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- Scientist reveals cause of lost magnetism at meteorite site
- Hurricanes expected to linger over Northeast cities, causing greater damage
- 'Mantle wind' blows through slab window beneath Panama
- How sugar-loving microbes could help power future cars
- Understanding how pathogenic fungi build their carbohydrate armor
- Climate uncertainty colors flood risk assessment
- Reading the mind of a worm
- Scientists develop promising vaccine method against recurrent UTI
- Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery behind plant growth
- Resilience of vertebrate animals in rapid decline due to humanmade threats
- How do we know we're tired?
- How cells feel curvature
- Promising treatment for Alexander disease moves from rat model to human clinical trials
- Shaping a sustainable future for a common plastic
- Rodents could be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronaviruses, study suggests
- Breakthrough in fight on tick-borne CCHF virus is latest use of new strategy against diseases
- When the gut's internal ecosystem goes awry, could an ancient if gross-sounding treatment make it right?
- Air pollution does not increase the risk of getting infected but does increase the risk of getting sick from COVID-19, study finds
- Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2
| Scientist reveals cause of lost magnetism at meteorite site Posted: 22 Nov 2021 10:55 AM PST A scientist has discovered a method for detecting and better defining meteorite impact sites that have long lost their tell-tale craters. The discovery could further the study of not only Earth's geology but also that of other bodies in our solar system. |
| Hurricanes expected to linger over Northeast cities, causing greater damage Posted: 22 Nov 2021 10:55 AM PST By the late 21st century, northeastern U.S. cities will see worsening hurricane outcomes, with storms arriving more quickly but slowing down once they've made landfall. As storms linger longer over the East Coast, they will cause greater damage along the heavily populated corridor, according to a new study. |
| 'Mantle wind' blows through slab window beneath Panama Posted: 22 Nov 2021 10:54 AM PST Volcanic gases are helping researchers track large-scale movements in Earth's deep interior. Scientists have discovered anomalous geochemical compositions beneath Panama. |
| How sugar-loving microbes could help power future cars Posted: 22 Nov 2021 10:53 AM PST It sounds like modern-day alchemy: Transforming sugar into hydrocarbons found in gasoline. But that's exactly what scientists have done. Researchers report harnessing the wonders of biology and chemistry to turn glucose (a type of sugar) into olefins (a type of hydrocarbon, and one of several types of molecules that make up gasoline). |
| Understanding how pathogenic fungi build their carbohydrate armor Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:55 PM PST A research team revealed the molecular architecture of fungal cell walls and the structural responses to stresses, aiding the development of antifungal drugs targeting cell wall components. |
| Climate uncertainty colors flood risk assessment Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:55 PM PST Understanding how climate change will affect the flooding of rivers may become easier with a new framework for assessing flood risk that's been developed by an interdisciplinary team. |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:54 PM PST It sounds like a party trick: scientists can now look at the brain activity of a tiny worm and tell you which chemical the animal smelled a few seconds before. But the findings of a new study are more than just a novelty; they help the scientists better understand how the brain functions and integrates information. |
| Scientists develop promising vaccine method against recurrent UTI Posted: 19 Nov 2021 05:51 AM PST Researchers are investigating the use of whole-cell vaccines to fight urinary tract infection (UTI), part of an effort to tackle the increasingly serious issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. |
| Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery behind plant growth Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:38 PM PST A team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree. For half a century, scientists have known that all plants depend on this molecule, auxin, to grow. Until now, they didn't understand exactly how auxin sets growth in motion. |
| Resilience of vertebrate animals in rapid decline due to humanmade threats Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:37 PM PST Global change is eroding life on earth at an unprecedented rate and scale. Species extinctions have accelerated over the last decades, with the concomitant loss of the functions and services they provide to human societies. |
| Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:36 PM PST Why do we need sleep? New research takes a step towards solving this mystery by discovering a mechanism of sleep in zebrafish, with some supporting evidence in mice. |
| Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:36 PM PST Cells in your body cannot see, but they can feel their surroundings and their own shape. Scientists now showed via both - experiments and theory - how cells can sense the curvature of tissue around them and how this influences their inner workings. |
| Promising treatment for Alexander disease moves from rat model to human clinical trials Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:35 PM PST Alexander disease is a progressive and rare neurological disorder with no cure or standard course of treatment. But a new study involving a rat model of the disease offers a potential treatment for the typically fatal condition. |
| Shaping a sustainable future for a common plastic Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:34 PM PST Broad-based scientific team from government, academia and industry joins forces to identify new opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of polyurethane -- one of the most widely used but little recycled plastic materials. |
| Rodents could be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronaviruses, study suggests Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:34 PM PST Some ancestral rodents likely had repeated infections with SARS-like coronaviruses, leading them to acquire tolerance or resistance to the pathogens, according to new research. This raises the possibility that modern rodents may be reservoirs of SARS-like viruses, the researchers say. |
| Breakthrough in fight on tick-borne CCHF virus is latest use of new strategy against diseases Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:34 PM PST Using the same approach they recently used to create effective vaccine candidates against COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), scientists are tackling another virus: the tick-borne Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). |
| Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:55 PM PST For people with serious bacterial infections, antibiotics can be life-saving drugs. But they can also cause collateral damage to the complex microbial community that breaks down food and maintains health in the gut. And not just in people. A new study in lemurs shows that an ancient if gross-sounding treatment can help hasten recovery and get the gut microbiome back to normal. |
| Posted: 17 Nov 2021 07:39 AM PST A new study examines the association between antiviral antibodies, COVID-19 symptoms, and long-term exposure to air pollution in a cohort in Catalonia. |
| Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2 Posted: 16 Nov 2021 05:15 PM PST A new study used a novel modelling approach to predict the zoonotic capacity of 5,400 mammal species, extending predictive capacity by an order of magnitude. Of the high risk species flagged, many live near people and in COVID-19 hotspots. |
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