Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pronouns like “he” and “she” are at the center of much debate as society tries to shift to using more gender-inclusive pronouns like “they”—especially when referring to those with identities that do not fit with traditional pronouns. Research at the University of New Hampshire looked at the use of pronouns in … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Stoners are not as lazy and unmotivated as stereotypes suggest, according to new U of T Scarborough research. The study, published by the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, surveyed chronic cannabis users to see what effect getting high has on their everyday lives. “There is a stereotype that chronic cannabis … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In his presentation “How to use CRISPR-Cas to combat AMR” at the ESCMID Global Congress, Assistant Prof. Ibrahim Bitar, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Plzen, Charles University in Prague, Plzen, Czech Republic, will give an overview of the molecular biology of CRISPR technology in explaining how … Read more
A scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, which are one of many strains of bacteria found in mammalian guts. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is continuing to increase globally, with rates of AMR in most pathogens increasing and threatening a future in which every day … Read more
An innovative optical sensing technology, developed in Yang’s lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering, utilizes multimode resonance to boost sensing capabilities. By analyzing patterns in the resonance spectrum, the innovative barcode technique provides detailed information about the sensor’s surroundings, offering enhanced dynamic range and accuracy in various sensing applications. Credit: Yang Lab The same … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Rabies is a major concern to both human and animal health, with rabies in dogs and cats widespread in Eastern Europe, and there are concerns the war in Ukraine could pose a greater risk of rabies being reintroduced to the European Union (EU). A four-month period of home isolation of dogs … Read more
Credit: G. Thompson A prevailing opinion in land management is that non-native invasive plants are of no ecological value and they significantly diminish habitat quality for wildlife. Conservation practitioners allocate significant resources to invasive plant removal, often relying on surrounding native plants to passively fill the void. However, evidence that this practice improves food abundance … Read more
Stand of maritime pine with tree heather beneath. Vorno, Monte Pisano. Credit: Ambio (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-01993-x In the last several decades, large forest fires have increasingly threatened communities across the Mediterranean. Climate change is expected to make these fires larger, hotter, and more dangerous in the future. But fire management lessons from the past could … Read more
Integration of COVID-19 cell atlas. Credit: Advanced Science (2024). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202307835 The exponential progress in single-cell multi-omics technologies has led to the accumulation of large and diverse multi-omics datasets. However, the integration of single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics (or epigenomics) data poses a significant challenge to existing methods. Several transformer-based models, such as Geneformer, have significantly … Read more
Satabhaya is the hardest-hit of several rural idylls along the seafront in India’s Odisha, a state that has also been battered in recent decades by tropical cyclones and floods of increasing ferocity. The gentle roar of the ocean lulled Indian mother-of-two Banita Behra to sleep each night, until one day the encroaching tide reached her … Read more
