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- Predicting the next pandemic virus is harder than we think
- Designing healthy diets with computer analysis
- Drug development platform could provide flexible, rapid and targeted antimicrobials
- Using engineering methods to track the imperceptible movements of stony corals
- Food allergies, changes to infant gut bacteria linked to method of childbirth, ethnicity
- Was Cascadia's 1700 earthquake part of a sequence of earthquakes?
- 'Undruggable' cancer protein becomes druggable, thanks to shrub
- Restoration efforts can brighten an ecosystem's future, but cannot erase its past
- Deregulated US Government oversight on interstate waters leaves murky implications for states
- 'Dead clades walking': Fossil record provides new insights into mass extinctions
- Fixed network of smartphones provides earthquake early warning in Costa Rica
- A gene finding links severe canine juvenile epilepsy to mitochondrial dysfunction
- Review summarizes known links between endocrine disruptors and breast cancer risk
- New catalyst for lower CO2 emissions
- Crucial action needed for coral reefs
- Chickens and pigs with integrated genetic scissors
- Oceanographers reveal links between migrating Gulf Stream and warming ocean waters
- Overgrowth of gut yeast in newborns may increase asthma risk
- Fearsome tyrannosaurs were social animals
- Cool and COVID-safe: How radiant cooling could keep our cities comfortable and healthy
- Little Foot fossil shows early human ancestor clung closely to trees
- Can extreme melt destabilize ice sheets?
- Rock glaciers will slow Himalayan ice melt
- People have shaped Earth's ecology for at least 12,000 years, mostly sustainably
- Beetles that pee themselves to death could be tomorrow's pest control
- GPS data reveal possible earthquake, tsunami hazard in Northwestern Colombia
- Can magnitude 4 earthquake rates be used to forecast large earthquake events?
- Supplement treats schizophrenia in mice, restores healthy 'dance' and structure of neurons
| Predicting the next pandemic virus is harder than we think Posted: 20 Apr 2021 03:31 PM PDT The observation that most of the viruses that cause human diseases come from other animals has led some researchers to attempt 'zoonotic risk prediction' to second-guess the next virus to hit us. However, in a new essay, experts propose that these zoonotic risk predictions are of limited value and will not tell us which virus will cause the next pandemic. |
| Designing healthy diets with computer analysis Posted: 20 Apr 2021 03:31 PM PDT A new mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut could help design new probiotics and specially tailored diets to prevent diseases. |
| Drug development platform could provide flexible, rapid and targeted antimicrobials Posted: 20 Apr 2021 03:31 PM PDT Researchers have created a platform that can develop effective and highly specific peptide nucleic acid therapies for use against any bacteria within just one week. The work could change the way we respond to pandemics and how we approach increasing cases of antibiotic resistance globally. |
| Using engineering methods to track the imperceptible movements of stony corals Posted: 20 Apr 2021 03:31 PM PDT A new study borrowed image-analysis methods from engineering to spot the minute movements of a stony coral. |
| Food allergies, changes to infant gut bacteria linked to method of childbirth, ethnicity Posted: 20 Apr 2021 03:31 PM PDT Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others, in a recently published article. |
| Was Cascadia's 1700 earthquake part of a sequence of earthquakes? Posted: 20 Apr 2021 01:09 PM PDT The famous 1700 Cascadia earthquake that altered the coastline of western North America and sent a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean to Japan may have been one of a sequence of earthquakes, according to new research. |
| 'Undruggable' cancer protein becomes druggable, thanks to shrub Posted: 20 Apr 2021 01:09 PM PDT A chemist has found a way to synthesize a compound to fight a previously 'undruggable' cancer protein with benefits across a myriad of cancer types. |
| Restoration efforts can brighten an ecosystem's future, but cannot erase its past Posted: 20 Apr 2021 01:09 PM PDT An expansive project is examining the benefits, and limits, of environmental restoration on developed land after humans are done with it. |
| Deregulated US Government oversight on interstate waters leaves murky implications for states Posted: 20 Apr 2021 01:09 PM PDT Concern tends to ratchet up a notch when pollution enters the river runoff discussion on a national scale, specifically when smaller, navigable intrastate bodies of water push pollution into larger interstate waters often involved in commerce (i.e. the Mississippi River, Great Lakes, Ohio River). |
| 'Dead clades walking': Fossil record provides new insights into mass extinctions Posted: 20 Apr 2021 01:09 PM PDT Mass extinctions are known as times of global upheaval, causing rapid losses in biodiversity that wipe out entire animal groups. Some of the doomed groups linger on before going extinct, and a team of scientists found these 'dead clades walking' (DCW) are more common and long-lasting than expected. |
| Fixed network of smartphones provides earthquake early warning in Costa Rica Posted: 20 Apr 2021 10:10 AM PDT Earthquake early warnings can be delivered successfully using a small network of off-the-shelf smartphones attached to building baseboards, according to a study conducted in Costa Rica last year. |
| A gene finding links severe canine juvenile epilepsy to mitochondrial dysfunction Posted: 20 Apr 2021 09:15 AM PDT Researchers found a cause for severe epilepsy resulting in death in Parson Russell Terrier puppies at a few months of age. A change in the PITRM1 gene can lead to a dysfunction of mitochondria, the cellular energy pumps. Concurrently, amyloid-beta accumulation and widespread neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease were identified in the puppies' brains. Changes to the PITRM1 gene in humans also cause a severe but slowly progressing brain disease. |
