Biological fingerprints in soil showed where diamond-containing ore is buried
On Oct. 25, 2023, University of British Columbia researchers announced they had identified buried kimberlite, the rocky home…
Researchers demonstrated heat-induced pyroelectricity in viruses
On Sept. 25, 2023, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley reported that engineered viruses also can generate…
Masters of acclimation: Octopuses adjust to cold by editing their RNA
On Jul. 25, 2023, U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research, led by Joshua Rosenthal of the Marine Biological Laboratory…
Highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed as cause of three California condor mortalities in Arizona
On Apr. 7, 2023, the U.S. National Park Service reported Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) had been confirmed…
Outbreak of Blastomycosis reported in Michigan Mill workers
On Feb. 28, 2023, Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM) was alerted to three cases of atypical…
Special drone collects environmental DNA from trees
On Jan. 19, 2023, researchers at ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal research institute WSL announced they had…
Study reported major reservoir of resistance in wastewater of Southeast Asia, Western Pacific
On Jan. 1, 2023, a study published in the Lancet reported that concentrations of antibiotic residues found in…
A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA
On Dec. 7, 2022, scientists reported an ancient environmental DNA6 (eDNA) record describing the rich plant and animal…
USDA broke ground on new Soil Research buildings in Auburn
On Nov. 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureﾒs Research Service, Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, and the…
NIH launched Bridge2AI program to expand the use of artificial intelligence in biomedical and behavioral research
On Sept. 13, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced it will invest $130 million over four years,…
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Bacteria that causes rare disease Melioidosis discovered in U.S. environmental samples
On Jul. 27, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had identified for…
DNA from air could revolutionize the way we measure animal biodiversity
On Jan. 6, 2022, two new studies published in the journal Current Biology showed that environmental DNA (eDNA)…
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NIH study illuminated origins of lung cancer in never smokers
On Sept. 6, 2021, a genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking has…
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The United Nations announced the end of leaded gasoline use in vehicles worldwide
On Aug. 30, 2021, the United Nations announced the global phase-out of leaded fuel, a milestone for multilateralism,…
TGen study predicted changing Lyme disease habitat across the West Coast
On Mar. 16, 2021, TGen announced a study that suggested ecosystems suitable for harboring ticks that carry debilitating…
NIH funded eight studies to uncover risk factors for COVID-19-related inflammatory syndrome in children
On Dec. 21, 2020, the NIH announced that it had awarded eight research grants to develop approaches for…
Reston Ebolavirus spreads efficiently in pigs
On Dec. 21, 2020, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a study published in the Proceedings…
OHSU study screened wastewater, test volunteers for coronavirus
On Nov. 18, 2020, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced an initiative that will attempt to discern…
Neighborhood conditions associated with children’s cognitive function
On Nov. 3, 2020, a study published in JAMA Network Open showed that children from poorer neighborhoods performed…
USDA study revealed airborne fungus can trigger plant growth
On Sept. 23, 2020, the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) announced that a harmless airborne fungus, Cladosporium sphaerospermum…
Scientists used genomics to discover an ancient dog species that may teach us about human vocalization
On Aug. 31, 2020, in a study published in PNAS, researchers used conservation biology and genomics to discover…
HKU mechanical engineering study revealed airborne transmission of COVID-19 opportunistic in nature and poor indoor ventilation plays a role in transmission
On Jul. 15, 2020, in collaboration with the Guangdong CDC, Hunan CDC, Sun Yat-Sen University and Southeast University,…
Rice University COVID-19 research fund backed six new initiatives
On May 8, 2020, the Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee announced it had funded…
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry reached major milestone
On May 5, 2020, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn…
Study documents widespread contamination of environment near patients with COVID-19
On Mar. 29, 2020, a study by UNMC/Nebraska Medicine/NSRI researchers provides new evidence of SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination in…
Masonic Cancer Center joined the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Study, Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR)
On Dec. 13, 2019, the Masonic Cancer Center joined the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Study, Human…
University of South Carolina awarded CDC grant to study the risk of human exposure to environmental antibiotic resistant bacteria
On Nov. 30, 2018, Sean Norman, associate professor of environmental health sciences and director of the Molecular Microbial…
Researchers at JCVI, UCSD, and Scripps Oceanography discovered genetic basis for how harmful algal blooms become toxic
On Sept. 27, 2018, Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD and the J. Craig Venter Institute…
Bio bred microbes isolated that eat plastic
On May 2, 2018, Reed College announced that bio major Morgan Vague ’18 had isolated and bred three…
Yale scientist Gunter Wagner received the 2018 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal
On Jan. 19, 2018, Yale evolutionary geneticist Gunter Wagner received the 2018 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the…