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UrduNew fossil animal named after the goddess Athena shows how sea lilies’ arms evolved
Month: December 2019
Urban growth causes more biodiversity loss outside of cities
Researchers assess direct and indirect effects of urban growth on a global scale
Creating switchable plasmons in plastics
Conductive polymer nanoantennas for dynamic organic plasmonics
Lactobacillus balances gut microbiome and improves chronic-alcohol-induced liver injury
New Rochelle, NY, December 9, 2019–Researchers demonstrated that Lactobacillus rhamnosus can dose-dependently reestablish a balanced intestinal microbiome and counter the liver-damaging effects of alcohol consumption in mice to reverse the results of chronic alcohol-induced liver injury. The design, results, and…
New tool to assess digital addiction in children
New Rochelle, NY, December 9, 2019–A new study developed and validated a tool for assessing children’s overall addiction to digital devices. The study, which found that more than 12% of children ages 9-12 years were at risk of addiction to…
Coral growth video wins Nikon Small World In Motion Contest
WOODS HOLE, Mass. — Philippe Laissue of University of Essex, U.K., a Whitman investigator at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), has won first place in the Nikon Small World in Motion Competition, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious…
MMR vaccine-eligible children traveling abroad fail to get vaccinated
BOSTON – While most U.S. infant and preschool-aged international travelers are eligible for measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination prior to departure, almost 60 percent of eligible young travelers were not vaccinated during pretravel consultation, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found.…
Nanowire detects Abrikosov vortices
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have demonstrated the possibility of detecting Abrikosov vortices penetrating through a superconductor-ferromagnet interface. The…
Russian astrophysicists discovered a neutron star with an unusual magnetic field structure
Scientists from Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), and Pulkovo Observatory discovered a unique neutron star, the magnetic field of which is apparent only when the star is seen under…
Cities and their rising impacts on biodiversity — a global overview
The rapid expansion of cities around the world is having an enormous impact on biodiversity. To gain a clearer picture of the situation, an international group of scientists, including Professor Andrew Gonzalez from McGill’s Biology Department, surveyed over 600 studies…
Secret behind diabetes drug’s benefits revealed
Metformin shows benefits on aging and a number of diverse diseases
Major political events linked to mood decline among young US doctors
Findings support left leaning political affiliation among physicians in recent years
When penguins ruled after dinosaurs died
Chatham Island provides missing link in evolution
Common genetic link between autism and Tourette’s impairs brain communication
Lancaster University researchers have discovered, for the first time, how a genetic alteration that increases the risk of developing Autism and Tourette’s impacts on the brain. Their research also suggests that ketamine, or related drugs, may be a useful treatment…
Award to create clinical solution for life-threatening preemie condition
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Chosen Diagnostics Inc, a spin-out company, a $299,641 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award. Based on an LSU Health…
The Arctic atmosphere — A gathering place for dust?
For the first time during the MOSAiC expedition, a multi-wavelength lidar provides data on fine dust in the central Arctic during polar night.
The Antarctic: study from Kiel provides data about the structure of the icy continent
European Space Agency publishes a 3D model of the Antarctic
Sport-related concussions
Altered hand movement behavior in concussed athletes underlie the diagnosis
Volcano F is the origin of the floating stones
GEOMAR researchers publish study on pumice raft in the Southwest Pacific
Green hydrogen: Research to enhance efficiency
HZDR experiment comes up with important steps towards optimizing water electrolysis
Tackling air pollution: researchers present emissions inventory for Nepal
Data on emission amounts and sources have an important role to play in shaping policy on climate protection and air quality. Now, scientists from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, Germany, have presented the first high-resolution inventory…
A tech jewel: Converting graphene into diamond film
Synthesis of the thinnest possible diamond-like material starting from bilayer graphene and without high pressure
Climate change and the threat to global breadbaskets
Climate change is not just resulting in a steady increase in temperatures, but also in an increased frequency and severity of extreme climatic events, like droughts, heat waves, and floods. These extreme conditions are particularly damaging for agriculture. Climate variability…
Ultrafast stimulated emission microscopy of single nanocrystals in Science
The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed dream for years. It was not until the dawn of the 21st century that nanotechnology and femtoscience gradually merged together and the…
Identification of a key protein linked to ageing
Ageing is a dramatic public health issue in the face of the current demographic changes: the proportion of 60 and over in the world’s population will almost double by 2050. In this context, a new discovery has just broadened scientific…
Regional trends in overdose deaths reveal multiple opioid epidemics, according to new study
AMES, Iowa – The United States is suffering from several different simultaneous opioid epidemics, rather than just a single crisis, according to an academic study of deaths caused by drug overdoses. David Peters, an associate professor of sociology at Iowa…
Major grant funds educational outcomes study of New Jersey children with special needs
