Contrary to previous thought, a gigantic planet in wild orbit does not preclude the presence of an Earth-like planet in the same solar system – or life on that planet. What's more, the view from that Earth-like planet as its giant neighbor moves past would be unlike anything it is possible to view in our own night skies on Earth.
Lithium-ion batteries represent the majority of batteries in consumer electronics and electric vehicles. Today, scientists are looking for new chemistries that could improve the energy density and performance of batteries beyond conventional lithium-ion batteries.
Patolog Mikkel Eld elsker de nørdede aspekt af sit speciale, og skulle han vælge et andet arbejde, skulle det også være patolog. Han kan godt komme til at savne menneskekontakt, så ofte handler han ind efter arbejde og lige midt myldretiden.
Guido Kroemer receives on 8 November 2019 the €1mn Lombardy Award for Healthy Ageing, at La Scala in Milan. And why not, one panel member was Carlo Croce.
Nature Communications, Published online: 05 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12716-2 Risk of age-related chronic disorders and decrease in resilience is associated with ageing. Here the authors analyse the human blood metabolome and identify metabolites associated with frailty.
Nature Communications, Published online: 05 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12971-3 MYCN amplification is common in neuroblastomas. Here, the authors identify a long noncoding RNA, lncNB1 in these cancers and show that it promotes tumorigenesis by binding to ribosomal protein, RPL35 to enhance E2F1 and DEPDC1B protein synthesis, which phosphorylates ERK to stabilise N-Myc.
Nature Communications, Published online: 05 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12949-1 Conventional palladium-catalyzed Heck reactions rely on the addition of oxidants and may suffer from low selectivity. Here, the authors report a nickel-catalyzed oxidative Heck arylation driven by transfer hydrogenation of an acceptor olefin leading to high E/Z selectivity and regioselectivity.
Nature Communications, Published online: 05 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12944-6 The elevation and high heat flow of Southern South Africa has controversially been attributed to a mantle plume. Here, the authors link degassed CO2 to a non-degassed mantle source rather than the convecting upper mantle, confirming plume-related mantle melting.
Signs of frailty, and the risks it brings, could be identified in young and old people alike through a new assessment developed in a study led by researchers at the University of Strathclyde.
Scientific Reports, Published online: 05 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52544-4 Control of binding of C 60 molecules to the substrate by Coulomb blockade
Scientific Reports, Published online: 05 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52360-w Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp ) for food security: an evaluation of end-user traits of improved varieties in Swaziland
Elizabeth Whelan, a soft-spoken portrait artist from Martha's Vineyard, has never considered herself political. And yet seated before this shrine of sorts—the Trump bobblehead next to the Trump-branded bottle of rosé; the Trump coffee mug; the Make America Great Again hats in red, white, and blue; the Trump tube socks; the SAVE FREEDOM: TRUMP/PENCE bumper sticker—she knows she is in the right pla
Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3-D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small satellites, biomedical implants and smart structures.
Raman microspectroscopy is a laboratory technique to produce molecular fingerprints of materials and biological specimens. However, to date fluorescence has interfered with effective application of this technique and limited its use. Now Gordon Taylor, Ph.D., a Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, and colleagues have devised a photochemical
Psykisk ohälsa är ett ökande folkhälsoproblem, men vad döljer sig bakom begreppet psykisk ohälsa? Går det att göra behandlingen mera skräddarsydd utifrån ett blodprov? Kan man "vaccinera" unga mot psykisk ohälsa? Och vad kan kunskapen om hjärnans plasticitet bidra med?
Den förväntade livslängden hos personer med schizofreni eller annan psykotisk störning är så mycket som 15–20 år kortare än hos övriga befolkningen. Det beror i första hand på att hjärt-kärlsjukdomar är så mycket vanligare i denna grupp.
PLUS. Henrik Nørgaard har rykket antennen fra en landmålerstok over på en sikkerhedshjelm, så han kan lave præcise målinger med hænderne frie. Nu undersøger en landmålervirksomhed, om GNSS-hatten skal sættes i produktion.
När en person drabbas av psykisk ohälsa påverkas också nära anhöriga som tar på sig rollen att vara ett stöd för den sjuke. Man brukar tala om "de som står i bakgrunden och lider i det tysta". Hur tungt lass får anhöriga egentligen dra?
Mellan 1998 och 2016 besökte 6,7 miljoner personer primärvården i Sverige. Ungefär var åttonde av dessa fick en depressionsdiagnos. – Tre av fyra patienter med diagnosen depression var unika för primärvården, det vill säga de hade aldrig haft någon kontakt med psykiatrin eller annan specialistvård.
Vid Huntingtons sjukdom påverkas motoriken, men även den psykiska hälsan. Studier som genomförts i Lund tyder på att det beror på biologiska förändringar i hjärnan.
Oförutsägbar, skrämmande och svår att förstå. Så kan tillvaron te sig för ett barn som har en psykiskt sjuk förälder. Men att prata med barnet, förklara och se till att det finns andra vuxna i barnets omgivning att vända sig till kan göra det lättare och även förebygga att barnet självt får problem med psykisk ohälsa längre fram i livet.
Irritabilitet, depression, ångest och försämrad förståelse av andras känslouttryck. Den ärftliga Huntingtons sjukdom medför psykiatriska symtom som ofta uppstår långt innan sjukdomen tar sig andra uttryck. Åsa Petersén, professor och överläkare, forskar för att förstå varför.
Stora delar av vårt solsystem befinner sig inuti en bubbla i rymden som spänns ut av solvinden: heliosfären. Inuti den här bubblan domineras rymden av solens magnetfält, och av de relativt svala och långsamma partiklar som strömmar ut från solen. Utanför finns det interstellära mediet, med kosmisk strålning av högre energi, och magnetfält som har sitt ursprung i andra stjärnsystem.
Det finns ett tydligt samband mellan missbruk och psykisk ohälsa bland ensamkommande ungdomar. Det visar forskning om ensamkommande ungdomar som varit i kontakt med öppenvårdsmottagningar för ungdomar med missbruksproblematik.
Nästan hälften av alla 13–15-åringar upplever symtom som sömnsvårigheter, nedstämdhet, irritation, nervositet, huvudvärk, ont i magen, i ryggen och yrsel. Men innebär dessa symtom att den psykiska ohälsan ökar? Vi frågar Peik Gustafsson, forskare vid Lunds universitet och överläkare inom barn- och ungdomspsykiatri i Region Skåne.
En nyligen genomförd studie visade att det är 15 gånger förhöjd risk att dö i självmord bland dem som någon gång fått diagnosen spelberoende, jämfört med befolkningen i övrigt. Detta är ett oerhört viktigt resultat menar Anders Håkansson, professor i beroendemedicin vid Lunds universitet och överläkare vid Beroendecentrum i Malmö.
I en första preliminär studie har forskare jämfört mängden fritt mitokondrie-DNA i blodprov från personer som gjort suicidförsök med en grupp deprimerade som inte gjort suicidförsök – och de såg tydliga skillnader. Det är intressanta resultat som, om de håller, skulle kunna användas för att identifiera patienter med ökad suicidrisk
Studie visade på förbättrad funktionsförmåga när patienter med upprepat självskadebeteende erbjöds möjlighet att själva lägga in sig för slutenvård, så kallad brukarstyrd inläggning. Idag erbjuds vårdformen i Region Skåne och på flera platser runt om i landet.
Fråga alltid, inte bara vid misstanke. Forskaren Karin Örmon anser att vårdpersonal måste våga fråga om patienten har varit eller är utsatt för våld av någon närstående.
Kan behandling av depression och andra psykiatriska diagnoser skräddarsys utifrån den enskilde patienten? Daniel Lindqvist försöker tillsammans med sina forskarkollegor att hitta en väg framåt mot en bättre anpassad behandling genom att undersöka kopplingen mellan inflammation och depression.
Under de senaste 20–30 åren har det kommit allt mer forskning som visar på skillnader i hälsa bland HBTQ-personer, jämfört med den övriga befolkningen. Det gäller framför allt den psykiska hälsan och förekomst av beroendeproblem.
Ketamin, ett narkosmedel, har även en antidepressiv verkan. Preliminära resultat antyder att ketamin, jämfört med traditionella SSRI-läkemedel, kan ge en mycket snabbare symtomlindring – redan efter några timmar jämfört med veckor. Det tycks även fungera för patienter som inte blir hjälpta av SSRI-preparat. Så finns det någon hake?
Länge trodde man att depression berodde på brist på signalsubstansen serotonin. Men fullt så enkelt är det inte. Idag finns mycket som pekar på att det snarare handlar om att öka hjärnans plasticitet, det vill säga förändringsförmågan.
Tre fjärdedelar av alla barn och ungdomar har, eller känner någon som har, utsatts för nätmobbning. Detta enligt undersökningen Ung online 2018. Nätmobbning påverkar den utsatta individens känsla av sammanhang och kan därmed påverka hälsan negativt.
Att möta likasinnade, få höra till och odla sin självmedkänsla är tre viktiga delar i den arbetsterapeutiska metoden Vardag i balans (VIB). Kristine Lund forskar om metoden. Hon ser hur meningsfulla aktiviteter kan öka livskvalitet och ge mer balans i vardagen för personer med psykisk sjukdom.
