Bat guts become less healthy through diet of ‘fast food’ from banana plantations
Nectar-feeding bats foraging in intensively managed banana plantations in Costa Rica have a less diverse set of gut microbes in...
Development of dendritic-network-implementable artificial neurofiber transistors
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies have led to an astronomical increase in the amounts of data available for processing...
Could a novel light therapy help people with Alzheimers?
Alzheimer’s disease is a mind-robbing brain disorder that affects nearly 6.2 million older Americans. Despite decades of research on high-tech...
Deep learning enhances cancer diagnostic tools
Yi “Edwin” Sun, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and member of...
Now everyone can build battery-free electronic devices
Last year, computer engineers from Northwestern University and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) introduced the world’s first battery-free Game Boy,which...
COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated food insecurity, especially in families with children
Nearly 15 percent of U.S. households—and nearly 18 percent of households with children—reported food insecurity early in the COVID-19 pandemic,...
NSF awards $250,000 to study ancient agriculture in south-central Veracruz
The National Science Foundation awarded a little more than $250,000 over a four-year period to study ancient agriculture in south-central...
UTSA develops model to understand how a city’s design creates congestion
City planners predict that as more people move into urban areas, traffic jams will get worse. That’s why sustainability expert Neil...
Inspired by bacteria and sperm, scientists make micro-robot swimmers
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Scientists at Cornell University have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite...
Sex and the symbiont: Can algae hookups help corals survive?
HOUSTON – (Sept. 22, 2021) – A little more sexy time for symbionts could help coral reefs survive the trials...
Scientists show how mucus protein contributes to worsening COPD, asthma, lung conditions
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Mucus is an essential protective layer of gel-like liquid composed largely of proteins called mucins throughout...
DNA sensor quickly determines whether viruses are infectious
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new sensor can detect not only whether a virus is present, but whether it’s infectious –...
Electoral cycles influence destruction of Atlantic Rainforest areas in South and Southeast Brazil
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, and reported in an article published in the journal Conservation Letters,...
Seeking climate-smart strategies for root, tuber and banana crops in Central Africa
Root, tuber and banana (RT&B) crops are widely cultivated across the landscapes of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). These staple food crops...
Social robots may be more persuasive if they project less authority
In the future, socially interactive robots could help seniors age in place or assist residents of long-term care facilities with...
$3 million grant establishes center to combat racial inequities in lung cancer
Richmond, Va. — Sept. 22, 2021 — Today, the National Cancer Institute announced that Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center,...
Desert teamwork explains global pattern of co-operation in birds
A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments.Credit: Andrew Young...
Early Homo sapiens groups in Europe faced subarctic climates
The process how our species dispersed into new environments at that time represents an important evolutionary turning point that ultimately...
Researchers mimic how water and wind create complex shapes in nature
Intricate natural formations like star-shaped sand dunes or arc-shaped rocks can appear so purposeful in form that it’s easy to...
Buck researchers provide a framework to study precision nutrigeroscience
Dietary restriction is arguably the most promising non-genetic method of extending lifespan and healthspan in many model organisms, including mammals....
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‘Stealth transmission’ fuels fast spread of coronavirus outbreak
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Metabolism changes with age, just not when you might think
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Chinese case study suggests COVID-19 is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to newborns
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ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may increase the risk of severe COVID-19
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Statins starve cancer cells to death