Day December 5, 2018

IMAGE: Catasticta sibyllae, named for Maria Sibylla Merian, is known from only two specimens. One was stored, unidentified, at the Smithsonian for decades. The second was collected in Panama this May. view more  Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE,…

The warming of the Indian Ocean, caused by global climate change, may be causing a slow decline in wind power potential in India, according to a new study from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences…

Timing and placement of wind and solar power facilities are critical factors for Texas electricity providers that juggle their output with other resources to provide a balanced flow of energy. Rice University researchers have some suggestions on how they can…

IMAGE: This is Troy Randall and Frances Lund. view more  Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Seasonal influenza vaccines are typically less than 50 percent effective, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies. Research at the University of Alabama at…

When you deform a soft material such as Silly Putty, its properties change depending on how fast you stretch and squeeze it. If you leave the putty in a small glass, it will eventually spread out like a liquid. If…

The gut microbiome — the world of microbes that inhabit the human intestinal tract — has captured the interest of scientists and clinicians for its critical role in health. However, parsing which of those microbes are responsible for effects on…

IMAGE: Pollution in the Salt Lake Valley. view more  Credit: University of Utah Health Air quality has been associated with numerous adverse health outcomes from asthma to pre-term birth. Researchers at University of Utah Health found women living along the Wasatch…

IMAGE: Graduate student in the MD/PhD medical scientist training program in the School of Public Health and Health Professions and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB. view more  Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — Postmenopausal women…

As medical science has come to understand that the human body is controlled on the molecular level by various proteins, hormones, drugs, and other substances, technologies have developed to detect levels of these molecules in order to monitor health and…

Microglia are known to be important to brain function. The immune cells have been found to protect the brain from injury and infection and are critical during brain development, helping circuits wire properly. They also seem to play a role…