How Stress and the Circadian Clock Affect Sleep
The findings could lead to the development of new therapies for sleep disorders caused by stress or a disturbed circadian rhythm. A Nagoya University-led research…
Serbian Tennis Player Novak Djokovic Now Has a Tiny New Snail Species Named After Him
Do freshwater snails make good tennis players? One of them certainly has the name for it. Enter Travunijana djokovici, a new species of aquatic snail…
Norovirus Clusters Known to Cause Stomach Flu Are Resistant to Environmental Stresses and UV Disinfection
New study suggests need to reconsider current disinfection, sanitation and hygiene practices. Clusters of a virus known to cause stomach flu are resistant to detergent…
Size Isn’t Everything: Megafauna Extinction Mystery
Ancient clues, in the shape of fossils and archaeological evidence of varying quality scattered across Australia, have formed the basis of several hypotheses about the…
Researchers Visualize the Motion of Vortices in Quantum Superfluid Turbulence
Nobel laureate in physics Richard Feynman once described turbulence as “the most important unsolved problem of classical physics.” Understanding turbulence in classical fluids like water…
Dansgaard-Oeschger Events: Abrupt Ice Age Climate Changes Behaved Like Cascading Dominoes
Throughout the last ice age, the climate changed repeatedly and rapidly during so-called Dansgaard-Oeschger events, where Greenland temperatures rose between 5 and 16 degrees Celsius…
Turning Kitchen Waste Into Biofuels – With Some Help From the “Muffin Monster”
When we eat, our bodies convert food into energy that fuels our lives. But what happens to the energy stored in the 80 billion pounds…
Doctors Identify Two Distinct Types of COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Approximately one-fourth of ARDS patients have disease features that put them at increased risk of death within the first month of hospitalization. Approximately one in…
Preventing Heart Infection From Mouth Bacteria With Good Dental Health
Good oral hygiene and regular dental care are the most important ways to reduce risk of a heart infection called infective endocarditis caused by bacteria…
Unique U.S. Army Developed COVID-19 Vaccine Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial
The Army’s vaccine has potential to offer broad protection from SARS-CoV-2, and may be adapted to protect from other coronaviruses. A unique vaccine to protect…
“Beast From the East” – Snow Chaos in Europe Caused by Melting Sea-Ice in the Arctic
The April snow falling on fruit blossoms in Europe these days may be directly connected to the loss of the sea ice in the Barents…
Public Trust in the CDC Falls During COVID Pandemic
Public trust in the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fallen during the coronavirus pandemic, with the decline bringing overall population-level trust in…
Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole Across the Entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement…
How Do We Know if an Asteroid Headed Our Way Is a Dangerous Threat?
There are a lot of things that pose a threat to our planet – climate change, natural disasters, and solar flares, for example. But one…
New Deep Learning AI Tool Can Revolutionize Microscopy
An AI tool developed at the University of Gothenburg offers new opportunities for analyzing images taken with microscopes. A study shows that the tool, which…
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Expedition 64 Space Station Crew Landing
Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are scheduled to end their mission on the International Space Station Friday, April…
Psychedelic Magic Mushroom Compound, Psilocybin, Performs at Least As Well as Leading Antidepressant
Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, may be at least as effective as a leading antidepressant medication in a therapeutic setting. This is the…
Brain Shrinkage: Your Neighborhood May Affect Your Brain Health
Study finds evidence of more brain aging in people living in disadvantaged areas. Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods — areas with…