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Several different kinds of bacteria can cause lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can cause pneumonia, typically infects infants or young children and persists for life, while Burkholderia cepacia complex species only infect teenagers and adults. Although Burkholderia infections are rare, when they do take hold,... Read more »

A new study of more than 1,000 years of North American droughts and global conditions found that forecasting a lack of precipitation is rarely straightforward.... Read more »

A team of scientists led by a horticulture professor who leads a pome fruit (apples and pears) breeding program, found that public plant breeding programs are seeing decreases in funding and personnel.... Read more »

(Aarhus University) Plants recognize beneficial microbes and keep harmful ones out, which is important for healthy plants production and global food security. Scientists have now discovered how legumes use small, well-defined motifs in receptor proteins to read molecular signals produced by both pathogenic and symbiotic microbes. These remarkable findings have... Read more »

(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) A new DOE grant led by Wayne State University aims to address the need for new catalysts used for renewable energy generation and storage.... Read more »

(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Chemical reactions driven by the geological conditions on the early Earth might have led to the prebiotic evolution of self-replicating molecules. Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet (LMU) in Munich now report on a hydrothermal mechanism that could have promoted the process.... Read more »

(Shinshu University) Scientists in Japan designed a gate-type adsorbent tower system that captures and separates mixed gases, CO2, to enable lowering greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources.... Read more »

(Kumamoto University) Using comprehensive genetic analysis, Kumamoto University researchers have found, for the first time, that the NSD2 enzyme blocks cell aging. Inhibition of NSD2 function in normal cells leads to rapid senescence of cells and the amount of NSD2 in senescent cells is significantly reduced. It is hoped that... Read more »

To get to the roots of disasters like this one, investigators rely on video footage, documents, interviews and other evidence -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider suggest that muons and other “second-generation particles” obtain their mass from interacting with the Higgs, further strengthening the Standard... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

An invasive plant expert explains what could happen if enigmatic seeds shipped from China are released -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

Launching in 2022, the wide-field observatory will be one of three next-generation facilities meant to lift the veil on dark energy, dark matter and other cosmic mysteries -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

Experts explain how radiometric dating allows them to reconstruct ancient time lines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ... Read more »

Physicists at CERN hope seeing the Higgs boson do something unexpected could reveal why different particles vary in mass, but so far it is behaving exactly as predicted... Read more »

Cutting soft materials like hair can blunt even the sharpest blades surprisingly quickly, and now we know why – offering clues to designing longer-lasting razors... Read more »

Here's what we know so far about the cause of the massive blast in the port area of the city of Beirut, Lebanon, on 4 August... Read more »

Scientists in just five research fields – including neuroscience and atomic physics – scooped up more than half of the Nobel prizes awarded for science in recent decades... Read more »

There are many ways that the universe could come to an end. Katie Mack's book exploring them is a fascinating read... Read more »

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Physicists at CERN hope seeing the Higgs boson do something unexpected could reveal why different particles vary in mass, but so far it is behaving exactly as predicted... Read more »

Hygiene fears and the demand for masks have unleashed a plastic pollution pandemic, while industry lobbyists are pushing to roll back bans on single-use plastics... Read more »

Computer software can now edit selfie photos so it doesn’t appear the person in the image is holding the camera in their outstretched arm... Read more »

Global lockdowns to halt the spread of the coronavirus will have a negligible impact on global warming, researchers have found. If measures stay in place until 2021, global temperatures will only be 0.01°C lower than expected by 2030... Read more »