. Scientific Frontline
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

A robot small enough to explore the lungs

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The image shows a life-size model of part of a bronchial tree built from anatomical data. A section of the magnetic tentacle robot is seen o...

No return to normal, permanent drought or wet conditions ahead

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Credit: Oleksandr Sushko Many regions of the world will enter nearly permanent drought or pluvial (wet) conditions in the coming decades, ac...

‘Junk DNA’ key to controlling fear

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A piece of “junk DNA” could be the key to extinguishing fear-related memories for people struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTS...

Research suggests interrupting immune response improves multiple sclerosis outcomes

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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease that damages neurons. A WVU doctoral student, Kelly Monaghan, is researching the role that a protein...

Nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine could target future infectious diseases

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SNAs are ball-like forms of DNA and RNA arranged on the surface of a nanoparticle Just one dose of a new nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine...

A sulphurous end for the dinosaurs, according to new research

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Artist's impression of dinosaur extinction Credit: James McKay Climate cooling associated with Sulphur gases directly contributed to the...

New study defines spread of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer

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White-Tailed Deer Credit: Heidi-Ann Fourkiller / SFLORG North American white-tailed deer – shown in 2021 surveys of five states to have SARS...

Study ties present-day Native American tribe to ancestors in San Francisco Bay Area

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U. of I. anthropology professor Ripan Malhi and his colleagues found genomic evidence linking present-day members of the Muwekma Ohlone Trib...

Our sleep shows how risk-seeking we are

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Test person sleeping in a familiar environment. The researchers derive the personal sleep profile from the measurement of the brain waves. ©...
Monday, March 21, 2022

How the Chagas pathogen changes the intestinal microbiota of predatory bugs

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The predatory bug Rhodnius prolixus is one of the main vectors of Chagas disease in the north of South America and in Central America. Photo...

New experiment could confirm the fifth element

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Dr Melvin Vopson An experiment which could confirm the fifth state of matter in the universe - and change physics as we know it - has been p...

New insight into the possible origins of life

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RNA molecules were incubated in water-in-oil droplets at 37 degrees Celsius for 5 hours. The solution was then diluted to one-fifth the conc...

Monarch butterflies are increasingly plagued by parasites, study shows

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A cluster of monarch butterflies overwintering on a tree in Mexico Credit: Jaap de Roode  Monarch butterflies, one of the most iconic insect...

Astronomers Closer to Unlocking Origin of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

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Artist's conception of fast radio burst reaching Earth. Credit: Jingchuan Yu, Beijing Planetarium Nearly 15 years after the discovery of...

Ancient ancestors evolved to be strong and snappy, study finds

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Dunkleosteus - one of the animals involved in the study. Credit: Nobu Tamura Researchers, led by the University of Bristol, have shown that ...