Month: December 2019

More activity linked to lower risk for several cancer types

Project to reflect on the sustainable food system we want by 2030

The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is bringing together players in the Basque food system to reflect on research and innovation as part of the European Fit4Food2030 project

Paving the way for spintronic RAMs: A deeper look into a powerful spin phenomenon

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Tech) explore a new material combination that sets the stage for magnetic random access memories, which rely on spin–an intrinsic property of electrons– and could outperform current storage devices. Their breakthrough published in a…

Hematopoietic stem cell marker: A key player in the ontogeny of hematopoiesis

A group of researchers at Osaka University revealed that ESAM (Endothelial cell-selective adhesion molecule), a surface marker for hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and vascular endothelial cells (ECs), played an important role in the ontogeny of hematopoiesis in mice, particularly in…

Development of ultrathin durable membrane for efficient oil and water separation

Researchers led by Professor MATSUYAMA Hideto and Professor YOSHIOKA Tomohisa at Kobe University’s Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology have succeeded in developing an ultrathin membrane with a fouling-resistant silica surface treatment for high performance separation of oil from…

Finally, machine learning interprets gene regulation clearly

In this age of “big data,” artificial intelligence (AI) has become a valuable ally for scientists. Machine learning algorithms, for instance, are helping biologists make sense of the dizzying number of molecular signals that control how genes function. But as…

The brain can combine natural and artificial vision to help treat common form of blindness

Macular degeneration (AMD) causes blindness in millions of people in the Western world. It is the most common cause of severe vision loss in the Western world among those aged 50 and over, and its prevalence increases with age. Though…

FEFU scientists participate in development of ceramic materials that are IR-transparent

Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) teamed up with colleagues from Institute of Chemistry (FEB RAS), Institute for Single Crystals (Ukraine), and Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) to develop Y2O3?MgO nanocomposite ceramics with uniform distribution of…

Proton therapy lowers risk of side effects in cancer compared to traditional radiation

Study found protons led to two-thirds reduction in unplanned hospitalizations

NASA satellite tracks tropical storm Phanfone into the South China Sea

Tropical Storm Phanfone brought typhoon-force winds and heavy rains across sections of the Philippines on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Phanfone is known as Ursula in the Philippines. Now the storm has moved into the South China Sea and NASA’s…

NASA-NOAA satellite finds development of Tropical Cyclone Sarai

Imagery from NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite showed that a tropical low-pressure area has consolidated and organized in the Southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji. Tropical Storm Sarai has formed to the west of Fiji. Fiji is an archipelago, consisting of more…

In vivo imaging of CREB dynamics: Coupling sensory experience to activity

Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have developed a first-of-its-kind approach for studying the experience driven activity of transcription factors in vivo

Transcendental Meditation prevents abnormal enlargement of the heart, reduces chronic heart failure

A randomized controlled study recently published in Ethnicity & Disease in their Autumn 2019 Hypertension issue found that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique helps to prevent abnormal enlargement of the heart compared to health education (HE) controls. Also known as…

High BMI may improve cancer survival

Study shows link to immunotherapy

Imaging to examine brain architecture association with mood, attentional symptoms

What The Study Did: Researchers looked at whether certain patterns of connectivity between specific regions of the brain in children at age 7 (measured by magnetic resonance imaging) were associated with later development of symptoms related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and…

In leap for quantum computing, silicon quantum bits establish a long-distance relationship

Princeton scientists demonstrate that two silicon quantum bits can communicate across relatively long distances in a turning point for the technology

Researchers identify that mosquitoes can sense toxins through their legs

Researchers at LSTM have identified a completely new mechanism by which mosquitoes that carry malaria are becoming resistant to insecticide. After studying both Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii, two major malaria vectors in West Africa, they found that a particular…

Intermittent fasting: live ‘fast,’ live longer?

For many people, the New Year is a time to adopt new habits as a renewed commitment to personal health. Newly enthusiastic fitness buffs pack into gyms and grocery stores are filled with shoppers eager to try out new diets.…

Inputs to the motor cortex make dexterous movements possible in mice

In a sleepy haze, reaching out and grabbing the coffee cup in front of you seems to happen on autopilot. But your caffeine-deprived brain is working hard. It’s collecting sensory information and other kinds of feedback – clues about where…

Brain-like functions emerging in a metallic nanowire network

Emerging fluctuation-based functionalities are expected to open a way to novel memory device technology

Archaeologists found the burial of Scythian Amazon with a head dress on Don

Valerii Guliaev, the head of Don expedition, announced the first results of the examination on the 6th of December at the session of Academic Council of IA RAS. “Such head dresses have been found a bit more than two dozen…

A better testing method for patients with Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that manifests through symptoms such as tremor, slow movements, limb rigidity and gait and balance problems. As such, nearly all diagnostic testing revolves around how a patient moves and requires the patient to walk…

Scientists reveal function of histone variant H2A.Z in DNA replication selection

The research published in Nature on Dec. 25th, 2019, led by Dr. LI Guohong and Dr. ZHU Mingzhao from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has demonstrated that the histone variant H2A.Z facilitates the licensing and…

East Asia VLBI Network observations of the TeV Gamma-Ray Burst 190114C

Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB), generated in distant galaxies, is the most energetic astronomical event in the Universe. The physical origins of GRBs are still not well understood. From two widely-used theoretical models, a GRB is thought to be originated from the…

Researchers map malaria parasites proliferate in human blood cells

Malaria parasites transform healthy red blood cells into rigid versions of themselves that clump together, hindering the transportation of oxygen. The infectious disease affects more than 200 million people across the world and causes nearly half a million deaths every…

Acupuncture’s impact on the body, mind and spirit

Stuart Lightbody’s The 361 Classical Acupuncture Points

Why isn’t there a vaccine for staph?

