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Ocean waves play a critical role in shaping our economy, weather and climate

Turns out, it's all in the waterCredit: World Scientific The design of coastal structures, the safety of offshore shipping, the prediction of extreme weather, coastal...

Sex as stress management in microbes

Credit: Valerio Vitali Why is sex so popular? The question of why so many organisms reproduce sexually has mystified evolutionary biologists since before Darwin, who...

New mobile health tool measures hemoglobin without drawing blood

Smartphone-based technique can help doctors assess anemia and blood disordersCredit: Young Kim, Purdue University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a way to use smartphone images...

The ins and outs of sex change in medaka fish

Credit: TANAKA. Larval nutrition plays a role in determining the sexual characteristics of Japanese rice fish, also called medaka (Oryzias latipes), report a team of...

Selfie stick and fishing rod shed first light on ancient reptile

Credit: Nikolay Zverkov The skeleton of an extinct 'fish lizard' locked in a glass case over 16ft from the ground for the last 100 years...

Airway Therapeutics, Celonic Group partner to produce AT-100 as candidate for coronavirus

AT-100 production expected to begin in JuneCredit: Airway Therapeutics CINCINNATI, OH & BASEL, Switzerland (May 20, 2020) - Airway Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing...

Before COVID-19 100+ experts identified top threats & opportunities for global health

New US Pharmacopeia and MIT Center for Collective Intelligence report examines outlook for the future of medical breakthroughsCredit: U.S. Pharmacopeia ROCKVILLE, Md., May 21, 2020--Just...

New gravitational-wave model can bring neutron stars into even sharper focus

Credit: University of Birmingham Gravitational-wave researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new model that promises to yield fresh insights into the structure...

Overcoming challenges of individuals with autism during the COVID-19 pandemic

University of Miami Health System researchers publish commentary in Lancet PsychiatryCredit: University of Miami Health System The COVID-19 pandemic is stressful enough, but for children...

IVI to strengthen COVID-19 surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa with support from Sweden

IVI will leverage its network of infectious disease surveillance sites to conduct epidemiological studies of COVID-19 in Madagascar and Burkina FasoCredit: IVI, Sida May 21,...

Study: Ancient ocean oxygen levels associated with changing atmospheric carbon dioxide

A Texas A&M-led study analyzed ocean floor sediment cores to provide new insights into the relationship between deep ocean oxygenation and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels...

nTIDE May 2020 Special Report: Workers with disabilities in the COVID economy

Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Special Report--featuring economist Andrew Houtenville, PhD, and disability employment expert John O'Neill, PhDCredit: University of New Hampshire...

Tip of the iceberg: Existing racial inequalities in death from COVID-19 will soar

Credit: Florida Atlantic University As is the case with most fatal diseases, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is already taking a disproportionate toll on black Americans and...

Potentially treatable genetic mutations revealed in subset of prostate cancer patients