ICYMI – April’s Research News Highlights from NSF

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ICYMI – April’s Research News Highlights from NSF

Researchers engineer a new way to model lymph system conditions

Organ-on-a-chip model could result in new treatment options

Did Earth form inside a solar nebula? New research says likely yes

Clue from vast stores of helium from the Big Bang lingering in the core

Chemists synthesize novel neuroactive compound found in rainforest

Breakthrough could result in new psychiatric and neurological pharmaceuticals

Migrants from south carrying maize were early Maya ancestors

Previously unknown migratory movement brought knowledge of maize agriculture

Tree cover helps gray foxes coexist with coyotes in rural areas

Preserving tree cover may be essential in helping the gray fox survive with coyotes

Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperatures

Permafrost at high elevations is more vulnerable than Arctic permafrost

Researchers find humans have given wild animals their diseases nearly 100 times

Diseases have undergone ‘spillback’ from humans to wild animals

Ancient DNA confirms marine mammal tuberculosis strains were found in inland people

Complex web of disease transmission in pre-colonial South America

Robotics and AI used to stabilize enzyme that reduces scar tissue, increases tissue regeneration

Advance could result in promising treatments for spinal cord injuries

COVID-19 variants can’t hide from Variabel

Computer scientists develop program to find ‘low-frequency’ variants in sequence data