Boundary Layer Control On Mineral Reactivity In Soils And Rocks
It starts when the rain reaches the ground and percolates into the soil, infiltrating the first layers of the Earth’s crust where groundwater circulates. This…
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A Closer Look At The Fusion Machinery Of A Herpesvirus
Infection by herpesviruses leads to many human diseases, ranging from a cold sore, chickenpox, to cancer. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a member of the β-herpesvirus…
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Transgressive Advocacy: People Are More Likely To Excuse Others’ Lies When They Support Shared Morals
In 2012, Mike Daisey appeared on the radio show This American Life to showcase excerpts from his famous monologue, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of…
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Meet The Sourplum: Taking A Closer Look At A Neglected And Underutilized Crop
When was the last time you ate something which you have never had before, something like a “new” fruit or vegetable? Have you ever thought…
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DMMS: Efficient Diffeomorphic Metric Image Registration Via Stationary Velocity
Diffeomorphic image registration is an essential procedure in many MRI analysis tasks, such as atlas building and segmentation, anatomical variability analysis, functional magnetic resonance image…
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Finding A Compromise When Inducing Small-Size Earthquakes
In the sixties and seventies of the last century, Raileigh and coworkers experimented with the injection of fluids in the subsurface of Colorado, aiming to…
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Using Google Earth To Map The Distribution Of Mangroves In The Galapagos
Mangroves only occupy a tiny bit of the coastlines of the world, yet they are one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Mangrove forests…
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How Do Coral Reef Fish Behave After Being Caught And Released From Fishing Gear?
What happens to coral reef fish after they’re caught by fishers and released back into the water? In a new study, researchers followed released fish…
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Teaching T Cells Where To Go: Immune-Derived Acetylcholine Facilitates Migration Into Infected Tissues
Most people think of acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter, a substance that is produced by nerve cells to relay signals between nerves as well as from…
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Development Of Synthetic Endotoxin Detection Method Could Protect Horseshoe Crabs From Harm During Biomedical Testing
Four species of the horseshoe crab, the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) and three additional Asian species, have been integral to the safe manufacturing of…
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Molecular Shape-Shifting Qualities Of Plants And Pathogens Determine Survival
What makes a pathogen successful? What determines a plant’s ability to defend itself against an invader? The outcome of a myriad of encounters between plants…
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