Lewy Body-demens är svår att diagnostisera. I värsta fall kan det leda till att patienterna får fel behandling vilket kan leda till livshotande tillstånd. Kunskapen behöver därför stärkas så att patienterna får rätt behandling menar forskarna Elisabet Londos och Elisabet Englund.
India's top court has ordered a complete halt to stubble burning around Delhi, a major contributor to lethal smog that on Tuesday kept the metropolis of 20 million people choking in air rated "very poor".
EU's agriculture policy needs urgent reform, organisations tell incoming commission president The EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) should be overhauled urgently to stop the intensification of farming practices that is leading to a steep decline in wildlife, scientists from across the bloc have urged. Five organisations representing more than 2,500 experts have written to Ursula von der Leyen
Forskare vid Lunds universitet har startat en studie för att ta reda på om hälsosammare levnadsvanor, med fokus på ökad fysisk aktivitet, kan hjälpa patienter med depression att må bättre och undvika återfall i sjukdomen.
Under 2017 tog 1 189 personer livet av sig i Sverige. Antalet självmord, suicid, har visserligen minskat sedan 1980-talet, men det är fortfarande nästan fem gånger fler än antalet döda i trafiken under samma år. Så vad kan omgivningen, sjukvården och forskningen bidra med för att få ner siffran ytterligare?
I höst testas FACT, flexibla psykiatriska team, i Skånes tre största städer. Bakom forskningsprojektet står Ulrika Bejerholm som ser fram emot att patienternas friska sidor och styrkor äntligen ska få stå i fokus. Modellen är utformad för att patienter med komplexa och växelvis akuta problem ska få den flexibla vård och stöd de behöver.
Gravida och nyblivna mammor för-väntas vara lyckliga. Det är tabu att må dåligt. Samtidigt upplever var tionde gravid, och lika många av de nyblivna mammorna, depressiva symtom.
Fredrik Tjulander, 55, överlevde ett självmordsförsök och var i full färd med att planera sitt nästa. Sju år senare kan han själv berätta om vägen tillbaka och om frågan som fick honom att fortsätta.
De låg och väntade i källaren på Centralsjukhuset i Kristianstad, de nästan 11 500 handskrivna lasarettsjournalerna från slutet av 1800-talet. Tack vare dem har vi nu inblick i hur vården såg ut för patienter med psykisk ohälsa vid förra sekelskiftet. Malin Appelquist, som doktorerat på materialet, berättar mer.
Den till synes enkla frågan är inte helt enkel att besvara. Var går gränsen mellan friskt och sjukt, kroppsligt och psykiskt? Vad går att säga om sambanden mellan symtom och orsak? Och hur reagerar kroppen vid psykisk ohälsa? Johan Fernström, psykiater och forskare, hjälper oss att förstå vad psykiatrin vet idag och hur morgondagens diagnostik och behandling kan komma att se ut.
Absurdism is the philosophical school that recognizes the tension between meaning and a meaningless universe. Camus and Kierkegaard wrote extensively on the topic, though modern thinkers continue to contribute to the literature of the Absurd. In a politically divided time, the Absurd has come to the forefront of national discussion. None Like many Angelenos, last week I spent a fair amount of tim
Adolescents and teens experience biliary side effects after weight-loss surgery at about the same rate as adults. However, in younger patients, the symptoms are more likely to manifest as pancreatic inflammation, or acute pancreatitis, according to a new study that will be presented at ObesityWeek.
An ongoing longitudinal University at Buffalo study being presented Nov. 5, 2019 in Las Vegas at ObesityWeek is among the first to explore how mother-infant behaviors during feeding and active play (non-feeding situations) affect infants and children in families with low socioeconomic status.
New research published in Obesity and presented at the 7th Annual Obesity Journal Symposium offers specific metrics that might qualify foods as hyper-palatable — and finds most foods consumed in the United States meet these criteria.
Waist circumference is a more accurate indicator of abdominal visceral fat level than body mass index (BMI) in the elderly, according to a report published in Obesity, the flagship journal of The Obesity Society. The study is the first large-scale cohort to examine the association of late-life waist circumference with the incidence of dementia in an older population.
Colombia's national tree, the wax palm, is endangered. Now, with decades of guerrilla war in retreat, scientists are rediscovering vast forests and racing to study and protect them.
The United States on Monday formally notified the United Nations that it was withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, making the world's largest economy the sole outlier from the agreement.
Todd Carson promises to cure tinnitus in 21 days with a 3-ingredient smoothie containing vegetables from Tonaki. Fanciful claim with not a shred of evidence. The webpage even admits it's fiction.
It's no longer news that our data is for sale. Data brokers often use online browsing records to create digital consumer profiles that are then sold to marketers as pre-defined audiences for targeted advertising.
I experimentet får en kattunge tillbringa två minuter i ett nytt rum tillsammans med sin ägare, sedan två minuter ensam, för att därefter återförenas med ägaren. Studien visar att 65 procent av kattungarna visade tecken på oro när ägarna lämnade rummet – och vågade utforska mer med ägaren närvarande. Det tyder på ett känslomässigt band mellan dem.
A molecule of ammonia, NH3, typically exists as an umbrella shape, with three hydrogen atoms fanned out in a nonplanar arrangement around a central nitrogen atom. This umbrella structure is very stable and would normally be expected to require a large amount of energy to be inverted.
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Pupils in private schools do significantly better at A-levels compared to those in similar state schools—according to the first known study into the current performance gap in upper secondary education in England.
The United States is facing a retirement savings crisis. Nearly half of all Americans have nothing saved for their retirement or have no access to retirement plans at work. About half of white Americans will not be able to maintain their standard of living in retirement and the situation is even more dire for black and Hispanic Americans. Understanding what variables influence workers' retirement
As large-scale agriculture, drought, bushfire and introduced species reduce entire countries' biodiversity and long-term prosperity, Indigenous academics are calling for a fresh look at the governance and practices of mainstream environmental management institutions.
Not everything is bigger in Texas—some things are really, really small. A group of engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may have found a new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips that could replace silicon and help overcome one of the biggest challenges facing the tech industry in decades: the inevitable end of Moore's Law.
It's difficult to find lasting love, but by recognising your attachment type you can be more conscious in your relationships and stop self-sabotaging It was the breakup that changed Amir Levine's life. Fifteen years ago, he told his partner that he was falling in love with him and wanted them to move forward as a couple. His partner fled, moving across the country. The end of the relationship was
OUP Bioscience statement on climate It's normally the case that research scientists leave it to society to find the meaning and importance of their work to the world at large. Their activities are normally motivated by and confined to satisfaction of curiosity. Given that, the statement and evidence just published in Bioscience is quite notable, not least because the often fractious world of rese
"Remember, remember the fifth of November," the old British rhyme goes. For more than 400 years, Britain has remembered. Every year on this day, fireworks are set off, bonfires are built, and effigies are burned to commemorate the failed 17th-century plot by a group of English Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament—with the country's entire political establishment and reigning Protestant m
Using US transplant registry data, clinical researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that kidney transplants between identical twins have high success rates, but also surprisingly high rates of immunosuppressant use.
Researchers found that workers with flexible work time enjoyed a 24.8 percent increase in retirement savings compared to those without the benefit; workers with paid sick leave had retirement savings 29.6 percent higher than those workers who lacked paid sick leave benefits; and workers with six to 10 paid sick leave days and workers with more than 10 paid sick leave days annually had a statistica
A year before the 2020 presidential election, Americans report various issues in the news as significant sources of stress, including health care, mass shootings and the upcoming election, according to this year's Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association (APA).
First Nations peoples' world view and connection to Country provide a rich source of knowledge and innovations for better land and water management policies when Indigenous decision-making is enacted, Australian researchers say. Incorporating the spirit and principles of Aboriginal people's appreciation and deep understanding of the landscape and its features has been overlooked or sidelined in th
Open-source kode giver bedre mulighed for at finde potentielle sikkerhedsbrister for både venligtsindede og ondsindede programmører, anfører e-commerce-giganten Magento.
Imens der er nogenlunde konstant trafiktal på den gamle Kronprins Frederiks Bro, er der ganske få, som benytter det nyåbnede alternativ, når de skal over Roskilde Fjord.
Researchers have developed two types of programmable repressor elements that can switch off the production of an output protein in synthetic biology circuits by up to 300-fold in response to almost any triggering nucleotide sequence. The researchers combined up to four repressor elements in universal NAND (NOT-AND) and NOR (NOT-OR) gates in complex molecular logic boards.
Scientists are now able to produce a wide range of sulfated aromatic compounds such as antifouling eelgrass acid, resveratrol and vanillic acid derivatives using microbial production hosts. This pioneering work could lead to new environmentally friendly anti-fouling paint for ships, as well as improved and sustainable nutraceuticals and medicine.
Researchers are using synthetic biology to reprogram bacterial viruses — commonly known as bacteriophages — to expand their natural host range. This technology paves the way for the therapeutic use of standardized, synthetic bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections.
Researchers studied the gut microbiomes of dozens of NICU babies and followed them until they turned age four. They found the children became not only too short for their age, but too heavy for their height.
Researchers have developed a glue which can unstick when placed in a magnetic field, meaning products otherwise destined for landfill, could now be dismantled and recycled at the end of their life.
A new study points to the formidable weed control challenges faced by growers today. Weeds have developed resistance to many existing herbicide options, and new herbicide discoveries have plummeted. As a result, nonchemical approaches are growing in importance.
