Many factors may contribute to steep, decades-long muskrat population drop
Credit: Penn State Muskrat populations declined sharply across North America over the last 50 years or so, and wildlife scientists have struggled to understand why....
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Cosmic quasars embrace 1970s fashion trend
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from Russia, Germany, Finland and the U.S. have studied more than 300 quasars -- spinning black holes that produce...
New light for plants
Scientists: Use of glass-ceramics in greenhouse lamps will facilitate plants' growthCredit: Anastasiia Babkina Many may have seen bright pink light in some windows - it...
Researchers developing quick and simple method of glyphosate detection
Drinking water can also be checked easilyCredit: Professor Tilo Pompe (left) and doctoral researcher David Rettke from the Institute of Biochemistry are developing a method...
Green cities roadmap touts COVID-19 recovery stimulus
Australian roadmap says greening cities can help kickstart economyCredit: IMAGE: Junglefy A Roadmap to fast-track flourishing green roofs, walls and facades in Australian cities released...
Intestinal health: Dresden research team identifies enzyme essential for stem cell survival
Study results contribute to the understanding of intestinal regeneration and prevention of intestinal inflammationCredit: © CRTD The intestinal epithelium is the inner layer of the...
Physical activity in all of its forms may help maintain muscle mass in midlife
Hormonal changes during menopause decrease muscle mass, but physical activity might slow the decrementCredit: University of Jyväskylä A large study of middle-aged women shows that...
For university classrooms, are telepresence robots the next best thing to being there?
Credit: Photo provided by Naomi Fitter, OSU College of Engineering. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Telepresence robots help university students learning remotely to feel more a part...
New treatment target verification for myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Dr. Goro Sashida A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan analyzed the pathophysiology of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a blood cancer that presents often in...
Bluetooth technology, the best ally to detect COVID-19 cases through smartphone contact tracing
Smartphone contact tracing would be 'extremely' useful in a new outbreak of the pandemicCredit: @UPV "Tracers have been and are essential to manage the pandemic....
Unravelling complex brain networks with automated 3D neural mapping
Automated 3D brain imaging data analysis technology offers more reliable and standardized analysis of the spatial organization of complex neural circuits.-Credit: Professor Se-Bum Paik, KAIST...
‘Social distancing’ saves frogs: New approach to identify individual frogs noninvasively
Credit: Naitik Patel Globally, 41% amphibian species are regarded as threatened with extinction. However, when it comes to the case of India, the majority of...
Novel computer-assisted chemical synthesis method cuts research time and cost
Credit: WPI-ICReDD Hokkaido University scientists have succeeded in synthesizing an α,α-difluoroglycine derivative, a type of α-amino acid, based on a reaction path predicted by quantum...
Discovery of important molecular mechanism of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Credit: Alessandra Bolino, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common form of inherited neuropathies. A genetic mutation causes the insulating myelin...
When cancer cells can’t make their own fat, they eat more of it
Cancer cells rewire their metabolism to compensate for a halt in fat production by importing more fat molecules from their environmentCredit: National Institutes of Healthy...