. Scientific Frontline
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Common household cleaner can boost effort to harvest fusion energy on Earth

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PPPL physicist Federico Nespoli at the Large Helical Device in Japan. Photo courtesy of the Japanese National Institute of Fusion Science. C...

Researchers discover a new approach to breaking bacterial antibiotic resistance and rescue frontline drug treatments

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Researchers may have uncovered a key to making existing frontline antibiotics work again, against the deadly bacteria that cause pneumonia. ...

Researchers Find Concerns for Animals Tied to Same Habitats

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Many animals display strong site fidelity, including these (clockwise from top left): Adélie penguins, mule deer, great gray owls, sockeye s...

Alzheimer’s Treatments on the Horizon

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Memory disorders expert Zaldy Tan, MD, says new medications for Alzheimer's disease patients are on the horizon. Photo by Cedars-Sinai. ...

Will this new superpower molecule revolutionize science?

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When scientists discovered DNA and learned how to control it, not only science but society was revolutionized. Today researchers and the med...

Scientists move a step closer to understanding the “cold spot” in the cosmic microwave background

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Observations for the Dark Energy Survey were carried out, using the Blanco Telescope in the Andes mountains of Chile. Scientists used its da...

High Levels of PFAS Found in Anti-Fogging Sprays and Cloths

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The anti-fogging sprays and cloths many people use to prevent condensation on their eyeglasses when wearing a mask or face shield may contai...

Research uncovers key system in E. coli that could lead to new antibiotics

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In addition to using the structure as a platform to generate antibiotics, researchers can also use it to design new sensors of molecules of ...

Study finds Rwandan genocide chemically modified the DNA of victims and victims’ offspring

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USF Professor Derek Wildman and Clarisse Mussanabaganwa, visiting scholar from the University of Rwanda, conduct research at USF. Scientists...

An overuse of road salt in the winter has potentially harmful effects for everything from wildlife to groundwater

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The winter months can bring dicey travel conditions, but those can be made safer with shovels, plows, and deicers like road salts. For road ...