Methane Observatory launched to boost action on powerful climate-warming gas (UNEP / European Commission)
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with support from the European Union, today launched a new Observatory to drive action on ...
Month: October 2021
Increased temperatures contributed to more than 200,000 cases of kidney disease in 15 years in Brazil alone, world’s largest study finds
Today the world’s largest study of the impact of temperature changes and kidney disease reveals that 7.4 per cent of ...
Three-channel Kondo effect discovered in cubic holmium compound
Tokyo, Japan – A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has applied numerical methods to capture the hallmarks of a quantum ...
Capturing Ecology – Winning images of British Ecological Society photography competition announced
A close up of a Kumlien's Gull’s eye, with speckled markings that aren’t quite what they appear, taken by Rebecca ...
New study shows environmental and social factors contribute to higher rates of pneumonia in children
A new study led by researchers in the Louisiana State University Superfund Research Program demonstrates that children who are exposed ...
How foodborne diseases protect the gut’s nervous system
A simple stomach bug could do a lot of damage. There are 100 million neurons scattered along the gastrointestinal tract—directly ...
US Bureau of Justice Assistance awards $50,000 to study gun crime
In 2020, the United States saw an unprecedented increase in homicides, recording 4,901 more than the previous year and topping ...
Hollings collaborates on two studies showing how to boost immunotherapy effectiveness for patients with oral-cavity squamous cell carcinoma
Two new studies revealed that anti-PD-1 immunotherapy given before surgery was safe and effective for patients with oral-cavity squamous cell ...
Dopamine’s many roles, explained
Among the neurotransmitters in the brain, dopamine has gained an almost mythical status. Decades of research have established its contribution ...
“Towards Straintronics: Guiding Excitons in 2D Materials” — CCNY & partners make breakthrough
From a team of City College of New York physicists and their collaborators in Japan and Germany comes another advancement ...
Is it worth trying to sway the most staunch climate deniers?
Thanks to algorithms that learn about social media users’ content preferences, Facebook timelines, Twitter feeds, suggested YouTube videos, and other ...
Army grants to bolster unique, new semiconductor fabrication facility
More than $5 million in total funding from the Army Research Office and the Army Research Laboratory will go toward ...
Needle-free COVID-19 vaccine shows promise
A needle-free COVID-19 vaccination could be possible, with University of Queensland scientists successfully protecting mice from the virus by administering ...
Differences in T cells’ functional state determine resistance to cancer therapy
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer in humans. Some patients with NSCLC receive ...
Honeybees use social distancing to protect themselves against parasites
Honeybees increase social distancing when their hive is under threat from a parasite, finds a new study led by an ...
WA shipwreck reveals secrets of 17th -century Dutch seafaring domination
Many Dutch ships passed the West Australian coast while enroute to Southeast Asia in the 1600s – and the national ...
Meanders help the climate
It takes about 8500 years for a grain of sand from the Andes to be washed across the Argentine lowlands ...
Detector advance could lead to cheaper, easier medical scans
Researchers in the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical image that doesn’t require tomography, a mathematical ...
Morro Bay seagrass loss causes change in fish populations
The loss of seagrass habitat caused a dramatic shift in fish species in Morro Bay. Areas once covered with lush ...
A scientific competition assesses methods for anomalous diffusion
Since Albert Einstein provided a theoretical foundation for Robert Brown’s observation of the erratic or unpredictable movement of microscopic particles ...
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Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
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Scientists discover cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
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Researchers uncover life’s power generators in the Earth’s oldest groundwaters
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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Study shows convalescent plasma doesn’t benefit severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19
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Do early therapies help very young children with or at high likelihood for autism?