| Review summarizes known links between endocrine disruptors and breast cancer risk Posted: 20 Apr 2021 09:15 AM PDT Exposure to certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals could elevate the risk of breast cancer, according to a new comprehensive systematic review of epidemiological research. However, for many chemicals, evidence is inconsistent or still limited. |
| New catalyst for lower CO2 emissions Posted: 20 Apr 2021 09:15 AM PDT Perovskites have so far been used for solar cells, as anode materials or electronic components rather than for their catalytic properties. Now scientists have succeeded in producing a special perovskite that is excellently suited as a catalyst for converting CO2 into other useful substances, such as synthetic fuels. The new perovskite catalyst is very stable and also relatively cheap, so it would be suitable for industrial use. |
| Crucial action needed for coral reefs Posted: 20 Apr 2021 09:14 AM PDT An international group of scientific experts has stated the requirements for coral reef survival in a recent article. Over 500 million people rely on coral reefs. |
| Chickens and pigs with integrated genetic scissors Posted: 20 Apr 2021 09:14 AM PDT Genetically engineered animals provide important insights into the molecular basis of health and disease. Research has focused mainly on genetically modified mice, although other species, such as pigs, are more similar to human physiology. Researchers have now generated chickens and pigs in which target genes in desired organs can be efficiently altered. |
| Oceanographers reveal links between migrating Gulf Stream and warming ocean waters Posted: 20 Apr 2021 09:14 AM PDT The Northwest Atlantic Shelf is one of the fastest-changing regions in the global ocean, and is currently experiencing marine heat waves, altered fisheries and a surge in sea level rise along the North American east coast. A new article reveals the causes, potential predictability and historical context for these types of rapid changes. |
| Overgrowth of gut yeast in newborns may increase asthma risk Posted: 20 Apr 2021 09:14 AM PDT An overgrowth of yeast in the gut within the first few months of life may cause changes to the immune system that increase the risk of asthma later on, shows a new study. |
| Fearsome tyrannosaurs were social animals Posted: 20 Apr 2021 09:14 AM PDT The fearsome tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as popularly envisioned, but social carnivores with complex hunting strategies like wolves. |
| Cool and COVID-safe: How radiant cooling could keep our cities comfortable and healthy Posted: 20 Apr 2021 06:29 AM PDT A novel system of chilled panels that can replace air conditioning can also help reduce the risk of indoor disease transmission, new analysis suggests. |
| Little Foot fossil shows early human ancestor clung closely to trees Posted: 20 Apr 2021 06:29 AM PDT The fossil provides the oldest, most intact example of the shoulder of a human ancestor ever found. The bones provide telltale clues of how the individual moved and was adapted to climbing, a research team reports. |
| Can extreme melt destabilize ice sheets? Posted: 20 Apr 2021 06:28 AM PDT Researchers have deciphered a trove of data that shows one season of extreme melt can reduce the Greenland Ice Sheet's capacity to store future meltwater - and increase the likelihood of future melt raising sea levels. |
| Rock glaciers will slow Himalayan ice melt Posted: 20 Apr 2021 06:28 AM PDT Some Himalayan glaciers are more resilient to global warming than previously predicted, new research suggests. |
| People have shaped Earth's ecology for at least 12,000 years, mostly sustainably Posted: 19 Apr 2021 03:21 PM PDT New research shows that land use by human societies has reshaped ecology across most of Earth's land for at least 12,000 years. Researchers, from over a dozen institutions around the world, assessed biodiversity in relation to global land use history, revealing that the appropriation, colonization, and intensified use of lands previously managed sustainably is the main cause of the current biodiversity crisis. |
| Beetles that pee themselves to death could be tomorrow's pest control Posted: 19 Apr 2021 10:57 AM PDT Various beetle species have gobbled through grain stores and weakened food production worldwide since ancient times. Now, researchers seek to exploit beetles' greatest strength against them -- their precisely regulated mechanism of balancing fluids. |
| GPS data reveal possible earthquake, tsunami hazard in Northwestern Colombia Posted: 19 Apr 2021 10:56 AM PDT Data from a GPS network in Colombia have revealed a shallow and fully locked part on the Caribbean subduction zone in the country that suggests a possible large earthquake and tsunami risk for the northwest region. |
| Can magnitude 4 earthquake rates be used to forecast large earthquake events? Posted: 19 Apr 2021 10:56 AM PDT Ebel looked for the California faults that had magnitude 4 or larger earthquakes occurring at a rate higher than 0.5 earthquakes per year from 1997 to 2016. If the pattern holds, the next magnitude 6.7 earthquakes in California are most likely to occur along these faults. |
| Supplement treats schizophrenia in mice, restores healthy 'dance' and structure of neurons Posted: 19 Apr 2021 08:01 AM PDT A simple dietary supplement reduces behavioral symptoms in mice with a genetic mutation that causes schizophrenia. After additional experiments, including visualizing the fluorescently stained dancing edge of immature brain cells, researchers concluded that the supplement likely protects proteins that build neurons' cellular skeletons. |
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