Reef RangerBot becomes ‘LarvalBot’ to spread coral babies
Credit: QUT Media QUT's reef protector robot is set to become 'mother' to hundreds of millions of baby corals in a special delivery coinciding with...
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Zika circulates among wild animals in the Americas, making eradication nearly impossible
GALVESTON, Texas -A collaborative group of researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the Faculty of Medicine of Sao Jose do...
Glutamine metabolism affects T cell signaling and function
The cellular nutrient glutamine launches a metabolic signaling pathway that promotes the function of some immune system T cells and suppresses others, Vanderbilt researchers have...
Lyme Disease Biobank expands to increase understanding of Lyme in heart, brain, joints
Portola Valley, Calif., November 1, 2018 - Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a national organization funding research to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple...
Researchers solve the mystery of the bird from Atlantis
The world's smallest flightless bird can be found on Inaccessible Island in the middle of the South Atlantic. Less than 100 years ago, researchers believed...
New tech delivers high-tech film that blocks electromagnetic interference
(NYU Tandon School of Engineering) Andre Taylor, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and collaborators fashioned low-cost...
Bioluminescent substance discovered in Brazilian cave worm larva
Credit: Vadim Viviani / UFSCar An insect larva found in the caves of Intervales State Park, an Atlantic Rainforest remnant in the municipality of Ribeirão...
Fishing for new leads in a rare melanoma
Credit: Katherine C. Cohen / Boston Children's Hospital Zebrafish are an emerging power tool in cancer research. They can be engineered to light up when...
Your showerhead slime is alive
The day after Halloween, something scary may still lurk inside your showerhead. Researchers at CIRES have identified Mycobacterium as the most abundant genus of bacteria...
Women carrying rare breast cancer variants more likely to develop interval breast cancers
Bottom Line: While the presence of common breast cancer mutations was indicative of increased breast cancer risk, the presence of certain rare mutations was indicative...
NASA team investigates ultrafast laser machining for multiple spaceflight applications
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk An ultrafast laser that fires pulses of light just 100 millionths of a nanosecond in duration could potentially revolutionize the way...
New study finds unique immunity genes in one widespread coral species
Credit: Kevin Rodriguez MIAMI--A new study led by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found that a...
NASA sees Hurricane Oscar transitioning to extratropical low
Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Hurricane Oscar has transitioned into an extra-tropical low pressure area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or...
Research: heat-resistant enzymes could produce more cost-effective drugs
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could change the way scientists look at one of the most essential enzymes...
High exposure to radio frequency radiation associated with cancer in male rats
Credit: NIEHS The National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded there is clear evidence that male rats exposed to high levels of radio frequency radiation (RFR) like...
