Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Found in Sierra Leone Bats
Scientists have detected Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, marking the first time the deadly virus has been found in West Africa. Eleven…
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Dark Matter by Taking Its Temperature
Warm, cold, just right? Physicists at the University of California, Davis, are taking the temperature of dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up about…
Online DNA Services Vulnerable to Genetic Hacking
With the growth of home DNA testing, online services such as GEDMatch, MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA have become popular places for people to upload their genetic…
Strange Erupting ‘Tiger Stripes’ on Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus Finally Explained
Saturn’s tiny, frozen moon Enceladus is a strange place. Just 300 miles (480 kilometers) across, the moon is thought to have an outer shell of…
Wildfires Benefits Bats – Study Used Acoustic Surveying Technology to Track Echolocation Patterns
Fire plays important role for Sierra Nevada bats. Bats face many threats — from habitat loss and climate change to emerging diseases, such as white-nose…
Emergence of Deadly Virus in Marine Mammals Linked to Melting Arctic Sea Ice
Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine mammals in the North Pacific,…
Child Deaths Significantly Reduced With Nutrient Supplements
Study Finds 27 Percent Drop in Child Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries More than half of child deaths worldwide stem from preventable causes, such…
A Crisis in Cosmology – Measurements of Hubble Constant Disagree
A group of astronomers led by the University of California, Davis has obtained new data that suggest the universe is expanding more rapidly than previously…
Cosmic Mystery Deepens After New Measurement of the Rate of Expansion of the Universe
New measurement of Hubble constant adds to cosmic mystery. New measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe, led by astronomers at the University…
“Forbidden Phenotype” – Why Are There No Animals With Three Legs?
If “Why?” is the first question in science, “Why not?” must be a close second. Sometimes it’s worth thinking about why something does not exist….
Scientists Find Nebular Gases Preserved in Deep-Mantle Neon
The Earth formed relatively quickly from the cloud of dust and gas around the sun, trapping water and gases in the planet’s mantle, according to…
Scientists Discover a High-Performance, Low-Cost Sodium-Ion Battery
Scientists have discovered a novel chemical state of the element manganese. This chemical state, first proposed about 90 years ago, enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion…
Astronomers Have a New Explanation for the Moon’s Origin
A new explanation for the Moon’s origin has it forming inside the Earth when our planet was a seething, spinning cloud of vaporized rock, called…
Scientists Reveal a New Type of Planetary Object
Scientists reveal that planet-sized bodies can form a new, much larger structure called a synestia – an indented disk rather like a red blood cell…
Less Algae Gives Lake Tahoe Its Blue Color
New research from UC Davis and NASA reveals that the blueness of Lake Tahoe is controlled by algal concentration, which in turn is driven by…
Dose-Dependent Relationship Between Sugar Beverages and Heart Disease Risk
New research from the University of California Davis is the first to demonstrate a direct, dose-dependent relationship between the amount of added sugar consumed in…
Stem Cell Study Reveals the Brain-Protective Powers of Astrocytes
A newly published stem cell study from UC Davis uncovers the brain-protective powers of astrocytes, finding that astrocytes can protect brain tissue and reduce disability…
UC Davis Researchers Identify a Biomarker for Autism
In a newly published study, researchers from UC Davis identify a biomarker for autism in a subset of children, finding that the mothers of children…
