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UrduTiny mealworms may hold part of the solution to our giant plastics problem. Not only are they able to consume various forms of plastic, as previous Stanford research has shown, they can eat Styrofoam containing a common toxic chemical additive…
Month: December 2019
Study finds racial/ethnic disparities in pain treatment by emergency responders
Whether or not a patient receives pain treatment when seeking emergency medical services may depend, in part, on their race or ethnicity, according to a new study by Portland State researchers. The study was published in the journal Medical Care…
The ‘cores’ of massive galaxies had already formed 1.5 billion years after the big bang
A distant galaxy more massive than our Milky Way – with more than a trillion stars – has revealed that the ‘cores’ of massive galaxies in the Universe had formed already 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, about 1…
Improved 3D nanoprinting technique to build nanoskyscrapers
Simply adding ‘table salt’ helps to build self-stacked nanoarchitectures
Large UK study shows teenage girls far more likely to self-harm
Girls shown as the new ‘high-risk’ group – sexism and poverty are linked to poor mental health and wellbeing among 14-year-old girls
Walking and cycling to work linked with fewer heart attacks
Walking and cycling to work were associated with fewer heart attacks across 43 million adults in England, according to a new national study. Co-authored by Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, Olympic-medal winning triathletes and alumni of the University of Leeds, the…
CBT for social anxiety may have a protective effect on cells
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for patients with social anxiety not only helps to reduce anxiety levels but also seems to protect against accelerated cellular ageing, a study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Translational Psychiatry reports. “This…
Nearly 9 million injured worldwide by fire, heat, and hot substances in 2017
Eight countries, including the US, accounted for half of all heat-related deaths in 2017; ‘Prevention should be the first priority in reducing intolerable number of injuries & deaths’
Season of birth may be linked to risk of heart death
Spring and summer births associated with higher cardiovascular mortality, findings show
Sex in an MRI scanner — a look back at one of the most popular BMJ articles of all time
This Christmas marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of “Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal” in The BMJ . In its first year, it picked up the IgNobel prize for medicine,…
Psychiatrists most likely to speed while cardiologists most likely to drive luxury cars
But nobody gets off lightly, according to new study
Engaging with the arts linked to longer life
Everyone should have the chance to take part
A career in healthcare not as ‘honorable’ as sports, arts or media
Rates of receiving honors higher in other industries compared with healthcare
Global urban growth typified by suburbs, not skyscrapers
Analysis of 478 cities finds that much urban expansion is horizontal — and unsustainable
Caribbean settlement began in Greater Antilles, say University of Oregon researchers
Rigorous reexamination of radiocarbon dating of sites on 55 islands shoots down the idea that colonization moved step by step from south to north
Thawing permafrost affecting northern Alaska’s land-to-ocean river flows
UMass Amherst, multi-institution team see cascading effects of climate warming
Texas A&M study reveals domestic horse breed has third-lowest genetic diversity
A new study by Dr. Gus Cothran, professor emeritus at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has found that the Cleveland Bay (CB) horse breed has the third-lowest genetic variation level of domestic horses, ranking…
Fluorescence spectroscopy helps to evaluate meat quality
Scientists of Sechenov University jointly with their colleagues from Australia proposed a new, quicker and cheaper way to assess meat quality. It is based on exposing a small sample to UV light and measuring the spectrum of emission. The method…
Scientists of Samara Polytech have developed new lubricant oils with special properties
Lubricants will increase the flight safety of aviation and space facilities
SMU develops efficient methods to simulate how electromagnetic waves interact with devices
DALLAS (SMU) – It takes a tremendous amount of computer simulations to create a device like an MRI scanner that can image your brain by detecting electromagnetic waves propagating through tissue. The tricky part is figuring out how electromagnetic waves will…
New clues on dark matter from the darkest galaxies
A study by SISSA provides important information on its composition and on its interaction with luminous matter
‘Like a video game with health points,’ energy budgets explain evolutionary body size
Budgeting resources isn’t just a problem for humans preparing a holiday dinner, or squirrels storing up nuts for the winter. A new model of how animals budget their energy sheds light on how they live and explains why they tend…
Rick Sumner named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Department chair and endowed professor honored for research on joint replacements and their failure
Scientists discover a new mechanism in childhood kidney cancer
As an embryo develops, its cells must learn what to do with the thousands of genes they’ve been equipped with. That’s why each cell comes with a detailed gene-expression manual outlining exactly which genes should be switched on, to what…
Researchers identify possible link between cannabis use and structural changes to heart
Researchers identify possible link between cannabis use and structural changes to heart. Regular cannabis use could affect the structure and function of the heart, research led by a team at Queen Mary University of London suggests. Analysing MRI images from…
Solar power from ‘the dark side’ unlocked by a new formula
Engineers calculate the ultimate potential of next-generation solar panels
Open-source system securing software updates ‘graduates’ to protect leading cloud services
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other leading cloud companies have adopted technology developed at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
