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MIT: Turning Microbiome Research Into a Force for Health

A diverse group of researchers is working to turn new discoveries about the trillions of microbes in the body into treatments for a range of diseases.

STANFORD: Single-dose Nanoparticle Vaccine for Covid-19

Researchers at Stanford are working to develop a single-dose vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 that could potentially be stored at room temperature.

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Billings on the inner workings of a speaker: 'This is when we learned about turning electricity into sound'

Dr. Roger Billings, scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, recently appeared on the children's lecture series Science Live to discuss speaker technology.

Researchers investigate how thousands of dinosaur bones were buried at Wyoming bonebed

Finding, identifying and cataloguing 13,000 dinosaur bones deposited in a single bonebed in Wyoming requires a detective team.

Boas and pythons lived side-by-side in the ancient world

The oldest known python fossils, recently discovered in Germany, challenge current theories about early snake evolution.

Asteroid impact on Patagonia plant life reveals new facts

There have been some preconceived notions about a mass extinction event 66 million years ago and its impact on Patagonia that will need to be rewritten following recent research.

Rice engineers successfully transform carbon monoxide into acetic acid

Thanks to a couple of Rice University engineers, a roadmap for converting carbon monoxide into acetic acid has been discovered.

American Obesity Association makes headway in fight for nation's health

One of the most understated fights in the medical field is that of obesity, which is steadily rising to the forefront of American concerns.

Scripps research team resurrect hypothesis that RNA and DNA co-evolved

A research team at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, has come up with some new answers to the question of how life evolved on Earth.

Tulane University receives grant for early psychosis studies

Tulane University Department of Psychiatry has been awarded a grant by the National Institute of Mental Health to continue its work on early intervention following an episode of psychosis in a young patient, which can change the outcome.

Rutgers researchers develop gel that changes color with light, could be used for military camouflage

Researchers have developed a gel that can change its color with changes in light much like an octopus can in the sea, which could have military and other applications for producing camouflage.

MIT researchers work to use microbes in the body to fight diseases

A report in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT News said scientists on the university campus are researching how altering the behavior of millions of microbes existing in the human body can be used to combat diseases.

Scientists suggest Aleutian chain part of volcanic caldera

A giant volcano may be sitting in Alaska’s Aleutian chain that dwarfs the nearby Okmok volcano, which has been implicated in the year BCE 43 disruption of the Roman Republic.

UT researchers see promise for cancer treatment in new discovery

A recent discovery by University of Texas (UT) researchers promises to help create more effective cancer treatment by adding to the understanding of how cancer-fighting T cells work.

Yale experts study importance of forest enhancement, sustainment

Forests are often taken for granted which is a mistake given the number of benefits they provide.

Texas Tech conducts studies to improve efficiency in cotton farming

One thing is certain about cotton farming in today's world, it is nothing like prior generations experienced.

Brown graduate selected for NASA's Artemis program

Brown graduate Jessica Meir still has a chance to achieve her childhood dream of exploring the Moon with her selection for NASA’s Artemis program.

National Academy of Sciences debates how science can serve society

The National Academy of Sciences made public the proceedings of a symposium that explored whether U.S. innovation needs an update much like the creation of a blueprint for scientific research through Vannevar Bush’s report Science: The Endless Frontier, 75 years ago.

Cesarsky wins 2020 Tate Award

Astrophysicist Catherine Cesarsky was selected as the winner of the 2020 Tate Award for International Leadership in physics, according to an announcement by The American Institute of Physics (AIP).

New imaging method looks at Earth at new levels

A new imaging method can now view soil carbon at near-atomic levels, which has shown that the earth's soil has more than three times the amount of carbon that can be found in the atmosphere.