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UrduHumankind will need to harness carbon capture and storage technologies to help keep global warming to 2 degrees C or less; new research shows that there’s plenty of room to store captured CO2 — in offshore geologic rock formations
Month: December 2019
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…
Three American Association for Anatomy members named AAAS fellows
Three distinguished members of the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) have been elected by their American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) peers to the 2019 Class of AAAS Fellows. They are: D. Rick Sumner, Ph.D., AAA President and…
Quantum dot technology invisibly records vaccination history on skin
A research team has created a microneedle platform using fluorescent quantum dots that can deliver vaccines and invisibly encode vaccination history in the skin. The dots, which can be detected in infrared with smartphones, resisted photobleaching (simulating five years of…
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…
Different approaches to ‘zero-sum’ thinking, contribute to political divide
The politics of zero-sum thinking: The relationship between political ideology and the belief that life is a zero-sum game
Understanding social inequality worldwide
Volkswagen Foundation funds UoC project
Deprivation strongly linked to hospital admissions
Effect strongest among manual workers and individuals with low educational attainment
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,…
Depression and suicide risk linked to air pollution
People exposed to higher levels of air pollution are more likely to experience depression or die by suicide, finds a new analysis led by UCL. The first systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence connecting air pollution and a range of…
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
Deployment of 5G technology in drones and robots
Horizon 2020 research project coordinated by the UC3M
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 .…
Investment in medical and health R&D not keeping up with needs of nation
ARLINGTON, Va.–December 18, 2019 — Total U.S. investment in medical and health research and development (R&D) grew by 6.4% from 2017 to 2018, reaching $194.2 billion. For the third straight year, the growth-rate of medical and health R&D investment outpaced…
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…
Little reason for moral panicking after #MeToo
Go ahead, hug your colleague: People generally agree on what constitutes sexual harassment
A prestigious recognition
Computer hardware and software professors are honored by the Association for Computing Machinery
Forgetfulness might depend on time of day
Mouse study connects body clock and memory recall
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
Study suggests early-life exposure to dogs may lessen risk of developing schizophrenia
Findings do not link similar contact with cats to either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
Immune to influence
A study published in the journal Vaccine provides the first rigorous look at how our attitudes towards vaccines (here: the flu vaccine) are shaped by online forces. University of Konstanz psychologists from both DFG Clusters of Excellence–“Centre for the Advanced…
Storing medical information below the skin’s surface
Specialized dye, delivered along with a vaccine, could enable ‘on-patient’ storage of vaccination history
Online hate speech could be contained like a computer virus, say Cambridge researchers
The spread of hate speech via social media could be tackled using the same “quarantine” approach deployed to combat malicious software, according to University of Cambridge researchers. Definitions of hate speech vary depending on nation, law and platform, and just…
Pregnant women with HIV often not given recommended treatment
BOSTON – Women living with HIV who are also pregnant don’t always receive recommended antiretroviral medications, according to a recent study of prescribing patterns carried out by a MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) researcher in collaboration with other members of…
Working women healthier even after retirement age
Study shows that women who worked consistently during their prime midlife working years had better physical health than non-working women later in life
Tracking thermodynamic fundamentals
Kiel physicists determine the barely measurable property entropy for the first time in complex plasmas
Getting a good night’s sleep complicated by menopause
New study demonstrates increase in sleep disorders as women transition from perimenopause to postmenopause
Researchers support new strategies for HIV control
The search for a cure to AIDS has partly focused on ways to eradicate infected cells. Now, new research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. shows that this approach may not be necessary…
Stevia remains the most discussed low/zero-calorie sweetener
Helping to make diet resolutions successful in the new year
Vaping of marijuana on the rise among teens
NIH’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey finds continuing declines in prescription opioid misuse, tobacco cigarettes, and alcohol
Were greener areas around schools associated with lower likelihood of ADHD symptoms?
Bottom Line: Attending schools in greener areas appears to be associated with a lower likelihood of having symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in this observational study of children in China. There were 59,754 children (ages 2 to 17) included, of…
Children with HIV score below HIV-negative peers in cognitive, motor function tests
Disparity worsens over time despite early HIV treatment, NIH study finds
Heart transplants from donors positive for hepatitis C
What The Study Did: Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, report in this case series on 80 patients who had heart transplants using hearts from donors positive for hepatitis C. To access the embargoed study: Visit our…
How common are concussions not related to sports among college undergrads?
What The Study Did: Researchers in this observational study looked at the number of concussions(both sports-related and not related to sports) experienced by undergraduate students at a large U.S. public university over three academic years. To access the embargoed study:…
Even with early treatment, HIV still attacks young brains, says MSU study
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The vast majority of children living with HIV today are in sub-Saharan Africa. While early antiretroviral therapy, or ART, has ensured less deadly outcomes for children living with and exposed to HIV, studies show the virus…
Association of household with risk of first psychiatric hospitalization in Finland
What The Study Did: National registry data for 6.2 million people in Finland from 1996 to 2014 were used to examine how household income was associated with risk for a first admission to a psychiatric hospital for treatment of a mental…
New space image reveals cosmic ‘candy cane’
Center of milky way galaxy stitched together by new wavelength data
Breakthrough science provides hope for disease that affects 1.5 million people in US
Today the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM ) publishes research led by Monash University Professor Eric Morand that offers the first real hope for the treatment of lupus, a disease which affects 1.5 million people in the…
Perpetual predator-prey population cycles
Research sheds light on a fundamental question in ecology almost as old as the science of ecology itself
Australian desalination plant attracts fish
With growing populations and climate uncertainty, water security is a global concern. Many nations operate desalination plants, which remove salt from seawater to make it drinkable. These facilities typically discharge excess salt as hypersaline brine back into the ocean, with…
Preparing for extreme sea levels depends on location, time, UCF study finds
Using historical data from tide gauges that line US coasts, researchers created an extreme sea level indicator
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
Artificial intelligence identifies previously unknown features associated with cancer recurrence
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) in Japan has successfully found features in pathology images from human cancer patients, without annotation, that could be understood by human doctors. Further, the AI identified…
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…
Rates of depression and substance use higher for pregnant teens, study finds
LONDON, ON – Researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Brescia University College found that teenage pregnant women are more likely to live in poverty, have poorer mental health and have higher rates of substance use. There are limited Canadian…
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
Two-year Ellipsys data featured at annual Controversies in Dialysis Access (CiDA) Meeting
Innovative endoAVF technology is a ‘true paradigm shift’ in dialysis access, leading physicians say
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