Conserving biodiverse ‘slow lanes’ in a rapidly changing world
UMass Amherst ecologist and team synthesize climate change refugia science developments to dateCredit: UMass Amherst/Toni Lyn Morelli The notion of conserving climate change refugia -...
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Study shows today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide levels greater than 23 million-year record
New study published in GeologyCredit: Photo credit: A. Hope Jahren. Boulder, Colo., USA: A common message in use to convey the seriousness of climate change...
A remote control for neurons
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A team led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has created a new technology that enhances scientists' ability...
Class of stellar explosions found to be galactic producers of lithium
Credit: David A. Hardy A team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Sumner Starrfield of Arizona State University (ASU), has combined theory with both observations and...
New biosensor visualizes stress in living plant cells in real time
Nanosensor allows unprecedented access to explore mechanisms related to droughtCredit: Schroeder Lab, UC San Diego Plant biologists have long sought a deeper understanding of foundational...
Across the cell membrane
UT San Antonio biophysicist helps elucidate mechanisms of neutral solute carriersCredit: Liao Chen, University of Texas at San Antonio Some of the most essential processes...
Rice scientist goes deep to improve environmental tracers
Laurence Yeung wins NSF CAREER Award to study biosphere's historyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 1, 2020) - With the help of a National...
Mice are shrinking, but are climate change and cities to blame?
Credit: Bryan McLean GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- According to a well-studied but controversial principle known as Bergmann's Rule, species tend to be larger in cold climates...
K-State study reveals asymmetry in spin directions of galaxies
Research also suggests the early universe could have been spinningCredit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- An analysis of more than 200,000 spiral galaxies has...
NASA catches short-lived Tropical Storm Amanda
Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Storm Amanda, the first of the Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season, formed on Sunday, May 31, along the coast of Guatemala...
Squid studies suggest new route to therapy for ALS, targeting synaptic dysfunction
Credit: Daniel Cojanu WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most devastating adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases. Patients, including the late actor/playwright...
The cascade to criticality
Combined theoretical and experimental work unveils a novel mechanism through which criticality emerges in quasiperiodic structures.Credit: Aalto University, Jose Lado Quasiperiodic structures, which are ordered...
Solubilizer Captisol enables body to absorb authorized COVID-19 drug therapy
Credit: Valentino Stella, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at KU LAWRENCE -- When the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use authorization for the investigational pharmaceutical...
UTA bioengineer uses NSF grant in novel approach to protein analysis
Iron-detecting nanosensors used to study proteins in bloodCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering researcher will use nanotechnology to detect defective iron-carrying...
WVU researchers tap into wood for protection against COVID-19
Credit: West Virginia University As healthcare facilities grapple with personal protective equipment shortages, West Virginia University researchers are going against the grain to help with...