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A New Way to Treat Peanut Allergy
Desensitizing sufferers with a skin patch could be a safer and more effective than current approaches-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Sweet! Scientists narrow down source of mysterious burst of methane on Mars
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, shown in this artist’s conception, has been circling Mars since 2003. (Spacecraft image credit: ESA / ATG Medialab; Mars: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
It may sound like an April Fool’s jok...
Traffic jam in the cell: How are proteins assigned to specific transporters?
(University of Heidelberg) Special carriers ensure that proteins are transported to where they are needed in the cell. By combining innovative investigative techniques, biochemists at Heidelberg University have succeeded in comprehensively analysing...
Human activity disrupting iconic African ecosystem, Syracuse biologist finds
(Syracuse University) A Syracuse University researcher has confirmed that Africa's Serengeti-Mara ecosystem -- one of the largest, most protected on Earth -- may be imperiled, due to increased human activity at its border.
When Storms Hit Cities, Poor Areas Suffer Most
Low-income neighborhoods see more damage and have less political clout to advocate for fixes-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NASA finds wind shear tearing apart Subtropical Cyclone Joaninha
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite revealed that strong wind shear was adversely affecting Subtropical Cyclone Joaninha in the Southern Indian Ocean.
EU funds research on synthetic drugs, cookies in the Internet, and social inequality
(Goethe University Frankfurt) Three ERC Advanced Investigator Grants from the European Research Council, amounting to 7.7 million in total, will go to researchers at Goethe University in Frankfurt. The sociologist Professor Markus Gangl examines wh...
2019 Gutenberg Research Award for Corine Defrance
(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) The Gutenberg Research College (GRC) of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has bestowed the 2019 Gutenberg Research Award on the French historian Professor Corine Defrance.
Europe Stores Electricity in Gas Pipes
Converting excess wind and solar power into hydrogen can extend renewable energy’s reach-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Biopsy alternative: 'Wearable' device captures cancer cells from blood
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A prototype wearable device, tested in animal models, can continuously collect live cancer cells directly from a patient's blood. Developed by a team of engineers and doctors at the University of Mich...