A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help explain why previous attempts to develop a staph vaccine have failed, while also suggesting a new approach to vaccine design that focuses on activating an untapped set of immune cells, as well as immunizing against staph within the first few days after birth.

Cellular culprit suspected of pushing dengue fever from bad to worse is cleared by advanced transcriptomics

No one knows what makes a mild dengue viral infection morph into a severe and sometimes deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. Experts previously believed the likely cause was ramped up activity of T cells, which can massively boost an immune response to a virus. Now, however, researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), have found definitive evidence that CD4 T cells, one of two main subtypes of T cells, are not to blame.

Muchos pacientes jóvenes con cáncer de estómago tienen enfermedad diferenciada, descubren investigadores de Mayo Clinic

Muchas personas menores de 60 años con cáncer de estómago tienen una enfermedad “diferenciada genética y clínicamente”, descubrió un nuevo estudio de Mayo Clinic. Comparado con el cáncer de estómago en adultos de más edad, este nuevo tipo de aparición temprana suele desarrollarse y diseminarse con mayor rapidez, tiene peor pronóstico y es más resistente a la quimioterapia tradicional.

Researchers Probe Emerging Mesothelioma Treatment Targeting PP2A and CDK

A collaborative study of researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of Temple University, University of Siena, and from the Spanish Center for the Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra have discovered a novel targetable axis in mesothelioma patients.

Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease, Mayo research discovers

Many people under 60 who develop stomach cancer have a “genetically and clinically distinct” disease, new Mayo Clinic research has discovered. Compared to stomach cancer in older adults, this new, early onset form often grows and spreads more quickly, has a worse prognosis, and is more resistant to traditional chemotherapy treatments.

Why isn’t there a vaccine for staph?

New approach points to untapped immune cells, early immunization

NASA sees Typhoon Phanfone landfall in the Philippines

Typhoon Phanfone, known locally in the Philippines as Ursula, was making landfall in the central part of the country when NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead on Dec. 24. Suomi NPP’s VIIRS instrument provided a visible image of Phanfone that…

Cellular culprit suspected of pushing dengue fever from bad to worse is cleared by transcripts

LA JOLLA, CA–No one knows what makes a mild dengue viral infection morph into a severe and sometimes deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. Experts previously believed the likely cause was ramped up activity of T cells, which can massively…

A molecular map of the brain’s decision-making area

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have come one step closer toward understanding how the part of our brain that is central for decision-making and the development of addiction is organized on a molecular level. In mouse models and with methods used…

Mouse pups born from eggs derived from the granulosa cells that surround oocytes

By introducing a chemical cocktail to granulosa cells, researchers in China induced the cells to transform into functional oocytes in mice. Once fertilized, these oocytes were then successfully able to produce healthy offspring, showing no differences from naturally bred mice.…

Preoperative levels of heart proteins may help predict death or cardiac complications in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

1. Preoperative levels of heart proteins may help predict death or cardiac complications in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery Abstract: http://annals. org/ aim/ article/ doi/ 10. 7326/ M19-2501 Editorial: http://annals. org/ aim/ article/ doi/ 10. 7326/ M19-3718 URLs go live when…

Bacteria can ‘outsmart’ programmed cell death

Certain bacteria can override a defence mechanism of the immune system, so called programmed cell death, through inhibition of death effector molecules by their outer membranes components. Shigella bacteria, which cause diarrhoea, use lipopolysaccharides (LPS) on their surface to block…

New technology allows control of gene therapy doses

JUPITER, Fla. — Dec. 23, 2019 — Scientists at Scripps Research in Jupiter have developed a special molecular switch that could be embedded into gene therapies to allow doctors to control dosing. The feat, reported in the scientific journal Nature…

AI achieved a score of 185 on the English written exam of the National Center Test For University Admissions in 2019

The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT, CEO: Jun Sawada) took the English written exam of the 2019 National Center Test for University Admissions and achieved high marks of 185 points (64.1 T-score). This reflects its research and development of…

Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease, Mayo research discovers

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Many people under 60 who develop stomach cancer have a “genetically and clinically distinct” disease, new Mayo Clinic research has discovered. Compared to stomach cancer in older adults, this new, early onset form often grows and spreads…

IKBFU astrophysicists have developed a theory explaining the ‘Dark Energy’ phenomenon

The fact that our Universe is expanding was discovered almost a hundred years ago, but how exactly this happens, scientists realized only in the 90s of the last century, when powerful telescopes (including orbital ones) appeared and the era of exact cosmo

Large scale feasts at ancient capital of Ulster drew crowds from across Iron Age Ireland