Credit: William Hawthorne Despite widespread infection, some frog populations are surviving a deadly disease that is the equivalent of mankind's Ebola virus. The reason --genetic diversity. That's the finding of a new study published…
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Credit: Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Loss of the heat-shielding forest canopy and the obstacle of fallen trees have caused elk to avoid beetle-killed areas of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, according to new…
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Credit: Dan Addison | University Communications One of the great mysteries of neuroscience may finally have an answer: Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a potential explanation for the mysterious…
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NASA grant establishes research community focused on pathways to life on EarthCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- The evolution of planet Earth and the emergence of life during its first half-billion years are inextricably linked, with a…
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New citizen science project From Diamond Light Source seeks to train AI to identify virus particlesCredit: Diamond Light Source, 2019 Today sees the launch of an innovative Citizen Science Project by Diamond Light Source, the UK's…
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Takashi D. Y. Kozai's lab examines the use of the photoelectric effect on untethered implanted devices to mitigate damage done by current implant technologyCredit: J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015,3, 4965-4978 - Reproduced by permission of The Royal…
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Credit: Grant McFadden As most know already, rabbit populations are not easily controlled - they reproduce swiftly, and as a result, they have a severe impact on their environment. This was the case when European settlers introduced the…
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For the first time, researchers have shown that ordinary human cells can change their original function. This may give new hope for diabetes patientsCredit: Kim E. Andreassen, University of Bergen. Traditional cell biology textbooks say…
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CIFAR Fellow Daniela Kaufer to discuss new findings at AAAS meeting on Feb. 15Credit: © CIFAR As our brains age, we become more forgetful, more tired and less able to do the cognitive gymnastics of our youth. But what if we could stop the…
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Task sharing in Sierra Leone -- teaching emergency surgery to health officers -- can help improve healthcare in a country with few doctorsCredit: Magnus Endal, CapaCare Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the…
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Credit: University City Science Center PHILADELPHIA--What if love and kindness could spread like a virus? As part of the University City Science Center's BioArt Residency, artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg created a custom virus able to…
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Teaching excellence at UTACredit: UTArlington Ramon Lopez, a professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named to the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers for his excellence in teaching and mentoring…
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Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin, is threatening to topple the multibillion-dollar citrus industry in the U.S. by infecting millions of acres of orchards with an incurable…
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Credit: Tim McClanahan/WCS NEW YORK (February 13, 2019)--Marine scientists from the University of Queensland, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups have developed a methodology to assess fish stocks that combines new data…
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Controversial discovery suggests early complex organisms may have originated 2.1 billion years ago--more than 1.5 billion years sooner than previous evidence indicated.Credit: Abder El Albani Newly discovered fossilized tracks suggest…
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By analyzing hundreds of estuaries at multiple spatial scales, new research identifies factors that drive marsh loss but may be overlooked by traditional assessments.Credit: Anna Braswell DURHAM, N.C. -- Sea-level rise, sediment…
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Researchers point out that at the global level, the environmental contamination by POPs compounds is increasingCredit: Photo by Tadeusz Lakota on Unsplash Scientists of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), working as part of an…
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Credit: Philip Strandwitz / Northeastern University Research team studies the compelling connection between one of NIH's "most wanted" bacteria and mental health. Researchers have established a correlation between depression and a group…
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Scientists at the University of Konstanz identify fierce competition between the human immune system and bacterial pathogensCredit: Electron Microscopy Centre Cell biologists from the University of Konstanz shed light on a recent…
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Carbon reservoirs on the ocean bottom caused global warming before -- and could do it again, according to research by an international team of scientists led by USCCredit: National Academy of Sciences The world's oceans could harbor an…
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