Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an environmental bacterium that can cause devastating multi-drug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying lung conditions, has rapidly evolved and subsequently spread across the globe over the past 200 years, likely driven by changes in human behavior, a new study finds. The work appears in the magazine Science. P. … Read more
52 minutes ago By means of Jonathan O’Callaghan, NASA/SDO (Source: NASA/SDO) The sun is currently extremely active, seeding the biggest solar storms on Earth in 20 years. Here’s what it’s doing to the rest of the solar system. If you happened to be looking up at the sky a few nights in May 2024, chances … Read more
Lithouva – the earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years old from Colombia. Top image shows fossil accompanied by CT scan reconstruction. Bottom image shows artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Fabiany Herrera, art by Pollyanna von Knorring. If you’ve ever consumed raisins or enjoyed a glass of wine, you may have partly to thank … Read more
In addition to a guided smoke distribution system from land, Russian troops also use an unmanned ground vehicle [UGV] for the same. A video on the Internet shows an easy-to-build or custom-built drone on the ground spreading smoke screens over the battlefield. The vehicle is simple. The chassis is constructed from crossed metal frames with … Read more
Credit: Cell host and microbe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.008 A team of UC Davis Health researchers has discovered that a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug, mesalamine, can replace the work of good bacteria in fighting the nasty fungus Candida albicans in the intestines. C. albicans, or candida, is known to cause fungal infections. In some cases it … Read more
Thousands of women with advanced breast cancer in England and Wales are being denied a drug that reduces the risk of the disease spreading by more than a third. Enhertu has been rolled out to patients with HER2-low breast cancer in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) … Read more