Vitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates

Researchers analyzed patient data from 10 countries. The team found a correlation between low vitamin D…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/07/2020

Food Physiology: The crew participated in a briefing with the Food Physiology team.  The Integrated Impact…

PIA23904: Libya Montes Channel

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

A new high-resolution, 3-D map of the whole mouse brain

After three years of intensive data-gathering and careful drawing, the mapmakers’ work was complete. …

International team sketches first large-scale genomic portrait of pre-Columbian Andean civilizations

An international research team has conducted the first in-depth, wide-scale study of the genomic history of…

Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birth

In a study published today in Current Biology, researchers from University of Sydney have identified the…

Cannibalism helps invading invertebrates survive severe conditions

In a world where movements of non-native animal species are drastically disrupting whole ecosystems and causing…

Lipid metabolism controls brain development

Neural stem cells are not only responsible for early brain development—they remain active for an entire…

New technique delivers complete DNA sequences of chromosomes inherited from mother and father

An international team of scientists led by the University of Adelaide’s Davies Research Centre has shown…

Maybe coronavirus's aggressiveness could be changed by adding or subtracting sugar molecules from its spike protein

Scientists have been tracking changes to the genetic makeup of the new coronavirus to better understand…