New tool for identifying endangered corals could aid conservation efforts
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Acroporid coral
Reducing transmission risk of livestock disease
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person herding goats in Africa

The risk of transmitting the livestock virus PPRV increases with specific husbandry practices, according to a new study.

Hedong Li awarded $1.8M from NIH to study use of microRNAs in neuronal reprograming for spinal cord repair
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Hedong Li and Mei Jiang

Hedong Li has been awarded $1.8M from the National Institutes of Health to study how microRNAs could be used to treat spinal cord injury.

Jean-Paul Armache awarded funding to study how a coronavirus protein takes over human protein-making machinery
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Jean-Paul Armache

Jean-Paul Armache has been awarded seed funding to study how a coronavirus protein binds to and takes over the human ribosome.

Highly sensitive dopamine detector uses 2D materials
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illustration of a dopamine detector

A new supersensitive dopamine detector can help in the early diagnosis of several disorders that result in too much or too little dopamine.

A young sub-Neptune-sized planet sheds light onto how planets form and evolve
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Artist impression of planet K2-25b
Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique “bang” in simulations
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Simulation of neutron stars merging

Through a series of simulations, researchers has determined that some mergers of neutron stars produce radiation that should be detectable&a

Researchers to examine relation of dysfunctional brain hubs to mental disorders
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Zhang lab members in front of MRI machine
Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large
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Dancers made of nebulas in space

A new study using the theory of quantum loop cosmology accounts for two major mysteries about the large-scale structure of our universe.

Researchers identify evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2
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Bats hanging from wood

Researchers have discovered that a form of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been circulating in bats for decades.

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