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Mosquito Biology Several species of anopheline mosquitoes are important malaria vectors in Africa. Male mosquitoes show species-specific swarming behaviors at certain times of the day to attract females for mating. Wang et al. found that transcriptional patterns of metabolic and immune function genes apparently showed a diurnal rhythm that correlated with the physiological demands of mating flight swarming (see the…

Southern India will likely experience increased flooding while southeastern Africa and Madagascar will suffer from worsening drought.

A two-tiered Winter storm system is set to hit both coasts on the heels of a week of dangerous wind gusts and heavy rain.

Though a highly publicized 1989 cold fusion breakthrough was subsequently discredited, research is still being conducted in hopes of future success.

A biomimetic ceramic that is strong and tough could be used to make lightweight vehicles.

In a quest towards finding a source for green energy, Green Hydrogen was made more effective using nanoparticles and photosynthesis.

In an iconic 1964 photo of a bullet piercing an apple, Harold "Doc" Edgerton captured a snapshot that took a mere millionth of a second ([ 1 ][1]). The same working principle behind his highspeed images have been adopted today to study the evolution of ordered states of matter after excitation by extremely short light pulses. To trace the time evolution of these ordered states after excitation, in which the atoms…

At first glance, the sex lives of mosquitoes may seem an esoteric topic. Yet, elucidating the details of mosquito mating may affect hundreds of millions of human lives each year. Anopheles mosquitoes are the principal vectors of the parasites that cause malaria in Africa, where in 2018, 93% of the world's estimated 228 million cases and 94% of its 405,000 malaria deaths occurred ([ 1 ][1]). On page 411 of this…

Sweating out a fever is popular myth, but it could actually dehydrate you, cause unpleasant symptoms like chills, and worsen your illness.

In the second and final part of NATURE's miniseries "The Alps," experience the hostile and bitter cold ecosystems of the Alps, shaped by snow blizzards and avalanches.

University of Arizona researchers read between the lines of tree rings to reconstruct exactly what happened in Alaska the year that the Laki Volcano erupted half a world away in Iceland. What they learned can help fine-tune future climate predictions.

In Pennsylvania, we see more extreme weather, more deaths from heat and respiratory ailments like asthma, and a disruption to agriculture, all attributable to climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil contribute substantially to climate change in Pennsylvania and across the globe.

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Numerous natural products are awaiting discovery in all kinds of natural habitats. Especially microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi are able to produce diverse natural products with high biomedical application potential in particular as antibiotics and anticancer agents. This includes the so-called red yeast of the species Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, isolated from a deep-sea sediment sample from the Mid-Atlantic…

In every scientific field, we're always on the lookout for whatever new discovery might reveal what's currently beyond the known frontiers. Searches for smaller, more fundamental particles…

Hokkaido University scientists have found a way to prevent gold nanoparticles from clumping, which could help towards their use as an anti-cancer therapy.

Despite the disagreement from certain critics and skeptics, climate change is having an effect on the planet. From ravaging forest fires to droughts to changes in seasons, climate change is impacting

Researchers describe how to exploit DNA origami as a platform to build superconducting nanoarchitectures. The structures they built are addressable with nanometric precision that can be used as a template for 3D architectures that are not possible today via conventional fabrication techniques. Inspired by previous works using the DNA molecule as a template for superconducting nanowires, the group took advantage of…

Warm winter weather and powerful winds have led to an early start for 2021's fires, following a record-breaking year of blazes in 2020

While much of the world was sheltered indoors during 2020, many may have missed what turned out to be a record-breaking year for reasons not related to the...