New study uncovers ‘magnetic’ memory of European glass eels
Researchers find first evidence of a fish capable of forming and retaining a magnetic memory of water currentsCredit: Alessandro Cresci MIAMI--A new study led by...
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Researcher invents an easy-to-use technique to measure the hydrophobicity of micro- and nanoparticle
Credit: Copyright American Chemical Society The scientific and industrial communities who work with micro- and nanoparticles continue to labor with the challenge of effective particle...
Cod or haddock? UMass Amherst study looks at ‘name bias’ and fisheries sustainability
Grad student aims to promote tasty alternatives to overfished codCredit: UMass Amherst Could you taste the difference between cod and other whitefish, such as haddock...
When added to gene therapy, plant-based compound may enable faster, more effective treatments
Scripps Research team finds that a nontoxic molecule closely related to resveratrol can overcome barriers to delivering gene therapy into stem cells.Credit: Image courtesy of...
First report of cotton blue disease in the United States
Credit: Kathy Lawrence and Auburn University St. Paul, MN (October, 2019)--In August 2017, Kathy S. Lawrence, a plant pathologist at Auburn University, received a call...
Training social workers in fight against opioids
$1.3 million federal grant helps UTA offer students training in addiction treatmentCredit: Elizabeth Couch, The University of Texas at Arlington Nancy Ochoa was 15 years...
Next-generation sequencing used to identify cotton blue disease in the United States
Credit: Plant Management Network and Judith K. Brown St. Paul, MN (October, 2019)--Cotton blue disease, caused by Cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), was first reported...
UTSA/NIH program diversifies pipeline of future biomedical researchers
New program to train the next generation of diverse researchers in the biomedical sciencesCredit: UTSA Oct. 10, 2019 — To support student success, UTSA is...
Journal of Women’s Health Reports launching January 2020
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 17, 2018 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of Journal of Women's...
Research gauges neurodegeneration tied to FXTAS by measuring motor behavior
Credit: McKinney et al LAWRENCE -- The neurological disorder FXTAS (pronounced "fax-tas") stems from a genetic premutation seen in one of every 151 women and...
An evolution in the understanding of evolution
New modeling tool has implications for better understanding of diseaseCredit: UVA Engineering Remember domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species and Darwin's tree of...
Stranded whales detected from space
Credit: Maxar Technologies 2019 A new technique for analysing satellite images may help scientists detect and count stranded whales from space. Researchers tested a new...
Paleontologists discover complete Saurornitholestes langstoni specimen
Discovery provides valuable insight into evolution of theropod dinosaurs around the worldCredit: Jan Sovak The discovery of a nearly complete dromaeosaurid Saurornitholestes langstoni specimen is...
Weaving quantum processors out of laser light
Researchers open a new avenue to quantum computing with a breakthrough experiment: a large-scale quantum processor made entirely of lightCredit: Shota Yokoyama 2019 An international...
Industrial melanism linked to same gene in 3 moth species
Credit: Arjen van't Hof The rise of dark forms of many species of moth in heavily polluted areas of 19th and 20th century Britain, known...
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