Woolly stars need catastrophes to live
In the Santa Ana River floodplain, an endangered plant needs the effects of intense flooding to grow and survive in loose soil A small, crunchy,...
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OSIRIS-REx spies on the weird, wild gravity of an asteroid
Research led by the University of Colorado Boulder is revealing the Alice in Wonderland-like physics that govern gravity near the surface of the asteroid Bennu....
Nature hits rewind
Research predicts what makes evolution go backwardsCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, March 19, 2019 - The study of evolution is revealing new complexities, showing how the...
Caterina Strambio De Castillia named Imaging Scientist by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
New program supports better tools, increased collaboration between optical engineers and biomedical researchersCredit: UMass Medical School The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has named Caterina Strambio...
Study finds natural selection favors cheaters
UC Riverside research focused on interaction between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their hostsCredit: Sachs lab, UC Riverside Mutualisms, which are interactions between members of different species...
National award for major scientific study of wound care dressings
The University of Huddersfield's Professor Karen Ousey and Dr Nikolaos Georgopoulos teamed with industry partners Perfectus Biomed and Essity to win the Best Clinical or...
Have microscope, will travel: New tech project links Madison, Boston scientists
Credit: Jan Huisken, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- An invention designed to transform how and where high-powered research microscopes are deployed -- and who...
University of Minnesota to lead $9.7 million NIH grant to improve hearing restoration
New research could improve hearing for deaf people who cannot sufficiently benefit from traditional treatment The University of Minnesota announced today that it will lead...
CZI awards $17 million to bring more engineering expertise to biomedical imaging
New imaging scientists program supports better tools, increased collaboration between optical engineers and biomedical researchersCredit: CZI Imaging Scientist Anthony Santella, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,...
Every hour 30 people are diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in the European Region
It's time to make TB a disease of the pastCredit: ECDC The latest ECDC-WHO report Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2019 (2017 data) shows...
Discovery of a crucial immune reaction when solid food is introduced that prevents inflammatory disorders
Microbes colonize all body surfaces and help to balance the immune system. In newborn infants, gut microbiota is first conditioned by breast milk components. When...
PCORI Board approves $3.8 million to support implementation of findings from PCORI-funded research
Projects focus on obesity and diabetes prevention interventions WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2019) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved...
Astronomers find ‘cannonball pulsar’ speeding through space
Object got powerful 'kick' from supernova explosion Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have found a pulsar speeding...
NASA’s Fermi Satellite clocks ‘cannonball’ pulsar speeding through space
New radio observations combined with 10 years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have revealed a runaway pulsar that escaped the blast wave...
Discovery of parasitic arsenic cycle may offer glimpse of life in future, warmer oceans
Credit: Steve Giovannoni CORVALLIS, Ore. - A newly discovered parasitic cycle, in which ocean bacteria keep phytoplankton on an energy-sapping treadmill of nutrient detoxification, may...