Drs. Botticello and O’Neill of Kessler Foundation will collaborate with Children’s Specialized Hospital to study how the educational experiences of children with special health care needs are affected by pediatric rehabilitation
New clues to the link between ALS and type 2 diabetes
Patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often suffer from type 2 diabetes. This phenomenon has since long remained mechanistically enigmatic. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a molecular mechanism linking these two diseases. The study is published…
Cross of the Order of Merit for Britta Nestler
KIT scientist receives Cross of the Order of Merit in a ceremony on the occasion of the Day of German Unity
Award to create clinical solution for life-threatening preemie condition
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Chosen Diagnostics Inc, a spin-out company, a $299,641 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award. Based on an LSU Health…
Pharmacy assessment of penicillin allergies finds safe, less-expensive options
Improved allergy documentation allows patient choices that save hospital $21,500 in three months
Asian water towers are world’s most important and most threatened
Scientists from around the world have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems. For the first time, they ranked them in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities while assessing their vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes.…
How Enceladus got its stripes
New research reveals the physics governing the fissures through which ocean water erupts from the moon’s icy surface
New diagnostic methods to monitor blood disorders enabled by bio-rad’s droplet digital PCR technology showcased at 2019 Ash Annual Meeting
Orlando FL. – December 9, 2019 – Scientists will present more than 40 abstracts highlighting research driven in part by Bio-Rad Laboratories’ Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology at the 2019 American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting in Orlando Florida, December…
International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK20)
From 23 to 27 March 2020, the most important international conference on learning analytics will take part in Germany for the first time: At Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
City research draws on Formula 1 technology for the construction of skyscrapers
Civil engineering academic is developing new vibration-control devices based on Formula 1 technology for skyscrapers
Treatment with PD-1 prior to stem cell transplant is safe for Hodgkin lymphoma patients
Post-transplant treatment with cyclophosphamide reduces rates of acute GVHD and relapse
How a penalty shootout is decided in the brain
A penalty shootout at the Soccer World Cup. All eyes are on the best striker of the team. He should take the decisive shot, preferably past the goalkeeper. The striker must decide whether to aim for the right or left…
Data Science Institute researcher designs headphones that warn pedestrians of dangers
You see them all over city streets: pedestrians wearing headphones or earbuds – their faces glued to their phones as they stroll along oblivious to their surroundings. Known as “twalking,” the behavior is not without its dangers. Headphone-wearing pedestrians often…
Review Commons, a pre-journal portable review platform
Washington DC, 9 December 2019 – Today ASAPbio and EMBO Press launch Review Commons, a platform for high-quality, journal-independent peer review of manuscripts from the life sciences before submission to a journal. Authors can submit preprints or unpublished manuscripts to…
Newly identified jet-stream pattern could imperil global food supplies, says study
Warming climate expected to worsen simultaneous heat waves over widespread regions
Increasing food intake by swapping mitochondrial genomes
Many of the characteristics that make people so different from each other, are often the result of small differences in the DNA between individuals. Variation in just a single base in our DNA can cause significant variation in traits like…
Liquid flow is influenced by a quantum effect in water
Water is the basis of all life on earth. Its structure is simple – two hydrogen atoms bound to one oxygen atom – yet its behavior is unique among liquids, and scientists still do not fully understand the origins of…
Predicting a protein’s behavior from its appearance
Proteins are the building blocks of life and play a key role in all biological processes. Understanding how they interact with their environment is therefore vital to developing effective therapeutics and the foundation for designing artificial cells. Researchers at the…
Storing data in everyday objects
Living beings contain their own assembly and operating instructions in the form of DNA. That’s not the case with inanimate objects: anyone wishing to 3D print an object also requires a set of instructions. If they then choose to print…
BU study finds new factors linked to suicide
First-of-its-kind study used machine learning and health data from the entire Danish population to create sex-specific suicide risk profiles, illuminating the complex mix of factors that may predict suicide
New bone healing mechanism has potential therapeutic applications
Led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell reveals a new mechanism that contributes to adult bone maintenance and repair and opens the possibility of developing therapeutic strategies for improving bone…
A sustainable new material for carbon dioxide capture
In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing carbon dioxide. The new material offers many benefits – it is sustainable, has a high capture rate,…
Ben-Gurion University researchers develop new method to remove dust on solar panels
Researchers look to the lotus leaf for self-cleaning innovation
CMAJ priorities for 2020: Editor-in-chief Andreas Laupacis — editorial
CMAJ ‘s new editor-in-chief, Andreas Laupacis, outlines his priorities for Canada’s major medical journal in an editorial as he settles in to his role. http://www. cmaj. ca/ lookup/ doi/ 10. 1503/ cmaj. 191561 “Our health care system and the way…