Risk of transmission of livestock-associated MRSA to non-farm dwellers is negligible
WASHINGTON, DC - September 29, 2017 - At a swine farm with pigs carrying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, levels of MRSA ...
Month: September 2017
Confronted with bacteria, infected cells die so others can live, Penn study finds
Credit: University of Pennsylvania The immune system is contantly performing surveillance to detect foreign organisms that might do harm. But ...
Scientists have found a way to create drug molecules from carbon monoxide
Credit: Denis Chusov Scientists from RUDN University in collaboration with Russian and foreign colleagues have studied reductive amination reactions. The ...
Bentham eBooks indexed in Book Citation Index by Clarivate Analytics
Clarivate Analytics has recently included the following 16 eBooks for coverage in Book Citation Index. The Book Citation Index in ...
NASA infrared imagery shows wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Maria
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Maria is now caught up in the Westerlies and is being affected by wind shear ...
Helium found in coal seams could aid safe shale gas extraction
Natural deposits of helium gas - best known for its use in party balloons - could help aid the safe ...
GW-led consortium and FDA release new specifications to advance genomic data analysis
WASHINGTON (Sept. 29, 2017) -- The George Washington University (GW) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have published ...
New study changes our view on flying insects
Credit: Anders Hedenström WATCH: A tobacco hawkmoth flies in a wind tunnel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sgqb8wnQGA) For the first time, researchers are able ...
Raccoons solve an ancient puzzle, but do they really understand it?
Scientists have been using an ancient Greek fable written by Aesop as inspiration to test whether birds and small children ...
New mouse model replicates an underlying cause of intellectual disability
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed the first mice that lack the Upf3b gene, ...
New book provides insights on the AIDS pandemic — past, present, and future
Credit: Springer Nature Dynamic leaders spearheaded the global response to the emergence of AIDS, but found themselves hampered by structural ...
Nutrition is key to increasing productivity in intensive breeding
Improving the productivity of Brazilian livestock means not only finding ways to make the cattle produce more meat or more ...
U-M researchers develop technique that could detect explosives, dangerous gases rapidly and remotely
ANN ARBOR--University of Michigan researchers have developed a laser-based method that could be used to detect chemicals such as explosives ...
Edinburgh Genomics to deploy Illumina’s NovaSeq platform
Scientists in Scotland have gained access to the most up-to-date gene sequencing technology, aiding research to better understand human and ...
NASA sees a weaker Hurricane Lee headed to the UK
Credit: Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen NASA and NOAA satellite imagery show Hurricane Lee has been on a weakening trend ...
Nematodes as indicators of soil health
Organic matter in soil is an important component of soil health. We usually think of dead and dying plant matter ...
Antarctica: Return of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate model
Credit: Photo: Jan Lieser, ACE CRC, Australia Currently, winter has still a firm grip on Antarctica. At this time of ...
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities exposed with new DNA sequencing approach
Credit: Louise Egerton-Warburton The roots of most land plants are colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which help their plant partners ...
Bioreactors on a chip renew promises for algal biofuels
Credit: NanoBio Systems Lab @ Texas A&M For over a decade, companies have promised a future of renewable fuel from ...
NASA satellite highlights burn scars in British Columbia
Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC This past summer Canada has been plagued with ...
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Healthy men who have vaginal sex have a distinct urethral microbiome
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BetaLife and A*STAR Collaborate to develop next generation cell-based therapy for diabetes treatment
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Genetic causes of three previously unexplained rare diseases identified
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Promoting healthy longevity should start young: pregnancy complications lift women’s risk of mortality in the next 50 years
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Robot caterpillar demonstrates new approach to locomotion for soft robotics
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Can artificial intelligence predict spatiotemporal distribution of dengue fever outbreaks with remote sensing data? New study finds answers