Scientists have for the first time seen how the MYC protein, which plays a central role in cancer, binds to a key protein and controls important functions in the cell. The new discovery may in the long term help in the development of new cancer drugs that disrupt the function of MYC in tumor cells.
Amid rising concerns about low public trust in mainstream media institutions, a new study found that real-life and online social interactions can strongly influence a person's trust in newspaper, TV and online journalism — but when it comes to online interactions, cynical views are the most influential.
For people with difficult-to-control diabetes, adding intensive weight management counseling to group medical visits provided extra health benefits beyond improved blood-sugar control, according to a new study.
Half of older Americans got help from the infection-fighting power of antibiotics in the past 2 years, a new poll finds, but a sizable minority didn't follow the instructions on their pill bottle. And one in five say that in the past, they've engaged in a risky practice: taking leftover antibiotics without checking with a medical professional.
Scientists are now able to produce a wide range of sulfated aromatic compounds such as antifouling eelgrass acid, resveratrol and vanillic acid derivatives using microbial production hosts. This pioneering work could lead to new environmentally friendly anti-fouling paint for ships, as well as improved and sustainable nutraceuticals and medicine.
Shining lasers at voice assistants like Alexa and Siri, researchers from Michigan and Japan achieved a hack where lasers had the power of commands from the human voice.
It's Monday, November 4. The U.S. begins a formal withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, and House investigators released a first batch of transcripts of depositions, taken as part of the impeachment inquiry. In today's newsletter: ¶ People. Virginia Democrats. ¶ Places. Richmond, the White House, New York. ¶ Things. A MAGA hat on a baseball player. * « TODAY IN POLITICS » (Collage by The A
Testing for levels of CA125 in the blood is a useful tool for gauging the likelihood of ovarian cancer and could help detect other types of cancer among patients in primary care, according to research presented at the 2019 NCRI Cancer Conference.
Previous research suggested health benefits increased with greater volume of running Any amount of running is good for you, according to research suggesting it is linked to a similar reduction in the risk of early death no matter how many hours you clock up a week or how fast you go. According to the World Health Organization, about 3.2 million deaths each year are down to people not doing enough
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03230-y US decision kicks off year-long process that will end one day after the next presidential election.
The Environmental Protection Agency would give coal plants more time to close unlined coal ash ponds, and ease rules on wastewater. Opponents say that prolongs the risk of toxic spills. (Image credit: Gerry Broome/AP)
Uber shares skidded Monday after the ride-hailing giant reported widening losses in the just-ended quarter as it boosted investment in new services and features.
Worlds Collide A new online tool calculates just how much cosmic destruction a run-in between the Earth and a black hole would cause. The aptly-named Black Hole Collision Calculator determines how much a black hole would expand and the amount of energy it would release if it absorbed the Earth — or any other object , since the calculator is totally customizable, Space.com reports . Big Kaboom Par
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch could tell the knives were out for her, even if she couldn't figure out why. From her posting in Ukraine, she began to get wind of people undermining her in private, she told House investigators in a deposition last month. Then, in March 2019, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted that "jokers" like her needed to be fired. Yovanovitch, a career Foreign Service officer, reached out
You probably don't need me to tell you that we're approaching a critical mass of video streaming services . More and more are being launched all the time, each with their own blend of back catalog favorites and new original programming. And as the number of streaming services grows, what used to be a simple equation weighing the cost of a streaming subscription or two against paying for cable has
Chemists at MIT and in South Korea have demonstrated characteristics of a phenomenon called quantum tunneling by using a very large electric field to alter the ability of ammonia molecules to switch between the normal and inverted states.
It's no longer news that our data is for sale. Data brokers often use online browsing records to create digital consumer profiles that are then sold to marketers as pre-defined audiences for targeted advertising.
Months after thick oil began turning idyllic beaches in Brazil into "black carpets," workers and volunteers wearing rubber gloves race against time to scrape off the remaining fragments ahead of the country's peak tourism season.
The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil fell to a record low in October, even as blazes ripped across the Pantanal tropical wetlands, official data show.
Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that tell tales of ancient diets and the ocean's past.
· High-pressure HP Series provides new opportunities in microfluidics; LT Series designed for applications requiring long lifetimes· Expands TTP's existing BL and XP ranges, offering increased flow rates· New pumps to be showcased at COMPAMED 2019 in Düsseldorf
Crystals of a lysozyme. Similar compounds could be used to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria like MRSA. (Credit: Zanecrc/Wikimedia Commons) A new way to destroy MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant pathogen, might offer clues to alleviating the antibiotic crisis. In a new study, researchers have found how a bacterial toxin capable of destroying the pathogen does its job. The compound can punch holes in
Cell culture media, the cocktail of chemicals and nutrients that keep cells alive and thriving in a dish, have been an essential tool of biology for more than 70 years. Remarkably, the composition of these potions hasn't fundamentally changed much over that time, primarily because they deliver what scientists need: Cells that stay viable and rapidly divide.
The U.S. is the world's largest producer of bioethanol as renewable liquid fuel, with more than 200 commercial plants processing over 16 billion gallons per year. Plants typically use dry grind processing methods; however, implementing fractionation techniques that separate corn components prior to fermentation can improve profitability, a University of Illinois study shows.
Cutting down trees inevitably leads to more carbon in the environment, but deforestation's contributions to climate change are vastly overestimated, according to a new study.
Cell culture media, the cocktail of chemicals and nutrients that keep cells alive and thriving in a dish, have been an essential tool of biology for more than 70 years. Remarkably, the composition of these potions hasn't fundamentally changed much over that time, primarily because they deliver what scientists need: Cells that stay viable and rapidly divide.
The U.S. is the world's largest producer of bioethanol as renewable liquid fuel, with more than 200 commercial plants processing over 16 billion gallons per year. Plants typically use dry grind processing methods; however, implementing fractionation techniques that separate corn components prior to fermentation can improve profitability, a University of Illinois study shows.
Discrimination—differential treatment based on an aspect of someone's identity, such as nationality, race, sexual orientation or gender—is linked to lower success in careers and poorer health. But there is little information about how individual discrimination events affect people in the short term and then lead to these longer-term disparities.
Researchers built deep artificial neural networks that can accurately predict the neural responses produced by a biological brain to arbitrary visual stimuli. These networks can be thought of as a 'virtual avatar' of a population of biological neurons, which can be used to dissect the neural mechanisms of sensation.
Cutting down trees inevitably leads to more carbon in the environment, but deforestation's contributions to climate change are vastly overestimated, according to a new study.
Researchers have developed a dielectrophoresis (DEP) enabled MicroelectroFluidic Probe (MeFP) that has the ability to sequentially separate and pattern mammalian cells in an open microfluidic system.
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering are searching for alternative materials to silicon with semiconducting properties that could form the basis for an alternative chip. Yuanyue Liu, an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at UT Austin believes 2D antimony could be that material.
Biologics used to treat patients can be incredibly expensive, so there was significant hope that biosimilar drugs — which are highly similar to an existing biologic drug on the market — could serve as a less-costly substitute. However, new research from the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic finds that while physicians are indeed willing to prescribe these drugs, the cost savings are minor
In a nationwide survey, 53% of seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries reported having problems paying a medical bill.As a consequence of the costs of their illness, 36% reported using up all or most of their savings and 23% reported being unable to pay for basic necessities such as food, heat, and housing.
New analysis casts doubt on effectiveness of Medicare payment incentive program as a way to curb hospital readmissions. Study suggests drop in readmission rates observed after program launch likely stemmed from a broader decline in admissions rather than as a result of the program. The findings highlight the need for implementing policies in ways that allow their impact to be distinguished from ot
In recent years, the field of microbiome research has grown rapidly, providing newfound knowledge—and newfound questions—about the microbes that inhabit human and animal bodies. A new study adds to that foundation of knowledge by using DNA analysis to examine the relationship between diet, the environment and the microbiome.
In recent years, the field of microbiome research has grown rapidly, providing newfound knowledge—and newfound questions—about the microbes that inhabit human and animal bodies. A new study adds to that foundation of knowledge by using DNA analysis to examine the relationship between diet, the environment and the microbiome.
Researchers have developed a dielectrophoresis (DEP) enabled MicroelectroFluidic Probe (MeFP) that has the ability to sequentially separate and pattern mammalian cells in an open microfluidic system.
Researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, claim to have 3D-printed skin that's alive and has blood vessels. The new technique could greatly accelerate the healing process for patients who require skin grafts, such as burn victims. "Right now, whatever is available as a clinical product is more like a fancy Band-Aid," lead researcher Pankaj Karande, a chemical engine
New research analyzing the diets and microbiomes of 33 large-herbivore species in Kenya yields surprising findings about the interplay between animal evolution, behavior and the gut microbiome
Under the agreement hammered out in 2015, the first day that countries can reverse the promises they made is Nov. 4, 2019. It will be another year before the American withdrawal is official. (Image credit: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Not all monitors are made equal. While many share similar sizes and resolution, it is the finer details in which monitors differentiate themselves from each other. For example, some monitors …
The United States notified the United Nations on Monday that it would leave the Paris climate agreement, staring the clock on a yearlong withdrawal process.