NASA’s Webb telescope to search for young brown dwarfs and rogue planets
How small are the smallest celestial objects that form like stars, but don’t produce their own light? How common are they compared to full-fledged stars? How about “rogue planets,” which formed around stars before being tossed into interstellar space? When…
New NASA-funded CubeSat poised to take Earth’s temperature from space
All of a sudden a tiny NASA-funded satellite, one of many passengers aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, shot into the sky on a mission to prove its new technology could change the way we measure Earth, and eventually, the Moon.…
NASA’s GISMO instrument maps inner Milky Way, sees cosmic ‘candy cane’
A feature resembling a candy cane appears at the center of this colorful composite image of our Milky Way galaxy’s central zone. But this is no cosmic confection. It spans 190 light-years and is one of a set of long,…
Study: Human management helps rare plants, butterflies survive hurricane
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that ongoing habitat management could help prevent hurricane-driven extinctions. The study found that a rare Florida plant, the pineland croton, weathered the damage from Hurricane Irma better in plots that were…
Is targeting aging the future of medicine? Researchers make the case
Human life expectancy worldwide rose dramatically over the past century, but people’s health spans — the period of life spent free from chronic, age-related disease or disability — have not increased accordingly. But in the latest issue of the journal…
Hebrew U researcher cracks Newton’s elusive ‘3-body’ problem
Chaos leads scientists to new understanding of centuries’-old quandary
Different mutations in a single gene can wreak many types of havoc in brain cells
The study suggests that a full understanding of each mutation will be required to tailor treatments to individual patients
Shigella strain resistant to all oral antibiotics circulating in Victoria
Researchers have reported an extremely drug-resistant strain of Shigella circulating in Victoria with the vast majority of cases occurring in men who have sex with men. Shigella could previously be treated by oral antibiotics at home, the strain identified by…
Researchers discover how ant species uses abdomen for extra power during jumps
Researchers in the department of entomology at the University of Illinois have shown how a species of ant uses its abdomen to add speed to its jump, in a recent study published in Integrative Organismal Biology
Parental coaching adolescents through peer stress
URBANA, Ill. – During early adolescence, especially the transition to middle school, kids face a number of challenges both socially and academically. Peer rejection, bullying, and conflict with friends are common social stressors. These challenges can affect adolescents’ ability to…
Health impact of support between African American couples when dealing with racial discrimination
URBANA, Ill. – Experiences of racial discrimination are a common source of stress for African Americans, and research shows discrimination can have a damaging impact on the physical and emotional health of African American individuals. Family studies researchers at the…
Single-molecule detection of cancer markers brings liquid biopsy closer to clinic
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A fast, inexpensive yet sensitive technique to detect cancer markers is bringing researchers closer to a “liquid biopsy” – a test using a small sample of blood or serum to detect cancer, rather than the invasive tissue…
Nanopores can identify the amino acids in proteins, the first step to sequencing
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While DNA sequencing is a useful tool for determining what’s going on in a cell or a person’s body, it only tells part of the story. Protein sequencing could soon give researchers a wider window into a…
Researchers determine age for last known settlement by a direct ancestor to modern humans
Homo erectus , one of modern humans’ direct ancestors, was a wandering bunch. After the species dispersed from Africa about two million years ago, it colonized the ancient world, which included Asia and possibly Europe. But about 400,000 years ago,…
Mentoring project deepened student learning, commitment
Research shows working with a mentor accelerated understanding of the organization development field
Switching cereals in India for improved nutrition, sustainability
UD study shows how India can help itself by diversifying its crop production
Concussions common among college students, more prevalent off the field than on
Concussions are more than twice as prevalent among college students than previously believed and significantly more likely to occur off the playing field than on, according to a three-year study published Dec. 18 in the journal JAMA Network Open .…
Zika vaccine protects fetus in pregnant monkeys
An experimental vaccine against the Zika virus reduced the amount of virus in pregnant rhesus macaques and improved fetal outcomes. The work could help support development and approval of the experimental Zika DNA vaccine VRC5283, which is currently in early…
A prestigious recognition
Computer hardware and software professors are honored by the Association for Computing Machinery
Cancer therapy may be aided by induced macropinocytosis, a rare form of cell death
In preclinical experiments, a metabolic inhibitor killed a variety of human cancer cells of the skin, breast, lung, cervix and soft tissues
Solving the puzzle of IgG4-related disease, the elusive autoimmune disorder
Scientists piece together the inflammation mechanism in IgG4-related disease, an autoimmune condition with no current cure, revealing possible therapeutic targets
Parkinson’s symptoms improve with weekly regimens of both physical and cognitive exercises
Parkinson’s patients’ motor and non-motor symptoms were improved with a weekly exercise regimen that included physical and cognitive tasks, according to new research presented today (18 December) at The Physiological Society early career conference, Future Physiology 2019: Translating Cellular Mechanisms…
Perpetual predator-prey population cycles
Research sheds light on a fundamental question in ecology almost as old as the science of ecology itself