How LISA pathfinder detected dozens of ‘comet crumbs’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA contributions, successfully demonstrated technologies needed...
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A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural abandonment
Credit: Credit: Forest Isbell. Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new University of Minnesota research. Published in...
‘Dual login’ mechanism found to resist fungal infection in cells
Indiana University-led research has revealed how two specific immune receptors coordinate to trigger a powerful response against fungal invadersCredit: Image courtesy Yu Lab, Indiana University...
New finding on origin of avian predentary in Mesozoic birds
Credit: IVPP The predentary bone is one of the most enigmatic skeletal elements in avian evolution. Located at the tip of the lower jaw, this...
Blowing bubbles: PPPL scientist confirms way to launch current in fusion plasmas
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that producing the current in plasma...
NASA finds heavy rain potential in typhoon Kalmaegi
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Typhoon Kalmaegi using infrared light to determine the strength of the storm. Kalmaegi...
Study measures impact of agriculture on diet of wild mammals
In an article published in PNAS, Brazilian researchers stress the need for agricultural management that favors the maintenance of wildlifeCredit: photo: ICMBio / CENAP) Margays...
Google’s new system captures character lighting for virtually any environment
Lighting is everythingCredit: SIGGRAPH Asia Even novice photographers and videographers who rely on their handheld devices to snap photos or make videos often consider their...
Quantum light improves sensitivity of biological measurements
New approach combines quantum physics and biology to improve enzyme activity measurementsCredit: Simonetta Pieroni WASHINGTON -- In a new study, researchers showed that quantum light...
Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle
Credit: Lindsey Dougherty When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance to visit North Sulawesi, Indonesia, on...
Living bridges
How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendlyCredit: Ferdinand Ludwig Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the North East Indian Meghalaya plateau...
Fertilization discovery could lead to new male contraceptive, help infertile couples
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications An unexpected discovery about fertilization from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals new insights on how sperm...
Army project may lead to new class of high-performance materials
Credit: Courtesy Northwestern University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Synthetic biologists working on a U.S. Army project have developed a process that could lead to...
Most physicians and other faculty in large medical center experienced sexual harassment
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 18, 2019--A new study has shown that the majority of women (82.5%) and men (65.1%)...
Tailored T-cell therapies neutralize viruses that threaten kids with PID
Because viral infections can be controlled by T-cells, the body's infection-fighting white blood cells, the Children's National Hospital first-in-humans Phase 1 dose escalation trial aimed...