UW researchers aimed to understand both the prevalence of discrimination events and how these events affect college students in their daily lives. Over the course of two academic quarters, the team compared students' self-reports of unfair treatment to passively tracked changes in daily activities, such as hours slept, steps taken or time spent on the phone.
The recent development of physiologic media, like other efforts designed to address the modeling capacity of cell culture, holds immense potential to improve understanding of human biology.
Stigma is an important contributor to the continued HIV epidemic in the United States. While pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medication that can be taken to prevent HIV infection, previous research has shown that a barrier preventing gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men from using PrEP is fear that partners, family members or community members would believe that those who use PrE
Blow It For decades, law enforcement officers in the United States have relied on breathalyzers — devices that estimate a person's blood alcohol content from a breath sample — to help them determine when a driver has had too much to drink before getting behind the wheel. But a new investigation by The New York Times has found that not only do many breathalyzers used in the U.S. deliver inaccurate
Machine learning and human brain scans have revealed the regions of the brain behind how we form abstract concepts, like justice, ethics, and consciousness, researchers report. "Humans have the unique ability to construct abstract concepts that have no anchor in the physical world, but we often take this ability for granted," says senior author Marcel Just, professor of psychology at Carnegie Mel
In the wake of measles outbreaks, California enacted stricter laws governing vaccine exemptions – but loopholes mean many children still go without vaccinations
Odd Choice The peer-reviewed academic journal Quantitative Science Studies just made a controversial decision: it will soon publish a paper that claims men are inherently better suited for a career in academic physics, and also attempts to debunk the notion that women face more hurdles . The paper, already shared online by its author, former CERN physicist Alessandro Strumia, tries to use data to
Characteristics beyond intelligence can factor into someone's ability to succeed, according to research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania. Her latest findings, which come from analyzing data from more than 11,000 West Point cadets, both strengthen her original theories about grit and point to other attributes key to long-term achievement.
Sea levels will continue to rise around the world long after current carbon emissions pledges made through the Paris climate agreement are met and global temperatures stabilize, a new study indicates.
Could there one day be a vaccine against the ravages of aging? A new gene therapy developed by the Wyss Institute and HMS was able to treat four age-related diseases in mice with a single injection of a combination of health-associated genes, showing promise for improving health during the aging process.
Unless governments significantly scale up their emission reduction efforts, the 15 years' worth of emissions released under their current Paris Agreement pledges alone would cause 20 cm of sea-level rise over the longer term, according to new research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers at Climate Analytics and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Imp
According to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40 years of reduced mercury use, emissions, and loading in the Great Lakes region have largely not produced equivalent declines in the amount of mercury accumulating in large game fish.
Archaeological remains date from 900 to 1200 CE Lidar crucial to discovery: 'This technology is unbelievable' Drone-mounted lasers have revealed details of the architecture of an ancient island settlement off Florida's Gulf coast, researchers said in a new paper published on Monday. University of Florida archaeologists, doctoral candidate Terry E Barbour and Professor Ken Sassaman, used aerial dr
Data from the second probe to reach interstellar space helps scientists form a more complete picture of the boundary between the sun and the stars. Leaving-the-heliosphere.jpg Voyager 2 entered interstellar space in November of 2018, leaving the heliosphere. It was launched 16 days before its companion, Voyager 1, which entered interstellar space in 2012. Image credits: NASA JPL Space Monday, No
Dive into the deep with open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma, as she shares what she learned about resilience during her personal journey from the scorching heat of Rajasthan, India to the bone-chilling waters of her record-breaking swim in Antarctica and her courageous crossing of the English Channel. "In the middle of the ocean, there is nowhere to hide," Sharma says.
Sea levels will continue to rise around the world long after current carbon emissions pledges made through the Paris climate agreement are met and global temperatures stabilize, a new study indicates.
According to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40 years of reduced mercury use, emissions, and loading in the Great Lakes region have largely not produced equivalent declines in the amount of mercury accumulating in large game fish.
In a first national-scale analysis, ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at the University of Colorado-Boulder, report that across the United States, invasive grasses can double the number of fires.
A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a dielectrophoresis (DEP) enabled MicroelectroFluidic Probe (MeFP) that has the ability to sequentially separate and pattern mammalian cells in an open microfluidic system.
Cutting down trees inevitably leads to more carbon in the environment, but deforestation's contributions to climate change are vastly overestimated, according to a new study.
Researchers have found the best arrangements for fish swimming in schools, superior formations that save energy and optimize speed. The findings, which appear in the journal Physical Review X , point to potential new ways to enhance energy-producing technologies. The work also confirms a long-held belief: fish swimming in orderly groups or formations spend less energy and move faster than when sw
If you're a Google Play Store shopaholic, you might be pleased to hear that you can now be rewarded for purchasing content of any kind on the store. Google is rolling out the "Play Points" rewards …
Microsoft and Warner Bros. have collaborated to successfully store and retrieve the entire 1978 iconic "Superman" movie on a piece of glass roughly the size of a drink coaster, 75 by 75 by 2 …
Engineers have developed a navigation method that doesn't require mapping an area in advance. Instead, their approach enables a robot to use clues in its environment to plan out a route to its destination, which can be described in general semantic terms, such as 'front door' or 'garage,' rather than as coordinates on a map.
Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that tell tales of ancient diets and the ocean's past. An international team of scientists used cutting-edge technology to analyze proteins from these bones to help identify which turtle species people fished from the ocean, helping inform conservation efforts today.
Circadian clocks coordinate the organism to the alternating cycles of day and night. Scientists have studied how these clocks work in polar regions where days or nights can last for weeks.
A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread — or metastasis — to the brain, has been identified. The protein, CEMIP, will now be a focus of efforts to predict, prevent and treat brain metastases, which are a frequent cause of cancer deaths.
The US is the world's largest producer of bioethanol as renewable liquid fuel, with more than 200 commercial plants processing over 16 billion gallons per year. Plants typically use dry grind processing methods; however, implementing fractionation techniques that separate corn components prior to fermentation can improve profitability, a new study shows.
Researchers built deep artificial neural networks that can accurately predict the neural responses produced by a biological brain to arbitrary visual stimuli. These networks can be thought of as a 'virtual avatar' of a population of biological neurons, which can be used to dissect the neural mechanisms of sensation.
Dr. Jesse Berry of Children's Hospital Los Angeles advances the field of retinoblastoma research through her discovery and use of aqueous humor biopsy. She has found that genetic tumor information not present in the blood can be detected in this fluid from the eye.
In one particular form of family violence, a parent tries to damage a child's relationship with the other parent. The outcome of these behaviors is called parental alienation, and it can result in a child's ultimate rejection of a parent for untrue, illogical or exaggerated reasons.Jennifer Harman, a Colorado State University social psychologist who studies parental alienation and its consequences
The annual transition to and from daylight saving time (DST) has clinical implications that last longer than the days where clocks 'fall back' or 'spring forward.'
Summer Study In August, Microsoft Japan closed its offices on Fridays, treating 2,300 employees to a month's worth of three-day weekends. With workers only at their desks four days instead of five, you might think they got less done during the week. Instead, productivity spiked by nearly 40 percent — a sign that proponents of the four-day workweek might be onto something, even in Japan's famously
An international team of astronomers have identified a strange exoplanet — which shouldn't exist, according to their calculations. By examining the oscillations of a star system 364 light-years away, Space.com reports , the team found that an exoplanet was apparently swallowed whole by its star when it turned into a red giant. And yet, somehow, the planet appears to still exist. The discovery cou
MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it's safe to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.
Tyler Fricker, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Texas A&M University, recently published research in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers that gives insights into tornado casualty rates across the United States and casualty prediction models.
Circadian clocks coordinate the organism to the alternating cycles of day and night. Scientists from the University of Würzburg have studied how these clocks work in polar regions where days or nights can last for weeks.
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore observed that the number of transistors placed in an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years, meaning computing power doubles while the size of devices shrink. This is known as Moore's law. IBM was king of the heap in the 1950s, says physicist Michio Kaku, however it failed to read Moore's law as a sign that supercomputers would be replaced
The sight of a RoboBee careening towards a wall or crashing into a glass box may have once triggered panic in the researchers in the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory at the Harvard John A. Paulson …
In the not too distant future, robots may be dispatched as last-mile delivery vehicles to drop your takeout order, package, or meal-kit subscription at your doorstepif they can find the door.
Scientists have created an 'artificial leaf' to fight climate change by inexpensively converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful alternative fuel.
Researchers have developed a resilient RoboBee powered by soft artificial muscles that can crash into walls, fall onto the floor, and collide with other RoboBees without being damaged. It is the first microrobot powered by soft actuators to achieve controlled flight.
Defying the odds, an individual at high risk for early-onset Alzheimer's disease remained dementia-free for many years beyond what was anticipated. A new study led researchers to suggest that a gene variant may be the key, perhaps providing a new direction toward developing a treatment.
Coming back to their 2016 study of a wood ant colony of workers trapped in a post-Soviet nuclear weapon bunker in Poland, a research team sought to determine how exactly the unexpected colony managed to survive for so long.
Physical activity is thought to be our greatest ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease. But there may be significant variations in its protective effects across a range of different situations.
Scientists have doubled the efficiency of a chemical combo that captures light and splits water molecules so the building blocks can be used to produce hydrogen fuel. Their approach provides a platform for developing revolutionary improvements in so-called artificial photosynthesis — a lab-based mimic of the natural process aimed at generating clean energy from sunlight.
