Stanford Biochemists Successfully Change How the Brain Communicates With Itself
Enzymes are used by biochemists to alter how brain cells interact with one another While you read this sentence, the neurons in your brain are…
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Deer, Mink and Hyenas Have Caught COVID-19 – Animal Virologists Explain Coronavirus in Animals and Why Humans Need To Worry
In April 2020, tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo made the news when they came down with COVID-19. In the months following these surprising…
Emerging Mutations: Viral Evolution in Animals Could Reveal Future of COVID-19
When animals catch COVID-19 from humans, new SARS-CoV-2 variants can arise. To evaluate this phenomenon, an interdisciplinary team at the College of Veterinary Medicine and…
The Strange Story of Turkey Tails Speaks Volumes About Our Global Food System
Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork, and poultry every year. When I asked one…
African Elephants Have Plenty of Habitat if Spared From the Ivory Trade
African Elephants Only Occupy a Fraction of Their Potential Range Many wildlife species are threatened by shrinking habitat. But according to new research, the potential…
Air Purifiers Marketed for COVID-19 May Be Ineffective and Have Unintended Health Consequences
Joint university research finds some air purifiers may actually increase harmful airborne chemicals. The market for air purifiers is booming, but a new study has…
Insatiable Demand for Cannabis Has Created a Massive Carbon Footprint
Colorado State University researchers provide the most detailed accounting to date of the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. It’s no secret that the United States’ $13…
Scientists Discover Bizarre New Mode of Snake Locomotion – “Nothing I’d Ever Seen Compares to It”
A team of researchers from Colorado State University and the University of Cincinnati have discovered a new mode of snake locomotion that allows the brown…
New Insights on Health Effects of Long-Duration Space Flight – 30 Scientific Papers From More Than 200 Investigators
The historic NASA Twins Study investigated identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly and provided new information on the health effects of spending time in…
Increased Risk From COVID-19 for Older People Like President Trump Because of How the Immune System Ages
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’d tested positive for COVID-19 was especially concerning because of his age. At 74 years old, Trump is solidly within…
Solving a Strange 100-Year-Old Mystery: New Research Provides Solution for the “Dust Bowl Paradox”
Almost 100 years ago, there was a strange, slow-motion takeover of the Great Plains. During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, as a historic heatwave…
Cleanest Air on Earth Identified by Atmospheric Scientists in First-of-Its-Kind Study
An atmospheric region in the Southern Ocean unchanged by human-related activities. Colorado State University Distinguished Professor Sonia Kreidenweis and her research group identified an atmospheric…
Charismatic Little Hawaiian Duck Is Threatened With Genetic Extinction
The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main Hawaiian Islands, is threatened with genetic extinction due to interbreeding with…
“Fascinating and Scary” – Is Something Literally in the Air Causing Violent Crime?
Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds. Breathing dirty air can make you sick. But according to new research, it can also…
Mirroring Humans, Antibiotic Resistance Surges in Dolphins [Video]
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest public health challenges in the world today since many common bacterial infections are developing resistance to the drugs…
SLAC Scientists Create First Atomic X-ray Laser
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created the world’s first “atomic X-ray laser.” By aiming SLAC’s Linac Coherent…
