To survive asteroid impact, algae learned to hunt
Night of the living algaeCredit: Odysseus Archontikis/University of Oxford Tiny, seemingly harmless ocean plants survived the darkness of the asteroid ...
Month: October 2020
Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious
Credit: Houston Methodist/University of Texas at Austin A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the ...
Petricoin receives funding for study focused on discovering cancer protein biomarkers
Emanuel Petricoin, III, Co-Director, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM), received $280,696 from Gateway for Cancer Research for: ...
New study reveals United States a top source of plastic pollution in coastal environments
Years of exporting plastic waste abroad masked actual US contribution to plastic pollution crisis A study published today in the ...
Plankton turn hunters to survive dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
Credit: Gibbs et al New research by an international team of scientists shows how marine organisms were forced to 'reboot' ...
Washing hands and Halloween candy can mitigate COVID-19 contamination risks
Washington, DC - October 30, 2020 - New research shows that COVID-19 exposure risk from contaminated candy could be successfully ...
Healthcare app reduces symptoms of COPD compared to regular treatment
COPD is a common respiratory condition and one of the top causes of hospital admissions each year, particularly during winter ...
A malformation illustrates the incredible plasticity of the brain
People born without a corpus callosum do not have a bridge between the two cerebral hemispheres. Neuroscientists from UNIGE have ...
New cause of inflammation in people with HIV identified
Boston - While current antiretroviral treatments for HIV are highly effective, data has shown that people living with HIV appear ...
New drug candidate for the treatment of COVID-19
Researchers from the University of Kent, the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), and the Hannover Medical School (Germany) have ...
VUMC study finds faster, wider spread of COVID-19 in US households
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center COVID-19 spreads faster and more widely throughout U.S. households than previously reported, according to new ...
Wistar creates a new synthetic DNA vaccine against Powassan virus
Vaccine protects animals against tick-borne Powassan virus, an emerging infectious diseaseCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 30, 2020) -- ...
Microbes in the gut could be protective against hazardous radiation exposure
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--A new study by scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and ...
Infection by confection: COVID-19 and the risk of trick-or-treating
Researchers say viral transmission risk is low, even when candies are handled by infected persons, but handwashing and disinfecting collected ...
A new spin on atoms gives scientists a closer look at quantum weirdness
Credit: Rachel Davidowitz When atoms get extremely close, they develop intriguing interactions that could be harnessed to create new generations ...
Parasitology – Bringing the locals onboard
A new study examines local perceptions of Chagas disease in a region where the infectious agent is endemic. The results ...
Nelson awarded $4.5 million to study prevention and treatment of metastatic breast cancer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Erik Nelson has won a $4.5M Era of Hope Scholar ...
Should secret voting be mandatory? ‘Yes” say political scientists in new book
Making voting more convenient does not combat low voter turnout but instead jeopardizes integrity of the ballotCredit: (University of Rochester ...
New fault zone measurements could help us to understand subduction earthquake
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba conducted detailed measurements of rocks formed by seismic slips in an exposed subduction zone ...
COVID-19 a “golden opportunity” for terror organisations to intensify their propaganda
Following the attacks in France, this new study out today shows terrorists are using the pandemic as an opportunity to ...
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Healthy men who have vaginal sex have a distinct urethral microbiome
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Small but mighty: new superconducting amplifiers deliver high performance at lower power consumption
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BetaLife and A*STAR Collaborate to develop next generation cell-based therapy for diabetes treatment
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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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Researchers highlight nucleolar DNA damage response in fight against cancer
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Spotted lanternfly spreads by hitching a ride with humans