Researchers have adapted a light-based technology employed widely in biology — known as optical traps or optical tweezers — to operate in a water-free liquid environment of carbon-rich organic solvents. The optical tweezers act as a light-based 'tractor beam' that can assemble nanoscale semiconductor materials precisely into larger structures. Unlike the tractor beams of science fiction, which m
Scientists have created an 'artificial leaf' to fight climate change by inexpensively converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful alternative fuel.
Permanent Record In China, a formalized social credit score can determine whether you're allowed to take out loans or even use public transit . The system is often held up as a particularly dystopian application of big data analytics — and now it seems as though a similar thing is happening in the U.S. It turns out that a number of companies are aggregating mind-boggling piles of financial record
Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that tell tales of ancient diets and the ocean's past. An international team of scientists used cutting-edge technology to analyze proteins from these bones to help identify which turtle species people fished from the ocean, helping inform conservation efforts today.
ORNL and NREL took demonstrated a miniaturized gyroscope. ORNL created and tested new wireless charging designs. If humankind reaches Mars this century, an ORNL-developed experiment testing advanced materials for spacecraft may play a key role. ORNL and Georgia Tech found that critical interactions between microbes and peat moss break down under warming temperatures. ORNL and industry demonstrated
Millions of people in Delhi, India, and neighboring states are struggling to cope with eye-watering smog that has settled on the region—creating some of the worst air quality in years. Government authorities have declared a public-health emergency, closing schools, halting construction, and restricting cars to an "odd-even" system, based on their license plates, to try to halve the number of vehi
An unusual payload launched for the International Space Station this weekend. Among the 8,200 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware contained in a Northrup Grumman resupply rocket, there were also twelve bottles of wine, as pointed out by TechCrunch . Sadly, the wine isn't meant for astronaut consumption. The twelve ISS-bound bottles of an undisclosed varietal are the work of French sta
Scientists have doubled the efficiency of a chemical combo that captures light and splits water molecules so the building blocks can be used to produce hydrogen fuel. Their approach provides a platform for developing revolutionary improvements in so-called artificial photosynthesis — a lab-based mimic of the natural process aimed at generating clean energy from sunlight.
Researchers have adapted a light-based technology employed widely in biology — known as optical traps or optical tweezers — to operate in a water-free liquid environment of carbon-rich organic solvents. The optical tweezers act as a light-based 'tractor beam' that can assemble nanoscale semiconductor materials precisely into larger structures. Unlike the tractor beams of science fiction, which m
MIT engineers have developed a navigation method that doesn't require mapping an area in advance. Instead, their approach enables a robot to use clues in its environment to plan out a route to its destination, which can be described in general semantic terms, such as 'front door' or 'garage,' rather than as coordinates on a map.
A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread — or metastasis — to the brain, has been identified by a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian investigators. The protein, CEMIP, will now be a focus of efforts to predict, prevent and treat brain metastases, which are a frequent cause of cancer deaths.
A new analysis of historical seismic data has found that earthquake activity in West Texas near the city of Pecos has increased dramatically since 2009.
The Trump administration on Monday moved to weaken regulations aimed at limiting the seepage of lead, arsenic and other toxic pollution into water supplies.
Next-generation batteries will probably see the replacement of lithium ions by more abundant and environmentally benign alkali metal or multivalent ions. A major challenge, however, is the development of stable electrodes that combine high energy densities with fast charge and discharge rates. Scientists now report a high-performance cathode made of an organic polymer to be used in low-cost, envir
In superconducting materials, an electric current will flow without any resistance. There are quite a few practical applications of this phenomenon; however, many fundamental questions remain as yet unanswered. Associate Professor Justin Ye, head of the Device Physics of Complex Materials group at the University of Groningen, studied superconductivity in a double layer of molybdenum disulfide and
Zebrafish research is a promising way to understand the neural and genetic causes of eye movement problems in people, according to multi-university research led by Albert Pan of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
A drug commonly used to treat Type II diabetes abolishes the characteristic signs of nicotine withdrawal in rats and mice, according to new research published in JNeurosci. The finding may offer an important new strategy in the battle to quit smoking.
The fundamental organization of brain networks is established in utero during the second and third trimesters of fetal development, according to research published in JNeurosci. The finding lays the groundwork for understanding how the prenatal period shapes future brain function.
By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been in deep-sea hydrothermal vents rather than shallow pools.
The answer lies in a film of water that is generated by friction, one that is far thinner than expected and much more viscous than usual water through its resemblance to the "snow cones" of crushed ice we drink during the summer. This phenomenon was recently demonstrated by researchers from the CNRS and ENS-PSL, with support from the École polytechnique, in a study that appeared in Physical Review
Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific standards—such as beams of a desired composition or rivets of a specific size. The building industry relies on manufacturers to create these components reliably and reproducibly in order to construct secure bridges and sound skyscrapers.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have doubled the efficiency of a chemical combo that captures light and splits water molecules so the building blocks can be used to produce hydrogen fuel. Their study, selected as an American Chemical Society "Editors' Choice" that will be featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, provides a platform
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in detecting the magnetic moments of nanoscale structures. They succeeded in making the magnetic moments visible with a resolution down to the atomic level using a scanning tunneling microscope, a device that has been standard in science for many years.
The US is the world's largest producer of bioethanol as renewable liquid fuel, with more than 200 commercial plants processing over 16 billion gallons per year. Plants typically use dry grind processing methods; however, implementing fractionation techniques that separate corn components prior to fermentation can improve profitability, a University of Illinois study shows.
Post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. military members frequently follows a concussion-like brain injury. Until now, it has been unclear why. A UCLA team of psychologists and neurologists reports that a traumatic brain injury causes changes in a brain region called the amygdala; and the brain processes fear differently after such an injury.
What happens to a piece of metal when you shine light on it? This question, which has been one of the driving forces of modern physics, gained renewed interest in recent years, with the advances in fabrication of small metallic nano-particles. When a piece of metal is very small, it turns out that it can couple extremely well to visible light. The study of fundamental and applicable aspects of thi
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the prediction of optical vortices, researchers in China—Xing Fu at Tsinghua University, Xiaocong Yuan at Shenzhen University and co-authors—reviewed the 30-year development of the understanding and applications of these intriguing phenomena.
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in detecting the magnetic moments of nanoscale structures. They succeeded in making the magnetic moments visible with a resolution down to the atomic level using a scanning tunneling microscope, a device that has been standard in science for many years.
Study authors note multiple health issues including blurred vision from excessive screen time, neck and back pain from poor posture, carpal tunnel syndrome from repetitive motion, metabolic dysregulation from prolonged sitting and high consumption of caffeine and sugar, and depression and anxiety resulting from internet gaming disorder.
A new analysis of historical seismic data has found that earthquake activity in West Texas near the city of Pecos has increased dramatically since 2009.
A big problem with dinosaurs is that there seem to be too many meat-eaters. From studies of modern animals, there is a feeding pyramid, with plants at the bottom, then plant-eaters, and then meat-eaters at the top.
For people with difficult-to-control diabetes, adding intensive weight management counseling to group medical visits provided extra health benefits beyond improved blood-sugar control, according to a new study. The weight counseling approach emphasized a low-carb diet, with participants logging better weight loss, less use of diabetes medications, and fewer potentially dangerous episodes of plumm
E-cigarette taxes will increase the purchase and use of tobacco cigarettes, a new study suggests. In late October, the US House of Representative's Ways and Means Committee approved legislation to tax e-cigarettes proportionately to cigarettes. "Our results suggest that while cigarette taxes reduce cigarette use, and e-cigarette taxes reduce e-cigarette use, they also have important interactions
Making Space There's a whole lot of garbage orbiting the Earth. There are so many satellites — still-functioning and derelict alike — that it could soon become too difficult to safely navigate through the minefield. Now, military scientists think they've found a practical way to de-clutter. By equipping new satellites with thin tethers that can pick up on electromagnetic fields, Scientific Americ
Silicon Valley is helping the global slave trade thrive — and critics argue it should be held accountable for facilitating the barbarous practice. Posing as a husband and wife, a team from BBC News Arabic found it was disturbingly easy to discover human traffickers selling slaves online on Instagram and other popular apps. "In the Gulf, women employed as domestic workers are being sold online via
A team of researchers has identified the best arrangements for fish swimming in schools—formations that are superior in terms of saving energy while also optimizing speed. Its findings, which appear in the journal Physical Review X, point to potential new ways to enhance energy-producing technologies.
A group of leading conservationists, including Dr. Joseph W. Bull at the University of Kent, is urging governments across the globe to adopt a new approach to address the impact of economic development on our natural world.
A group of leading conservationists, including Dr. Joseph W. Bull at the University of Kent, is urging governments across the globe to adopt a new approach to address the impact of economic development on our natural world.
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03396-5 UN fund attracts record pledges for climate adaptation, Indigenous communities will share the benefits of rooibos tea and 10 of the most influential Nature papers of all time.
Researchers have adapted a light-based technology employed widely in biology — known as optical traps or optical tweezers — to operate in a water-free liquid environment of carbon-rich organic solvents. The optical tweezers act as a light-based 'tractor beam' that can assemble nanoscale semiconductor materials precisely into larger structures. Unlike the tractor beams of science fiction, which m
William Shakespeare's Macbeth had it right when he referred to sleep as the 'balm of hurt minds.' While a full night of slumber stabilizes emotions, a sleepless night can trigger up to a 30% rise in anxiety levels, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley.
