a hibernation-like state in mice--a species that does not naturally hibernateCredit: University of Tsukuba...
Radioactive cloud over Europe had civilian background
Isotope measurements on air filters: researchers investigated undeclared nuclear release / Study in "Nature Communications"Credit: Dorian Zok/LUH A mysterious cloud containing radioactive ruthenium-106, which moved...
National effort joins forces to build a secure smart home
Research focuses on strengthening trust around the household 'Internet of Things'Credit: David Kotz Hanover, N.H. - June 12, 2020 - A team of seven academic...