Antarctic flies protect fragile eggs with ‘antifreeze’
Temperature-resistant gel helps the eggs of wingless flies survive the extreme conditions of the southern continent.Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services The good thing about...
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CCNY’s Nir Krakauer in monsoon research breakthrough
Credit: Nir Krakauer With average precipitation of 35 inches per four-month season over an area encompassing most of the Indian subcontinent, the South Asia summer...
Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New evidence points to ‘maybe.’
New precise ages for Deccan Traps volcanoes ties the second major eruption pulse to the mass extinctionCredit: Gerta Keller, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University Fact:...
Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely dictated by growth factor molecules,...
Endocrine Society objects to Title X gag rule that limits women’s access to contraception
Denying preventive services increases medical costs, jeopardizes public health WASHINGTON--The Endocrine Society objects to the administration's decision to severely restrict access to the Title X...
New 2019 guidelines for patients with atrial fibrillation
UMN Medical School expert is part of the writing committee that drafted the 2019 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) MINNEAPOLIS,...
Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth elements
Credit: Nathan Shaiyen/Michigan Tech Until now, carbon dioxide has been dumped in oceans or buried underground. Industry has been reluctant to implement carbon dioxide scrubbers...
Researchers engineer a tougher fiber
Credit: Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University North Carolina State University researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength...
A quantum magnet with a topological twist
Materials with a kagome lattice pattern exhibit 'negative magnetism' and long-sought 'flat-band' electronsCredit: Hasan, et. al, Princeton University Taking their name from an intricate Japanese...
Scientists unravel genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Finns
One third of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases in Finland are caused by one of the four major mutations, a new study from the University of Eastern...
NASA-NOAA satellite provides wide view of Tropical Cyclone Oma
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) When you look at a Tropical Cyclone Oma from space, you'll get a sense...
Good dog? Bad dog? Their personalities can change
New findings from MSU went where few researchers have gone before to reveal that, like humans, dogs' personalities likely change over time. When dog-parents spend...
Medicaid expansion led to increase in screening for colorectal cancer patients in Kentucky
Credit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (February 22, 2019): Kentucky is one of the poorest states in the U.S.1 However, the state has been one...
Clinical trial: Prenatal DHA prevents blood-pressure increase from obesity during childhood
Credit: KU News Service / University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- Research published today in JAMA Network Open by investigators at the University of Kansas and...
UCF study finds high IQs won’t be enough to prevent ecological disasters
Credit: UCF: Karen Norum High IQs aren't going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It's going to take social intelligence, too. That's the...