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have doubled the efficiency of a chemical combo that captures light and splits water molecules so the building blocks can be used to produce hydrogen fuel. Their approach provides a platform for developing revolutionary improvements in so-called artificial photosynthesis — a lab-based mimic of the natural process aimed at generating clean energy from s
Spider silk consists of fiber-forming proteins, stored by the spider in a specialized gland. When the spider needs silk, for instance to build a web, it extrudes the silk proteins through a long duct in which they are exposed to specific mechanical and chemical influences and assembled to form silk. Spider silk proteins, like all proteins, consist of 20 elementary building blocks known as amino ac
A new analysis of historical seismic data led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that earthquake activity in West Texas near the city of Pecos has increased dramatically since 2009.
Globular clusters may contain hundreds of thousands of stars and may even have as many as ten million stars that essentially emerged at the same time. They are the oldest visible objects in the universe. Globular clusters come together in dense, spherical volumes with diameters hundreds of times smaller than the diameter of our galaxy. The Milky Way is surrounded by about 150 globular clusters, so
People who look after loved ones nearing the end of their lives should be entitled to up to six months paid time off work and safeguards for their job so they can return to work, according to academics from the University of Sheffield's School of Nursing and Midwifery.
A new analysis of historical seismic data led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that earthquake activity in West Texas near the city of Pecos has increased dramatically since 2009.
At least one in five teenagers reports some change in sexual orientation during adolescence, according to new research from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Pittsburgh.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown that the phenomenon of protein modification (phosphorylation) in cell signalling is far more diverse and complex than previously thought.
If you've long suspected that people fudge the truth when it comes to presenting themselves to a potential partner, here's the research to back you up.
A team of researchers has identified the best arrangements for fish swimming in schools — formations that are superior in terms of saving energy while also optimizing speed.
Scientists from the University of Strasbourg, France, in close collaboration with colleagues from research centers in San Sebastián, Spain, and Jülich, Germany, have achieved a breakthrough in detecting the magnetic moments of nanoscale structures. They succeeded in making the magnetic moments visible with a resolution down to the atomic level using a scanning tunneling microscope, a device that h
Typhoon Halong continued to strengthen in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Infrared imagery from an instrument aboard Terra revealed very high, powerful storms with very cold cloud top temperatures circling the center as well as in a band of thunderstorms west of the center.
Connecting LEDs with transparent conductive circuits has made it possible to turn glass windows, walls and building exteriors into see-through displays that inform or entertain viewers with videos and images. A new approach to making these circuits could help lower the costs of transparent LED screens and allow the technology to be used on substrates that are flexible or curved.
Researchers report they have developed a new technique that uses light to control the lifetime of a protein inside the cell. This method will allow scientists to better observe how specific proteins contribute to health, development and disease.
Researchers found city homes to be rife with industrial chemicals, cleaning agents and fungi that love warm, dark surfaces, while jungle huts had fresher air, more sunlight and natural materials with which humans evolved.
Conotoxins are bioactive peptides found in the venom that marine cone snails produce for prey capture and defense. They are used as pharmacological tools to study pain signalling and have the potential to become a new class of analgesics. Scientists have now provided an overview on the status quo of conotoxin research.
With climate change, plants of the future will consume more water than in the present day, leading to less water available for people living in North America and Eurasia, according to a new study. The research suggests a drier future despite anticipated precipitation increases for places like the United States and Europe, populous regions already facing water stresses.
Globular clusters, which have been forming over the last billion years, have been found to exist around the giant galaxy at the center of the Perseus cluster.
Researchers report the spacecraft Voyager 2 has reached interstellar space, following Voyager 1's historic passage six years ago. In the study, the researchers note a jump in plasma density detected by a plasma wave instrument on the spacecraft as evidence Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space.
Since launching in 1977 , the Nasa probe has captured never-before-seen images of the solar system Nasa's Voyager 2 sends back its first message from interstellar space Continue reading…
The solution to today's puzzle Earlier today I set you a question from Oxford university's Mathematics Admissions Test. You need to pack several items into your shopping bag without squashing anything. The items are to be placed one on top of the other. Each item has a weight and a strength , defined as the maximum weight that can be placed above that item without it being squashed. A packing ord
Researchers found city homes to be rife with industrial chemicals, cleaning agents and fungi that love warm, dark surfaces, while jungle huts had fresher air, more sunlight and natural materials with which humans evolved.
WarnerMedia's presentation of its upcoming streaming service, HBO Max, was a world removed from the bespoke, glitzy, celebrity-studded demonstration of Apple TV+ , or the focused, family-friendly package being offered by Disney's new streaming service . When it launches in May, HBO Max will be a massive, brute-force catalog of films, classic TV, and new shows, a genuine Netflix competitor that wi
Voyager 2 passes into interstellar space in this artist's illustration. (Credit: NASA) NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft crossed into interstellar space last November. Now, one year later, scientists have published the first results from the data Voyager 2 gathered as it passed from the sun's sphere of influence and into interstellar space. In some ways, what Voyager 2 experienced was surprisingly diffe
A probe launched by NASA four days after Elvis died has delivered a treasure trove of data from beyond the "solar bubble" that envelops Earth and our neighbouring planets, scientists reported Monday.
In a new study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine, a team of researchers led by Laura Burke, MD, MPH, an emergency medicine physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), found that among Medicare beneficiaries receiving ED care in the United States, mortality within 30 days of an ED visit has declined in recent years, particularly for the highest-severity patients.
Study authors note multiple health issues including blurred vision from excessive screen time, neck and back pain from poor posture, carpal tunnel syndrome from repetitive motion, metabolic dysregulation from prolonged sitting and high consumption of caffeine and sugar, and depression and anxiety resulting from internet gaming disorder.
Typhoon Halong continued to strengthen in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Infrared imagery from an instrument aboard Terra revealed very high, powerful storms with very cold cloud top temperatures circling the center as well as in a band of thunderstorms west of the center.
A team of researchers studied the association between hospital readmission risk and receiving home health care after leaving skilled nursing facilities. To do so, they examined the records of Medicare patients, aged 65 and older, who had returned home from skilled nursing facilities following hospitalization for heart failure. Their study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Soc
A new way to show exactly how much the city of Houston has changed in the last two decades gives a dramatic visual record of the city's growth in the 21st century. Instead of the conventional practice of collecting data on housing starts and real estate parcels to track urban growth, this new research takes advantage of supercomputing, artificial intelligence, and, most importantly, a constellati
Researchers have found a woman with a rare genetic mutation that has protected her from dementia even though her brain has developed major neurological features of the disease.
Boeing's capsule for astronauts underwent its first major flight test Monday, shooting a mile into the air then parachuting back to the New Mexico desert.
The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country's coal-fired power plants Monday, proposing to weaken two Obama-era rules aimed at cleaning up dangerous heavy metals and ash from coal plants and keeping them from washing into groundwater and waterways.
NASA infrared imagery revealed Tropical Cyclone Maha was still a powerful storm as it continued moving through the Arabian Sea in the Northern Indian Ocean.
Remember back when The Social Network was seen as this deep indictment of Facebook because it makes Mark Zuckerberg seem like kind of a weird jerk? Dont get me …
Loneliness is estimated to affect roughly one in five adults in the United States. It also stands as a public health crisis because loneliness has been tied to depression, cardiovascular disease …
By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a UCL-led research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been in deep-sea hydrothermal vents rather than shallow pools.
By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a UCL-led research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been in deep-sea hydrothermal vents rather than shallow pools.
Vegan school lunches contain triple the amount of heart-healthy fiber found in standard entrées, according to a new case study published in The Journal of Child Nutrition & Management. Fiber is an important nutrient that not only aids heart health, but also boosts digestion, weight loss, and cancer prevention.
Scientists from the University of Strasbourg, France, in close collaboration with colleagues from the research centers in San Sebastián, Spain, and Jülich, Germany, have achieved a breakthrough in detecting the magnetic moments of nanoscale structures. They succeeded in making the magnetic moments visible with a resolution down to the atomic level using a scanning tunneling microscope, a device th
Connecting LEDs with transparent conductive circuits has made it possible to turn glass windows, walls and building exteriors into see-through displays that inform or entertain viewers with videos and images. A new approach to making these circuits could help lower the costs of transparent LED screens and allow the technology to be used on substrates that are flexible or curved.
Investigators at the National Institutes of Health have found that sesame allergy is common among children with other food allergies, occurring in an estimated 17% of this population. In addition, the scientists have found that sesame antibody testing–whose utility has been controversial–accurately predicts whether a child with food allergy is allergic to sesame. The research was published on Oc
Researchers report they have developed a new technique that uses light to control the lifetime of a protein inside the cell. This method will allow scientists to better observe how specific proteins contribute to health, development and disease.
Friends of Trees crew leaders Shelly Bedell, left, and Felicia Frizado plant a tree on Portland Audubon property in Northwest Portland. Monica Samayoa/OPB by Climate Central, Monica Samayoa Follow and Priyanka Runwal This story was produced through a partnership between Climate Central and Oregon Public Broadcasting . Shelly Bedell isn't afraid to get down and dirty. On a recent October Saturday,
How much do you know about the largest human-made object in space? Here are cool facts about what it is, who lives there and where you can see it — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Conotoxins are bioactive peptides found in the venom that marine cone snails produce for prey capture and defense. They are used as pharmacological tools to study pain signalling and have the potential to become a new class of analgesics. To date, more than 10,000 conotoxin sequences have been discovered.
