Some strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that have recently acquired disease-enhancing genes may not behave as aggressively as expected, according to a Northwestern Medicine study recently published in Nature Communications.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 8, 2024
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Antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that can defeat efforts to kill them are an urgent public health crisis, and according to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur each ...
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2023
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Florida leads the nation in emissions of at least two pollutants from gas-powered lawn equipment, according to the federal government's latest National Emissions Inventory.
Environment
Dec 14, 2023
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With a severe shortage of affordable housing in the United States, renters living along the East and Gulf coasts are uniquely vulnerable to hurricane disasters. Two new studies based on data from 2009 to 2018 show that renters ...
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2023
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The most famous comet of all is headed back toward Earth. Halley's comet reached aphelion—its farthest point from the sun—on Dec. 8, at which point it began its long journey back to the sun.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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A new case of cattle anthrax has been confirmed in southwest North Dakota's Grant County, bringing the number of cases in the state to 25 this year, according to state agriculture officials.
Agriculture
Dec 2, 2023
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Debunking, "prebunking," nudging and teaching digital literacy are several of the more effective ways to counter misinformation, according to a new report from the American Psychological Association.
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2023
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Far too many antibiotics are used around the world. As a result, bacteria are becoming resistant to these drugs. Curing bacterial diseases is becoming more difficult than before because antibiotics are perhaps our foremost ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2023
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Researchers from the University of B.C. and the BC Provincial Toxicology Center (BCPTC) have developed a more efficient way to find out which new 'designer drugs' are circulating in the community.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 15, 2023
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The risk of hearing loss does not come just from loud machinery or other obvious noise. It can also affect people in public environments like theaters and concert halls. Absorbing this excess sound to make public environments ...
General Physics
Nov 14, 2023
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