Not Just Lyme Disease: Study Finds Multiple Agents of Tick-Borne Diseases
In a study published in mBio, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, Jorge Benach and Rafal Tokarz, and their co-authors at Stony Brook…
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Your Bones Secrete a Stress Hormone Causing Fight-or-Flight Response
Both rodents and humans release a bone-derived hormone called osteocalcin in response to acute stress, researchers reported on September 12th, 2019, in the journal Cell…
Surprise: Fight or Flight Response Driven by Bone, Not Adrenaline
When faced with a predator or sudden danger, the heart rate goes up, breathing becomes more rapid, and fuel in the form of glucose is…
How Viruses Infect Humans Shown in Detailed Map
Biologists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have leveraged a computational method to map protein-protein interactions between all known human-infecting viruses and…
Air Pollution As Bad As a Pack a Day of Cigarettes in Accelerating Lung Disease
Air pollution — especially ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change — accelerates the progression of emphysema of the lung, according to a…
“Particle Robots” Form Large Groups to Complete Tasks
Taking a cue from biological cells, researchers from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move…
Astronomers Show How Colliding Galaxies May Seed Future Stars
A pair of dwarf galaxies closely circling the Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, were in the throes of merging into one when…
CRISPR-Based Treatment Restores Retinal Function in Mice
Researchers from Columbia University have developed a new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a…
Algorithm Learns to Recognize Full Set of Behaviors in Jelly-like Hydra
Much of what biologists have learned about animal behavior over the years has come from careful observation and painstaking notes. There could soon be an…
Astrophysicists Discover a Dozen Black Holes Orbiting Sgr A*
A Columbia University-led team of astrophysicists has discovered a dozen black holes gathered around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole in the center…
Astronomers Show Radiation Helped Fuel The First Massive Black Holes
A newly published study adds evidence to one theory of how ancient black holes, about a billion times heavier than our sun, may have formed…
Scientists Show That Blocking Enzymes in Hair Follicles Promotes Hair Growth
New research from Columbia University reveals that inhibiting a family of enzymes inside hair follicles restores hair growth. The research is published in the online…
Neuroscientists Reveal Neuron-Firing Patterns That Underlie Time Measurement
In a newly published study, neuroscientists from MIT and Columbia University reveal how neurons in one part of the brain measure time intervals and accurately…
GALEX and the Hubble Reveal New Details on Colliding Black Holes
Using ultraviolet data from GALEX and the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers reveal new details about merging black holes. Entangled by gravity and destined to merge,…
Phytoplankton Are Extremely Sensitive to Changing Levels of Desert Dust
A newly published study shows that phytoplankton are extremely sensitive to changing levels of desert dust, revealing that the intensity of desert storms may affect…
Deriving Power Directly from Evaporation
In a newly published study, researchers from Columbia University detail the development of two novel devices that derive power directly from evaporation – a floating,…
Controlling Surface Topography with Particle-Enhanced Soft Composites
Using a material that is composed of two different polymers with different degrees of stiffness, researchers have developed a soft material with controllable surface textures…
Study Shows Carbon Emissions Could Increase Risk of Megadroughts
A new study from NASA reveals that droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the last half of this century could be drier…