A new study featured in the journal Weed Science points to the formidable weed control challenges faced by growers today. Weeds have developed resistance to many existing herbicide options, and new herbicide discoveries have plummeted. As a result, nonchemical approaches are growing in importance.
Leveraging nature's ways of adding sulfate groups by enzymes, scientists at The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have for the first time demonstrated how to produce a wide range of sulfated phenolic compounds in microbial hosts—cell factories. This pioneering research, published in Nature Communications, enables large scale production of
Amid rising concerns about low public trust in mainstream media institutions, a Rutgers study found that real-life and online social interactions can strongly influence a person's trust in newspaper, TV and online journalism—but when it comes to online interactions, cynical views are the most influential.
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that current forecasts call for the U.S. electric power sector to meet the 2020 and 2025 CO2 reduction requirements in the Paris Agreement—even though the U.S. has announced its withdrawal—and also meet the 2030 CO2 reduction requirements contemplated by the Clean Power Plan—even though it has been repealed.
Quinoa is a healthy food many know and love. As its popularity grows, more farmers are interested in planting it. However, the plant doesn't do well in high temperatures, so plant breeders are trying to help.
Fear and anxiety, especially about crime, are powerful emotions in the lives of many individuals. It's easy to worry that we, or our loved ones, could be victimized at any moment.
Conotoxins are bioactive peptides found in the venom that marine cone snails produce for prey capture and defense. They are used as pharmacological tools to study pain signalling and have the potential to become a new class of analgesics. To date, more than 10,000 conotoxin sequences have been discovered.
Voyager 2 left our solar system in 2018 and has now sent back measurements from interstellar space, showing how our solar system interacts with its surroundings
A new study featured in the journal Weed Science points to the formidable weed control challenges faced by growers today. Weeds have developed resistance to many existing herbicide options, and new herbicide discoveries have plummeted. As a result, nonchemical approaches are growing in importance.
Narratives are essential. Humans are, after all, "helpless story junkies". Business and economic success depend much more than is commonly acknowledged on getting the narrative right. And if there is a narrative where getting it right or wrong matters hugely, it is the narrative about Africa's industrial development.
Murray Energy, one of the biggest private U.S. coal companies, has become the fifth coal company to file for bankruptcy in 2019. Union leaders and many elected officials worry that in addition to the 7,000 miners on Murray's payroll, this step could threaten the solvency of the United Mine Workers of America pension fund, which supports over 100,000 retired miners and fully vested workers.
Last month, Indonesia's previous Minister of Research and Technology boasted that in 2019, Indonesia had overtaken Malaysia and Singapore in the number of published academic articles.
Last week I attended a corporate board meeting in California for the Willdan Group, a for-profit corporation largely devoted to the modernization of our energy system. The company is in the energy efficiency business and is one of many private firms demonstrating that it is possible to turn a profit while helping our country save money on energy and reduce greenhouse gases. As the meeting proceede
Neuroscientists at the Bernstein Center Freiburg (BCF) of the University of Freiburg and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have decoded a significant process in the brain that in part contributes to the behavior of living beings. "One of the basic requirements for meaningful behavior is that networks in the brain produce precisely defined sequences of neuronal activity," says Prof
Researchers have developed a new technique that uses light to control the lifetime of a protein inside the cell. This method will allow scientists to better observe how specific proteins contribute to health, development and disease.
NASA infrared imagery revealed Tropical Cyclone Maha was still a powerful storm as it continued moving through the Arabian Sea in the Northern Indian Ocean.
Next-generation batteries will probably see the replacement of lithium ions by more abundant and environmentally benign alkali metal or multivalent ions. A major challenge, however, is the development of stable electrodes that combine high energy densities with fast charge and discharge rates. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, US and Chinese scientists report a high-performance cathode made of an
Defying the odds, an individual at high risk for early-onset Alzheimer's disease remained dementia-free for many years beyond what was anticipated. A study funded in part by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, led researchers to suggest that a gene variant may be the key, perhaps providing a new direction toward developing a treatment.
By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a UCL-led research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been in deep-sea hydrothermal vents rather than shallow pools, in a new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
EMBL scientists have developed a new variant of the Sleeping Beauty transposase. It has dramatically improved biochemical features, including enhanced stability and intrinsic cell penetrating properties. This transposase can be used for genome engineering of stem cells and therapeutic T cells. As such it is extremely valuable for use in regenerative medicine and cancer immunotherapy. The underlyin
Harvard researchers have developed a resilient RoboBee powered by soft artificial muscles that can crash into walls, fall onto the floor, and collide with other RoboBees without being damaged. It is the first microrobot powered by soft actuators to achieve controlled flight.
Scientists have for the first time seen how the MYC protein, which plays a central role in cancer, binds to a key protein and controls important functions in the cell. The study, by researchers in Sweden and Canada, is published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. The new discovery may in the long term help in the development of new cancer drugs that disrupt the function of MYC in tumour c
With climate change, plants of the future will consume more water than in the present day, leading to less water available for people living in North America and Eurasia, according to a Dartmouth-led study in Nature Geoscience The research suggests a drier future despite anticipated precipitation increases for places like the United States and Europe, populous regions already facing water stresses
Researchers at Rutgers and other universities found city homes to be rife with industrial chemicals, cleaning agents and fungi that love warm, dark surfaces, while jungle huts had fresher air, more sunlight and natural materials with which humans evolved.
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered how a potent bacterial toxin is able to target and kill MRSA, paving the way for potential new treatments for superbugs.
Researchers have developed a noninvasive test to detect cervical pre-cancer by analyzing urine and vaginal samples collected by the women themselves. The findings, presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Glasgow, could improve participation in screening programs.
USC researchers have completed a detailed deconstruction of the kidney, revealing for the first time an intimate portrait of gender differences and more in the organ.
Wyss researchers and their colloaborators have developed two types of programmable repressor elements that can switch off the production of an output protein in synthetic biology circuits by up to 300-fold in response to almost any triggering nucleotide sequence. The researchers combined up to four repressor elements in universal NAND (NOT-AND) and NOR (NOT-OR) gates in complex molecular logic boa
Scientists at the National University of Singapore, Kyoto University, Hokkaido University and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a strategy to stabilize isolated metal atoms on various oxide supports by using ionic liquids (ILs) as an electronic stabilizer.
An international team of researchers has used nanoparticles to deliver a drug — one that previously failed in clinical trials for pain — into specific compartments of nerve cells, dramatically increasing its ability to treat pain in mice and rats. The findings are published Nov. 4 in Nature Nanotechnology.
Mind-body therapies include things like meditation, hypnosis, relaxation and cognitive behavioral therapy. This study combined results from dozens of other studies to evaluate how mind-body therapies were associated with pain and opioid-related outcomes among adults using opioids for pain.
This study analyzed emergency department admissions of children for sexual abuse between 2010 and 2016 using a nationwide database of emergency visits and US Census Bureau data.
Researchers looked at whether exposure to adverse experiences, stress, and violence among 1,400 children in the United Kingdom was associated at age 18 with elevated levels in the blood of an indicator of chronic inflammation.
Researchers used the NCAA member directory to gather data to determine the distribution of women and men among head physicians and athletic trainers for teams in Divisions I, II and III in the 2018-2019 academic year.
Scientists have created an 'artificial leaf' to fight climate change by inexpensively converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful alternative fuel.
University of Iowa researchers report the spacecraft Voyager 2 has reached interstellar space, following Voyager 1's historic passage six years ago. In the study, the researchers note a jump in plasma density detected by an Iowa-led plasma wave instrument on the spacecraft as evidence Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space.
For people with difficult-to-control diabetes, adding intensive weight management counseling to group medical visits provided extra health benefits beyond improved blood-sugar control, according to a study led by researchers at the Duke Diet & Fitness Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
A major challenge in regenerative medicine is producing tailor-made hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) for transplantation. For this we need a better understanding of where, when and how HSCs are produced in vivo. The groups of Catherine Robin (Hubrecht Institute) and Thierry Jaffredo (UPMC, LBD IBPS, Paris) have discovered a new hematopoietic wave in the bone marrow that fills the gap between embryo
An extremely unstable protein, Cln3, appears to be the master switch that activates cell division in budding yeast. Cln3 concentrations only reach high enough levels to trigger the cell division process when the rate of protein synthesis outpaces the rate of cell volume increase. University of Groningen scientists, together with colleagues in Switzerland, published this discovery in the journal Na
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a novel molecular mechanism that allows damaged adult liver cells to regenerate, paving the way for design of drugs to boost regeneration in conditions such as cirrhosis or other chronic liver diseases where regeneration is impaired.
Quinoa is a healthy food many know and love. As its popularity grows, more farmers are interested in planting it. However, the plant doesn't do well in high temperatures, so plant breeders are trying to help.
Nature, Published online: 04 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1737-7 Heavier-than-air insect-scale aerial robots powered by soft artificial muscles can hover and also recover from in-flight collisions, illustrating the potential for developing next-generation agile soft robots.
