Exploring Underground Ecosystems: Scientists Identify New Soil Viruses
PNNL scientists discover new soil viruses The unsung hero of our lives is soil. It nourishes crops to give humans with food, drains rainfall into…
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New Catalyst Could Clean Natural Gas Engine Emissions
Palladium oxide catalyst cleans up emissions and enhances water vapor tolerance. A newly developed catalyst with unique, atomic-sized “rafts” does a better job than current…
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Opioid Addiction
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may help people being treated for opioid addiction reduce their methadone dose and better manage pain and withdrawal symptoms, according to a…
Predicting Premature Birth With Epigenetic Biomarkers
A signature found in the cheek cells of mothers and fathers of preterm infants may help develop a test to determine whether a pregnancy may…
More Durable Concrete With a Nano-Engineered Sealer
A nanomaterials-engineered penetrating sealer developed by Washington State University researchers is able to better protect concrete from moisture and salt – the two most damaging…
New Contraceptive Method: Trapping Sperm in Semen’s Natural Gel
A discovery that blocks the normal transition of semen from a thick gel to a liquid shows promise for development of a new form of…
Discovery Could Help Tweak the Immune System To Fight Infections and Disease
Research led by Washington State University scientists supports a novel theory that the innate immune system people are born with can respond differently to specific…
Possible Achilles’ Heel Discovered for Respiratory Viruses – Like COVID-19 – That Hijack Immune Mechanisms
One viral protein may provide clues for preventing pneumonia, which is brought on by the body’s heightened inflammatory response to respiratory viruses like the COVID-19…
Cannabis Use Could Cause Harmful, Toxic Drug Interactions With Prescription Medications
Using cannabis alongside other drugs may come with a significant risk of harmful drug-drug interactions, new research by scientists at Washington State University suggests. The…
Atom Laser Creates Reflective Matter-Wave Patterns Similar to Light
Cooled to almost absolute zero, atoms not only move in waves like light but also can be focused into shapes called caustics, similar to the…
New Test Determines Antibiotic Resistance in Less Than 90 Minutes
A technique that measures the metabolic activity of bacteria with an electric probe can identify antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes, a dramatic improvement…
Pandemic Layoffs Pushed Hospitality Workers to Leave Industry – “The Younger Generation Was Really Hit Hard”
The psychological toll of losing a job due to COVID-19 caused many young hotel and restaurant workers to consider changing careers, according to a Washington…
Soft X-ray Method Promises Nanocarrier Breakthroughs for Smart Medicine and Environmental Clean-Up
Before the huge potential of tiny nanocarriers for highly targeted drug delivery and environmental clean-up can be realized, scientists first need to be able to…
Innovative New Technology Converts Waste Plastics to Jet Fuel – In Just an Hour
Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert plastics to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and…
Connection Found Between Household Chemicals and Gut Microbiome
A team of researchers for the first time has found a correlation between the levels of bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of children…
Stiff Competition: Lab-Made Hexagonal Diamonds Stiffer Than Natural Cubic Diamonds
Nature’s strongest material now has some stiff competition. For the first time, researchers have hard evidence that human-made hexagonal diamonds are stiffer than the common…
Scientists Identify Contents of Ancient Maya Drug Containers
Scientists have identified the presence of a non-tobacco plant in ancient Maya drug containers for the first time. The Washington State University researchers detected Mexican…
Climate-Change-Induced Conflict? Rare Footage Captured of Jaguar Killing Ocelot at Waterhole
In what may be a sign of climate-change-induced conflict, researchers have captured rare photographic evidence of a jaguar killing another predatory wild cat at an…
