NASA-NOAA satellite catches development of gulf Tropical Depression 17
Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Gulf of Mexico and revealed that a low pressure area was developing into a depression. On...
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Insect evolution: Insect evolution
Credit: Picture: V. Baranov Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that the incidence of midge and fly larvae in amber is far higher...
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...
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...
