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Month: December 2019
MASS: An integrative software program for streamlined morphometric analyses of leaves
Analysis of leaf shape and size is a cornerstone of botany, and is crucial in answering a variety of ecological, evolutionary, genetic, and agricultural questions. However, the software packages used to conduct these morphometric analyses can be cumbersome, and sometimes…
Insights into psoriasis suggest a new treatment target
Discovery implicates defective stem cell behavior as a possible cause of chronic skin disease
Low-dose aspirin may not help African-Americans prevent heart attack
Journal of the American Heart Association Report
Plant researchers examine bread aroma: Modern and old wheat varieties taste equally good
Publication by HHU and the University of Hohenheim in Food Research International
One-third of recent global methane increase comes from tropical Africa
Concentrations of methane, a greenhouse gas about 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide, have risen steadily in Earth’s atmosphere since 2007. Although several potential explanations, including an increase in methane emissions from the tropics, could account for this upsurge,…
Helping plant nurseries reduce runoff
You may have heard how excess nutrients, such as phosphorus, can run off of crop fields. This can cause harm when the nutrients end up in rivers and lakes. However, there are other sources of excess nutrients you might not…
Diet, not exercise, may be key to addressing our biggest cause of liver disease
Edith Cowan University researchers have found that a chronic disease affecting up to 80 per cent of overweight people may be causing an iron deficiency that simply leaves them too tired to get off the couch. Fatty liver disease affects…
A machine learning approach to identify functional human phosphosites
New resource for identifying functional human phosphosites relevant for diverse biological processes and disease
Illumination drives bats out of caves
No matter the color of the light
Thunderquakes make underground fiber optic telecommunications cables hum
SAN FRANCISCO–Telecommunications lines designed for carrying internet and phone service can pick up the rumble of thunder underground, potentially providing scientists with a new way of detecting environmental hazards and imaging deep inside the Earth. [ Listen to a thunderquake…
Advancing frozen food safety: Cornell develops novel food safety assessment tool
Tool for companies to assess individual production lot risks based on various scenarios
World’s largest computing society announces 2019 Fellows
58 innovators selected from around the world
Uncovering how endangered pangolins, or ‘scaly anteaters,’ digest food
The endangered Sunda pangolin, or “scaly anteater,” is a widely trafficked mammal, prized in some cultures for its meat and scales. Little is known about these animals, and raising rescued pangolins is tricky. In the wild, they eat termites and…
New spray gel could help take the bite out of frostbite
Mountaineers and winter sports enthusiasts know the dangers of frostbite — the tissue damage that can occur when extremities, such as the nose, ears, fingers and toes, are exposed to very cold temperatures. However, it can be difficult to get…
New insect virus provides a safer platform for flavivirus vaccines and tests
A research team has identified a new species of virus specific to insects that can be engineered to house genes from related viruses that cause diseases such as Zika and yellow fever. By serving as a platform for recombinant approaches,…
A likely trigger of tropical glacier melt 20,000 years ago
High-latitude warming initiated the onset of the last deglaciation in the tropics
Recommendations for responding to the Fridays for Future movement
The level of public concern about climate change has risen significantly in recent years. The Fridays for Future movement enjoys broad political and public support, but this has so far not translated into tangible changes. The Institute for Advanced Sustainability…
Researchers develop approach to alter intestinal microbiota, vaccinate against inflammatory diseases
ATLANTA–Targeted immunization against bacterial flagellin, a protein that forms the appendage that enables bacterial mobility, can beneficially alter the intestinal microbiota, decreasing the bacteria’s ability to cause inflammation and thus protecting against an array of chronic inflammatory diseases, according to…
The secret to a long life? For worms, a cellular recycling protein is key
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that worms live longer lives if they produce excess levels of a protein, p62, which recognizes toxic cell proteins that are tagged for destruction. The discovery, published in Nature Communications, could help uncover treatments for age-related conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, which are often caused by accumulation of misfolded proteins.
