New moon-seeking sensor aims to improve earth observations
Credit: NASA A new instrument with its eye on the Moon is taking off aboard a high-altitude NASA plane to measure the Moon's brightness and...
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UNH researchers find climate change and turf seaweed causing ‘patchy’ seascape
Credit: Jennifer Dijkstra/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine, to more frequent...
SeaWorld commits $900,000 to protect North Atlantic right whale
Credit: Image: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, NOAA Permit #594-1759 The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund announced that it has committed $900,000 over the...
New method described for quantifying antisense oligonucleotides in nuclei
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2019--A novel method uses subcellular fractionation to quantify label-free antisense oligonucleotides (AONs)- designed to...
ASU study shows some aquatic plants depend on the landscape for photosynthesis
Runoff from soils and surrounding environments provide life-sustaining carbonCredit: Lars Iversen All plants need carbon dioxide, or CO2 to live. They extract it from the...
Protecting native vegetation on rural properties yields Brazil USD 1.5 trillion per year
Paper endorsed by 407 scientists in Brazil estimates the value of ecosystem services linked to nature conservation, such as pollination, pest control and water security.Credit:...
Scientists design built-in controls for mini-chemical labs on a chip
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Since the 1990s, scientists have been exploring the possibilities of miniaturized chemical "laboratories" on a chip, which have...
Lifelike chemistry created in lab search for ways to study origin of life
Credit: Image courtesy of the David Baum lab MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while pioneering a new strategy for...
Chemists use light to build biologically active compounds
Photocatalyst builds 3D scaffolds from flat aromatics/Study published in ChemCredit: Jiajia Ma Some of the most biologically active molecules, including synthetic drugs, contain a central,...
NASA infrared data shows strength in Fengshen
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Storm Fengshen's cold cloud top temperatures revealed that the storm was maintaining strength as a strong tropical storm. Forecasters...
Digital data and AI to improve the lives of people with diabetes
Credit: LIH Until now, medical doctors have used biomarkers to determine the health status of people with diabetes (PWDs). These markers measure the blood glucose...
TACC key collaborator in new NIH grant to explore chronic pain and opioid reliance
New 'meta-portal' to provide researchers with access to analytics tools and data sets for private, public dataCredit: Jorge Salazar, TACC Pain impacts nearly every individual...
New process kills mosquito larvae using bacteria in the male’s gut microbiome
Ben-Gurion University team wins gold medal for research at 2019 iGem CompetitionCredit: Ben-Gurion University/IGem BEER-SHEVA, Israel...November 14, 2019 - A team of undergraduate student researchers...
MicroRNA comprehensively analyzed
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Messenger RNA transmits genetic information to the proteins, and microRNA plays a key role in the regulation of gene expression. Scientists...
What felled the great Assyrian Empire? A Yale professor weighs in
Credit: The British Museum The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered in northern Iraq and extending from Iran to Egypt -- the largest empire of its time --...
