Long-COVID’s Effects Can Now Be Detected Using Simple Chest X-Rays
Scientists create a new model to detect COVID-19’s effects using 2D chest X-rays. For patients dealing with lingering respiratory symptoms from COVID-19, a traditional chest…
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Early Crust on Mars More Complex and Evolved Than Previously Thought
Early crust on Mars may be more complex than researchers previously thought—and it may even be similar to Earth’s original crust. The Martian surface is…
Overcoming Paralyzing Fear: Scientists Trace Stress Response Brain Circuit
At one time or another, we’ve all felt paralyzed by a threat or danger. Now scientists have traced where that reaction to a threat arises….
Researchers Have Discovered a New Giant 18-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Species That Inexplicably Disappeared
Researchers find crocodile species that likely preyed on early humans. Millions of years ago, giant dwarf crocodiles inhabited Africa that loved to eat our human…
Physicists Explain Mysterious “Discrete Aurora” on Mars
Scientists have learned how discrete aurora is formed on Mars. In a new study, the physicists report that the upstream solar wind properties interacting with…
Neuroscientists Identify Fundamental Mechanism for Long Term Memory Storage
A University of Iowa neuroscience research team has identified a fundamental biochemical mechanism underlying memory storage and has linked this mechanism to cognitive deficits in…
Why Vaccinated People Still Get Sick With the COVID-19 Omicron Variant
With so many health experts, public officials, and organizations pushing for COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters, you may be wondering why vaccinated individuals are still getting…
A Black Hole – A Million Times As Bright As Our Sun – Offers Potential Clue to Reionization of Universe
About 400,000 years after the universe was created began a period called “The Epoch of Reionization.” During this time, the once hotter universe began to…
Learning New Things About Our Home Star: Physicists First Definitive Measurements of the Sun’s Electric Field
As the Parker Solar Probe ventures closer to the sun, we are learning new things about our home star. In a new study, physicists led…
At Last, Physicists Report Definitive Evidence of How Brilliant Auroras Are Created
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, that fill the sky in high-latitude regions have fascinated people for thousands of years. But how they’re created, while…
Biological Invasions: Destructive Species Found Using New Environmental DNA-Detection Technique
Invasive species, beware: Your days of hiding may be ending. Biologists led by the University of Iowa discovered the presence of the invasive New Zealand…
Diffuse Auroral Eraser: Physicists Discover a New Type of Aurora
The famed northern and southern lights have been studied for millennia, but they still hold secrets. In a new study, physicists led by the University…
Cosmic Cold Gas Pipelines Detected Feeding Early, Massive Galaxies
To come into being, galaxies need a steady diet of cold gases to undergo gravitational collapse. The larger the galaxy, the more cold gas it…
Unique Physics in Interstellar Space: Voyager Spacecraft Detect New Type of Solar Electron Burst
Physicists report accelerated electrons linked with cosmic rays. More than 40 years since they launched, the Voyager spacecraft are still making discoveries. In a new…
Where Does the Missing Matter of the Universe Reside? Halo of Gas Surrounding Milky Way May Help Solve Puzzle
A halo is a large region filled with hot gas that surrounds a galaxy, also known as a “circumgalactic medium.” The heated gaseous halo around…
HaloSat Reveals the Milky Way Galaxy Is Surrounded by a Heated, Clumpy Halo
The Milky Way galaxy is in the recycling business. University of Iowa astronomers have determined our galaxy is surrounded by a clumpy halo of hot…
Promise for COVID-19 Vaccine After Engineered Virus Protects Against MERS in Mice
Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia have developed a vaccine that fully protects mice against a lethal dose of MERS,…
Researchers Recreate Living 3D Displays – Lightweight Smart Skins With Artificial Muscles [Video]
It is safe to say that 3D displays do not necessarily occur in nature – unless one considers the cephalopod, which includes the squid and…
