Pathogens from the sea
A marine pathogenic bacterium forms specialized cells for disseminationCredit: MPI f. terrestrial Microbiology/ Ringaard Vibrio parahaemolyticus can be found in the tidal zones in estuarine...
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NASA observes Tropical Storm Kyarr form near southwest India coast
Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Kyarr formed near the southwestern coast of India, and NASA's Aqua satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of the storm...
Decision support tool reduces unneeded referrals of low-risk patients with chest pain
Credit: Children's National Hospital NEW ORLEANS-Few events strike more fear in parents than hearing their child's heart "hurts." When primary care pediatricians - who are...
Fire-spawned forest fungi hide out in other organisms, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When a wildfire obliterates a forest, the first life to rise from the ashes is usually...
Insight-HXMT team releases new results on black hole and neutron star X-ray binaries
Credit: Image by IHEP Scientists with the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) team presented their new results on black hole and neutron star X-ray binaries...
Antibiotics with novel mechanism of action discovered
Credit: Matthias Urfer, UZH The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a matter of global concern. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), particularly Gram-negative...
NASA-NOAA satellite shows wind shear affecting a changing Typhoon Bualoi
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean revealed that Typhoon Bualoi...
Empowering pediatricians to reduce preventable firearm injuries and deaths
Credit: Children's National Hospital NEW ORLEANS-Lenore Jarvis, M.D., MEd, FAAP, remembers feeling fatigue and frustration when, despite her team's herculean efforts, a 5-year-old died from...
Birds do not habituate to traffic noise
Traffic noise affects normal stress reactions in zebra finches and delays offspring growthCredit: Sue Anne Zollinger Noise pollution is one of the leading environmental health...
X-ray scout sees first light
Observations with eRosita promise a breakthrough in our understanding of the energetic universeCredit: T. Reiprich (Univ. Bonn), M. Ramos-Ceja (MPE), F. Pacaud (Univ. Bonn), D....
Bacterial lifestyle alters the evolution of antibiotic resistance
Credit: Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23, 2019 - How bacteria live -- whether as independent cells or in a communal biofilm -- determines how...
Game changer: New chemical keeps plants plump
UC Riverside-led team's discovery offers hope for crops despite droughtCredit: UCR A UC Riverside-led team has created a chemical to help plants hold onto water,...
Ultrastructure of focal adhesion scaffold unveiled in human pluripotent stem cells
Credit: Image: Camilo Guzmán, Aki Stubb, and HHMI Janelian Advanced Imaging Core Focal adhesions are known as signalling platforms broadcasting the information of the biochemical...
Jurassic dinosaurs trotted between Africa and Europe
Credit: Matteo Belvedere et al. Dinosaur footprints found in several European countries, very similar to others in Morocco, suggest that they could have been dispersed...
Reframing Antarctica’s meltwater pond dangers to ice shelves and sea level
There's a speed limit on the damage surface ponds can do to ice shelves, but that doesn't mean they're not dangerousCredit: NASA Earth Observatory Dangers...
