Salt marshes are a fundamental habitat for fishes and birds, can capture and bury large quantities…
Harnessing sound for health
When a person develops a kidney stone or a gall stone—hard accumulations of minerals and other…
Footprints discovered from the last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil
Footprints from at least six species of dinosaur—the very last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil…
Plant immune proteins trigger cell death
Plant cells self-destruct to survive. After detecting a pathogen, they set off a chain reaction that…
Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere
June 20, 2021, marks the summer solstice — the beginning of astronomical summer — in the…
Most cancer cells grown in a dish have little in common with cancer cells in people, research finds
In a bid to find or refine laboratory research models for cancer that better compare with…
Vaccination, previous infection, protect against COVID-19 gamma/P.1 variant in animal model
In a new study using variant virus recovered from one of the original travelers, researchers in…
New study finds SARS-CoV-2 can infect testes
Researchers have found SARS-CoV-2 in the testes of infected hamsters. The authors think this may represent…
An acceleration of coastal overtopping around the world
The combination of sea level rise, tides, storm surge and waves has increased the overtopping of…
Hubble Peers at a Galaxy with a Hidden Secret
This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3254, observed using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). …