Eating alone, once considered an oddity, has become commonplace for many across the Western world. Fast food chains are promoting eating on the go or "al desko". Why waste time in your busy day sitting down at a table with others?
Neuroscientists at the Bernstein Center Freiburg (BCF) of the University of Freiburg and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have decoded a significant process in the brain that in part contributes to the behavior of living beings. "One of the basic requirements for meaningful behavior is that networks in the brain produce precisely defined sequences of neuronal activity," says Prof
Researchers have developed a new technique that uses light to control the lifetime of a protein inside the cell. This method will allow scientists to better observe how specific proteins contribute to health, development and disease.
Nasa craft is second to travel beyond heliosphere but gives most detailed data yet Twelve billion miles from Earth, there is an elusive boundary that marks the edge of the sun's realm and the start of interstellar space. When Voyager 2, the longest-running space mission, crossed that frontier more than 40 years after its launch it sent a faint signal from the other side that scientists have now d
Tech is changing almost every aspect of modern life, and medicine and healthcare are no exception. New technologies are bringing quick advancement to areas that need them, and enabling rapid progress in everything from disease diagnosis to drug discovery. Neuroscientists are continuously learning more about the inner workings of the human brain , from where consciousness originates to how neurons
The first scientific results from the spacecraft's exit into interstellar space have been published, revealing a simpler departure than its predecessor — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An extremely unstable protein, Cln3, appears to be the master switch that activates cell division in budding yeast. Cln3 concentrations only reach high enough levels to trigger the cell division process when the rate of protein synthesis outpaces the rate of cell volume increase. University of Groningen scientists, together with colleagues in Switzerland, published this discovery in the journal Na
EMBL scientists have developed a new variant of the so-called Sleeping Beauty transposase. It has dramatically improved biochemical features, including enhanced stability and intrinsic cell penetrating properties. This transposase can be used for genome engineering of stem cells and therapeutic T cells. As such, it is extremely valuable for use in regenerative medicine and cancer immunotherapy. Th
Scientists have for the first time seen how the MYC protein, which plays a central role in cancer, binds to a key protein and controls important functions in the cell. The study, published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, is a collaboration between scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, and the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto, Canada. The new discovery may in the long te
In the quest for tomorrow's diagnostics, therapeutics, and bioproduced drugs and fine chemicals, synthetic biologists are assembling artificial networks of genes and modular regulatory elements, similar to the electronic circuits in computer chips. Introduced into cells, these networks can sense biological signals such as viruses and inflammation markers, or chemical substances, and respond by pro
An extremely unstable protein, Cln3, appears to be the master switch that activates cell division in budding yeast. Cln3 concentrations only reach high enough levels to trigger the cell division process when the rate of protein synthesis outpaces the rate of cell volume increase. University of Groningen scientists, together with colleagues in Switzerland, published this discovery in the journal Na
EMBL scientists have developed a new variant of the so-called Sleeping Beauty transposase. It has dramatically improved biochemical features, including enhanced stability and intrinsic cell penetrating properties. This transposase can be used for genome engineering of stem cells and therapeutic T cells. As such, it is extremely valuable for use in regenerative medicine and cancer immunotherapy. Th
Scientists have for the first time seen how the MYC protein, which plays a central role in cancer, binds to a key protein and controls important functions in the cell. The study, published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, is a collaboration between scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, and the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto, Canada. The new discovery may in the long te
With climate change, plants of the future will consume more water than in the present day, leading to less water available for people living in North America and Eurasia, according to a Dartmouth-led study in Nature Geoscience. The research suggests a drier future despite anticipated precipitation increases for places like the United States and Europe, populous regions already facing water stresse
In the quest for tomorrow's diagnostics, therapeutics, and bioproduced drugs and fine chemicals, synthetic biologists are assembling artificial networks of genes and modular regulatory elements, similar to the electronic circuits in computer chips. Introduced into cells, these networks can sense biological signals such as viruses and inflammation markers, or chemical substances, and respond by pro
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered how a potent bacterial toxin is able to target and kill MRSA, paving the way for potential new treatments for superbugs.
Supported single-atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as a new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis and have attracted broad interest for their demonstrated good catalytic performance due to high atomic efficiency and relatively homogeneous active sites.
An international team of researchers has used nanoparticles to deliver a drug—one that previously failed in clinical trials for pain—into specific compartments of nerve cells, dramatically increasing its ability to treat pain in mice and rats. The findings are published Nov. 4 in Nature Nanotechnology.
Multilevel societies have, until now, only been known to exist among large-brained mammals including humans, other primates, elephants, giraffes and dolphins. Now, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz report the existence of a multilevel society in a small-brained bird, the vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum). The study, published in Cu
hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are responsible for the constant replenishment of all blood cells throughout life. One of the major challenges in regenerative medicine is to produce tailor-made HSCs to replace the defective ones in patients suffering from blood-related diseases. This would circumvent the shortage of donor HSCs available for the clinic.
A provocative paper published today in the journal Nature Astronomy argues that the universe may curve around and close in on itself like a sphere, rather than lying flat like a sheet of paper as the standard theory of cosmology predicts. The authors reanalyzed a major cosmological data set and concluded that the data favors a closed universe with 99% certainty — even as other evidence suggests t
Swabs or urine self-sampling could be less invasive at identifying high-risk women Swabs or urine samples taken at home could be as effective at identifying women at high risk of cervical cancer as traditional smear tests, according to new research. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally. In the UK, women aged between 25 and 64 are invited for cervical screening every
Conotoxins are bioactive peptides found in the venom that marine cone snails produce for prey capture and defense. They are used as pharmacological tools to study pain signalling and have the potential to become a new class of analgesics. Scientists from the University of Vienna and the University of Queensland in Australia are experts in the field of venom drug discovery and have now provided an
ETH researchers are using synthetic biology to reprogram bacterial viruses — commonly known as bacteriophages — to expand their natural host range. This technology paves the way for the therapeutic use of standardized, synthetic bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections.
Researchers at the University of Sussex have developed a glue which can unstick when placed in a magnetic field, meaning products otherwise destined for landfill, could now be dismantled and recycled at the end of their life.
A new study featured in the journal Weed Science points to the formidable weed control challenges faced by growers today. Weeds have developed resistance to many existing herbicide options, and new herbicide discoveries have plummeted. As a result, nonchemical approaches are growing in importance.
The first scientific results from the spacecraft's exit into interstellar space have been published, revealing a simpler departure than its predecessor — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered how a potent bacterial toxin is able to target and kill MRSA, paving the way for potential new treatments for superbugs.
Multilevel societies have, until now, only been known to exist among large-brained mammals including humans, other primates, elephants, giraffes and dolphins. Now, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz report the existence of a multilevel society in a small-brained bird, the vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum). The study, published in Cu
hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are responsible for the constant replenishment of all blood cells throughout life. One of the major challenges in regenerative medicine is to produce tailor-made HSCs to replace the defective ones in patients suffering from blood-related diseases. This would circumvent the shortage of donor HSCs available for the clinic.
As a "corporate suit" (his words) and former VP of sustainability at McDonald's, Bob Langert works with companies and their strongest critics to find solutions that are good for both business and society. In this actionable talk, he shares stories from the decades-long transition into corporate sustainability at McDonald's — including his work with unlikely partners like the Environmental Defense
E lio and Oliver , the lovers at the center of André Aciman's 2007 novel, Call Me by Your Name , and its 2017 Oscar-winning film adaptation, have a claim to enjoying one of the most cherished gay trysts in all of modern fiction. Their love story was almost a death story. Aciman's novel began as a writing exercise about the author's plans for a visit to Italy. Along the way, it mutated into a tale
Researchers studied the gut microbiomes of dozens of NICU babies and followed them until they turned age four. They found the children became not only too short for their age, but too heavy for their height.
Amid rising concerns about low public trust in mainstream media institutions, a Rutgers study found that real-life and online social interactions can strongly influence a person's trust in newspaper, TV and online journalism — but when it comes to online interactions, cynical views are the most influential.
Scientists are now able to produce a wide range of sulfated aromatic compounds such as antifouling eelgrass acid, resveratrol and vanillic acid derivatives using microbial production hosts. This pioneering work could lead to new environmentally friendly anti-fouling paint for ships, as well as improved and sustainable nutraceuticals and medicine.
The chances of a patient with a serious mental illness ending up in hospital because of their condition are reduced by almost 40 per cent if they have a care plan, according to research from the University of York.
The CNIO team found that the enzyme FASN, overexpressed in many types of cancer, is crucial for one of the essential processes to occur by which a normal cell becomes cancerous. Blocking FASN in an animal model of aggressive breast cancer delayed the onset of tumours and extended survival by 68%. The results suggest exploring the preventive potential of FASN in the development of breast cancer.
In today's fast-paced digital age, information can become outdated rapidly and people must constantly update their memories. But changing our previous understanding of the news we hear or the products we use isn't always easy, even when holding onto falsities can have serious consequences.
Next-generation batteries will probably see the replacement of lithium ions by more abundant and environmentally benign alkali metal or multivalent ions. A major challenge, however, is the development of stable electrodes that combine high energy densities with fast charge and discharge rates. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, US and Chinese scientists report a high-performance cathode made of an
Researchers at the University of Sussex have developed a glue which can unstick when placed in a magnetic field, meaning products otherwise destined for landfill, could now be dismantled and recycled at the end of their life.
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