Blood pressure drug could help problem drinkers: QUT research
A drug used to treat high blood pressure may alleviate anxiety induced by long-term heavy alcohol use, and also halt the damage such drinking can cause to the brain’s ability to grow new cells, research at the Queensland University of…
The songwriter is creative — the singer, not so much
Study examines how Nashville songwriters co-write with stars
Shrinking of Greenland’s glaciers began accelerating in 2000, research finds
Satellite images show first 34-year record of ice melt on the island
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from smokestacks for cleaner industrial emissions
CORVALLIS, Ore. – An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better way to scrub carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions, which could be a key to mitigating global climate change. Published today in Nature…
Crucial collaboration: Expanding naval capability through ties with industry, academia
ARLINGTON, Va.–The secret sauce of successful naval acquisitions requires a vital ingredient: partnerships, particularly among government, industry and academia. To cultivate new partnerships and enhance naval capabilities–as well as bolster existing relationships–the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Technology Transfer (T2)…
There’s a new squid in town
Scientists find and classify species of bobtail squid in Okinawa
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification leading up to asteroid impact
NTU Singapore scientists convert plastics into useful chemicals using sunlight
Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste into valuable chemicals by using sunlight. In lab experiments, the research team mixed plastics with their catalyst in a solvent, which allows the…
Revealing the physics of the sun with Parker Solar Probe
Nearly a year and a half into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned gigabytes of data on the Sun and its atmosphere. Following the release of the very first science from the mission, five researchers presented additional new findings…
NASA’s Operation IceBridge completes 11 years of polar surveys
For eleven years from 2009 through 2019, the planes of NASA’s Operation IceBridge flew above the Arctic, Antarctic and Alaska, gathering data on the height, depth, thickness, flow and change of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. Designed to collect…
(Noise-) less is more
Development of high precision 3D circuit simulator allows for electromagnetic noise-less circuit layout
A new early whale, Aegicetus gehennae, and the evolution of modern whale locomotion
New whale represents an intermediate stage between foot-powered and tail-powered swimming
A developement kit to protect your data on the web
With a simple click on “I agree”, often without reading any disclaimer about privacy and data management, we give away personal information to get free access to online services. We do not have the possibility to control and negotiate, compelled…
Real-time photoacoustic thermometry of tumors during HIFU treatment in living subjects
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment is a non-invasive method that removes unhealthy tissues and tumors by delivering high intensity ultrasound waves from outside of the body to the lesion. It does only a minimal damage to the normal tissues…
How light a foldable and long-lasting battery can be?
With the launch of wearable devices and smartphones that require high capacity of electricity such as foldable phones and 5G phones, the interest in batteries are increasing and various battery types are developed. For example, flexible batteries embedded in the…
Site search: A digital approach to proteins and cancer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – What if scientists could create more effective drugs to treat cancers and other diseases by better targeting specific sites on proteins in the body? That’s the primary question researchers in the Purdue University laboratory of Carol…
Startup developing solar-powered crop-drying devices forms new partnership
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – JUA Technologies International, a Purdue University-affiliated startup developing solar-powered crop-drying devices, is partnering with BrazAgro Ltd., a supplier of Brazilian farm machinery, to distribute its solar-drying tray. Dehytray is a solar-drying solution for small and mid-size…
Pioneering nanotechnology cloud — nanoHUB — looks to future
A pioneering cloud and global gateway for nanotechnology research and education has received a National Science Foundation grant renewal, completing its 20-year mission while looking to the future to create new technologies. The cloud, known as nanoHUB, was developed through…
Princeton researchers listen in on the chemical conversation of the human microbiome
Princeton researchers have developed new computational and experimental tools to identify microbial small molecules encoded in clinical samples, allowing scientists to explore microbial-host interactions and to mine the human microbiome for drug discovery
Government regimes may be learning new Twitter tactics to quash dissent
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When protesters use social media to attract attention and unify, people in power may respond with tweeting tactics designed to distract and confuse, according to a team of political scientists. In a study of Twitter interactions…
Fiber-optic cables capture thunderquake rumbles
Underground fiber-optic cables, like those that connect the world through phone and internet service, hold untapped potential for monitoring severe weather, according to scientists at Penn State. Researchers turned miles of cables under the University Park campus into thousands of…
Scientists eager to explain brain rhythm boost’s broad impact in Alzheimer’s models
The sweeping extent to which increasing 40Hz “gamma” rhythm power in the brain can affect the pathology and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models has been surprising, even to the MIT neuroscientists who’ve pioneered the idea. So surprising, in…
NASA finds Tropical Storm Belna’s heavy rainfall potential shrinks
Tropical Storm Belna weakened after it made landfall in northwestern Madagascar, and infrared imagery from NASA showed how the area of strong storms within had diminished. Cold cloud top temperatures can tell forecasters if a tropical cyclone has the potential…
Bumblebees exposed to Chernobyl-levels of radiation consume more nectar
The study simulated Chernobyl-levels of radiation exposure in a laboratory to investigate the impacts it may be having on insects inhabiting the exclusion zone. Although it has been previously found that bumblebees are sensitive to radiation, few studies have investigated…
Modulation of proliferation factors in lung adenocarcinoma with an analysis of the transcriptional consequences of genomic EGFR activation
The cover for issue 65 of Oncotarget features Figure 7, ‘EGFR activated cases compared to pathway markers,’ by Kucherlapati, et al.
Increasing transparency in the healthcare sector: More might not be better
New research details how to properly work healthcare transparency and increase social welfare
New insights to major disease pathways
Chemical tool identifies hundreds of modified proteins
It’s time to explain country in indigenous terms
Australia’s First Nations people have unique ties to the land
American SASA thanks House Ways and Means Committee for its work to address surprise medical bills
Today, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) on behalf of its 54,000 members thanked the House Ways and Means Committee for its framework to address surprise medical bills. “We are committed to protecting patients from surprise medical bills and are…
APS tip sheet: Dark matter’s galactic emissions and game theory of vaccination
A Bright Day for Dark Matter December 11, 2019 – An abundance of mysterious gamma radiation exists in the center of the Milky Way, called the Galactic Center GeV Excess. Previous research determined that this enigmatic radiation likely came from…