image: Microglia (in green) in a sea of different excitatory neuron types (colored red or blue). A new study shows how microglia are prompted to change their state to adapt to different areas of the brain. view more Credit: Arlotta Lab From everyday actions like walking and talking to feats of athletic or academic excellence, … Read more
A new study led by University of Ottawa professors has found Canadian provinces that annually screen women aged 40-49 had lower proportions of advanced breast cancer compared to women aged 50-59 from provinces that did not hold annual mammograms. A new study led by University of Ottawa professors has found Canadian provinces that annually screen … Read more
ATLANTA, August 1, 2022 — A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), shows serious smoking cessation activity declined among adults in the United States immediately after the onset of COVID-19 and persisted for over a year. Declines in attempts to quit smoking were largest among persons experiencing disproportionately negative outcomes … Read more
If you want to find out which places are close to Quito, you search on Google Maps. If, on the other hand, you want to find out which animals are taxonomically close to the meerkat, you can search on LifeGate. LifeGate is a new interactive map, but it is a taxonomic rather than a geographic … Read more
Texas researchers will have a heavy presence during the popular TV programming known as “Shark Week.” Texas A&M-Corpus Christi students and experts are scheduled to share their input during Discovery’s annual Shark Week and National Geographic’s SharkFest. The Corpus Christi university says online that the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studios (HRI) at … Read more
PELLSTON — University of Michigan Regents visited the school’s biological station near Pellston on Thursday to tour the facility and learn about its research and education efforts. The regents broke into three groups; one tour learned about the history of the station and how that history informs its educational mission, the second tour learned about … Read more
Scientists from the University of Waterloo have developed a map showing which regions and population centers of Western Canada are likely to experience earthquakes induced by underground energy extraction. Hydraulic fracturing is used to produce cracks in the rock formation to enhance energy extraction from geothermal and unconventional resources. This process is typically accompanied by … Read more
GALVESTON, TEXAS – Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have achieved success with a new vaccine developed to fight Lassa Virus, a pathogen that causes Lassa fever. Lassa fever is lethal in humans and nonhuman primates with a mortality rate as high as 70% in hospitalized cases. As many as 500,000 people are … Read more
A new study involving hospitalized women in six African countries from the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute of Human Virology (IHV) showed that pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had double the risk of being admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and four-times the risk of dying in-hospital … Read more
Earth’s mantle is the thick layer of silicate rock between Earth’s crust and its molten core, making up about 84% of our planet’s volume. The mantle is predominantly solid but, on geologic time scales, it behaves as a viscous fluid – as difficult to stir and mix as a pot of caramel. But, sticking with … Read more