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Making a meal of it: Mosquito spit protein controls blood feeding
(Kanazawa University) Researchers led by Kanazawa University developed a transgenic approach to inactivating the mosquito salivary protein AAPP. Transgenic mosquitoes showed significantly longer probing and prediuresis times, and worse feeding succes...
U.N. General Assembly President Sets Her Sights on Plastic Pollution
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is pushing internal action as well as changes within the U.N.-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Unpacking the links: Chronic stress, fertility and the 'hunger hormone'
(RMIT University) A new study suggests high levels of the hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appetite and is also released during stress, could be harmful to some aspects of reproductive function.
Study explores the use of robots and artificial intelligence to understand the deep-sea
(University of Plymouth) Artificial intelligence (AI) could help scientists shed new light on the variety of species living on the ocean floor, according to new research led by the University of Plymouth.
Measles Outbreaks Follow a Predictable Path—Provided People Get Vaccinated
In the past, measles outbreaks have been brought under control with vaccines, but the dynamic may be shifting-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
When Engineers Become Whistleblowers
They’re often the first to notice waste, fraud and safety issues-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Moon lunar lander and shares updated vision for Blue Origin in space
Jeff Bezos shows off a mockup of the Blue Moon lunar lander. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today laid out the architecture for missions to the moon that would support NASA’s goal of landing astronauts...
Precise temperature measurements with invisible light
(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) NIST researchers have invented a portable, remarkably stable thermometer capable of measuring temperatures to a precision of within a few thousandths of a degree Celsius.
Jeff Bezos unveils ‘Blue Moon’ lunar lander and shares updated vision for Blue Origin in space
Jeff Bezos shows off “Blue Moon,” a lunar lander built by his space company Blue Origin. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle)
Update, 5 p.m. ET: Bezos showed off the new Blue Origin BE-7 engine, which will hot fire for the first time this summer. He also ca...
UNC and partners receive up to $10.7 million to research chlamydia vaccine
(University of North Carolina Health Care) Chlamydia is the most prevalent bacterial STI in the world. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers, in partnership with colleagues at sites in the US, Europe and Australia, will receive up t...