Collaborate Disseminate
The world’s oceans play an important role in regulating the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by absorbing billions of metric tons of it each year. A new study suggests we may have been greatly underestimating the effectiveness of this vast ca… Continue reading Study suggests the ocean is soaking up twice as much CO2 as we thought
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that currently affects as many as one million Americans, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. A new study has revealed how a compound found in fruit peels could potentially offer relief from … Continue reading Fruit peel compound reverses effects of multiple sclerosis in mice
The US, like much of the world, is moving to keep contact between its residents to minimum as it grapples with the spread of coronavirus, and a new project taking place at the Mayo Clinic is exploring what this could mean for medical testing. In what i… Continue reading Mayo Clinic uses autonomous shuttles to collect COVID-19 test samples
Human urine and excrement can store all kinds of useful information about our health and wellbeing, and scientists are pursuing some interesting technologies that could help us unlock it. Among them is a team at Stanford University, who have demonstrat… Continue reading Stanford’s smart toilet scans human waste for signs of disease
A key part of wildlife conservation is establishing a clear picture of how animals age and how long they can be expected to live. For biologists studying the world’s largest fish, this vital information hasn’t been so forthcoming. A new study, however,… Continue reading Atom bomb isotopes reveal true age of whale sharks for the first time
The natural world is a huge source of life-saving drugs, with plants and animals providing us with all kinds of therapeutic compounds throughout human history. That extends to the sponges that inhabit the seas, with new research detailing how a molecul… Continue reading Sea sponge molecule stops cervical cancer cell growth in the lab
In the first case of its kind, a four-year-old tiger at New York City’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has confirmed. The female Malayan tiger is believed to have been infected by a worker, with a nu… Continue reading First tiger tests positive to COVID-19 at New York’s Bronx Zoo
Climate change threatens to shake up the lifestyles of many animals around the world and a new study has revealed that for the American robin these wheels are already very much in motion. Scientists tagged the songbirds with GPS units to track their mi… Continue reading American robins head north sooner due to Arctic snow melting earlier
Like all cells in the body, cancerous cells need nutrients and energy to survive, which presents researchers with an opportunity to cut off the supply and slow their spread. A research team at Columbia University has made an exciting discovery in this … Continue reading Kidney stone drug found to starve pancreatic cancer cells to death
The impacts of a concussion can be felt long after the initial incident takes place, with the injury sometimes leading to severe neurodegeneration and conditions like Parkinson’s or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In the quest to develop a trea… Continue reading Chilling concussed brain cells maintains healthy function in the lab