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UrduStudy leaders publish results from NIH-DRC-WHO clinical trial of four experimental therapies
Month: December 2019
Whaling and climate change led to 100 years of feast or famine for Antarctic penguins
BATON ROUGE – New research reveals how penguins have dealt with more than a century of human impacts in Antarctica and why some species are winners or losers in this rapidly changing ecosystem. Michael Polito, assistant professor in LSU’s Department…
Mercury transit observed at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory — IOTW1948
Transit image with a twist (and a turn!)
Developing a new AI breast cancer diagnostic tool
Scientists are developing a new way to identify the unique chemical ‘fingerprints’ for different types of breast cancers.
Researchers investigate the effects of eye movements when reading texts in different languages
The results obtained by Lobachevsky University researchers concerning language universals and specific features of the Russian language can be used to optimize the process of learning Russian as a foreign language
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over time; this work may help promote the adoption of renewable energy produced by robust, high-efficiency organic photovoltaics
Decision-making process becomes visible in the brain
Transparent fish larvae reveal how a decision makes its way through the brain
MBL team images the bacterial hitchhikers on plastic trash in ocean
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Millions of tons of plastic trash are fouling the world’s ocean, most of it tiny pieces of microplastic less than a quarter-inch in size. Even the smallest marine animals can ingest these microplastics, potentially threatening their…
NIH study reports more than half of US office-based physicians recommend CHA
New Rochelle, NY, December 2, 2019–A new study has shown that more than half (53.1%) of office-based physicians in the U.S., across specialty areas, recommended at least one complementary health approach (CHA) to their patients during the previous 12 months,…
New membrane technology to boost water purification and energy storage
Imperial College London scientists have created a new type of membrane that could improve water purification and battery energy storage efforts. The new approach to ion exchange membrane design, which is published today in Nature Materials , uses low-cost plastic…
New consortium aims to transform the treatment of pain
Researchers aim to develop preclinical drug candidates that offer an alternative to the opioid-based medications at the heart of the U.S. opioid epidemic.
New streaming technology will change computer gaming
Streaming services, such as Netflix or Amazon Prime, are widely used. But the next wave of digital media is imminent: cloud gaming. This technology is similar to video-on-demand services. A computer game is run on a server in the cloud.…
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over time; this work may help promote the adoption of renewable energy produced by robust, high-efficiency organic photovoltaics
MBL team images the bacterial hitchhikers on plastic trash in ocean
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Millions of tons of plastic trash are fouling the world’s ocean, most of it tiny pieces of microplastic less than a quarter-inch in size. Even the smallest marine animals can ingest these microplastics, potentially threatening their…
Investigational drugs reduce risk of death from Ebola virus disease
Study leaders publish results from NIH-DRC-WHO clinical trial of four experimental therapies
UBCO study demonstrates dogs promote page turning
Turning the page for Spot boosts literacy in young students
New study reveals how ancient Puerto Ricans cooked
Analysis of 2,500-year-old fossilized clam shells reveals ancient Caribbean cooking methods
Firearms, by far, the most lethal method for suicide
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine
Will cryogenically freezing yourself and coming back to life ever be reality? (video)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2019 — When you die, many things can be done with your body — embalming, cremation, donation to science and so on. But some people will choose to have their dead bodies, or parts thereof, frozen until…
New treatment triggers self-destruction of pancreatic cancer cells
Research conducted on human pancreatic tumors transplanted in mice reveals promising results, Tel Aviv University researchers say
Mercury transit observed at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory — IOTW1948
Transit image with a twist (and a turn!)
RSNA 2019 presents session on lung injury from vaping
CHICAGO – A panel of medical professionals will discuss the public health impact of e-cigarette use, or “vaping,” today during a session at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). E-cigarette use is on the rise.…
When reefs die, parrotfish thrive
Researchers find familiar species pave the way for coral regrowth
Opioid overdose risk is high after medical treatment ends, study finds
People with opioid addiction face a high risk of overdose after ending treatment with the medication buprenorphine, even when treated for 18 months, a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has found. Among…
Brush your teeth to protect the heart
Sophia Antipolis, 2 December 2019: Brushing teeth frequently is linked with lower risks of atrial fibrillation and heart failure, according to a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology , a journal of the European Society of…
Multi-sensor drone technology for plant phenotyping receives $4.5 million
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University-affiliated agbioscience startup is creating technology to help meet the growing global demand for bioenergy and, in partnership with Purdue, has received new support from the U.S. government. GRYFN offers precise geomatics solutions for…
Study highlights ‘worrying’ increase in misuse of non-opioid medications
Intentional suspected suicide attempts increased by 80.3% for isolated gabapentin exposures over a five-year-period and 43% for baclofen over a four-year-period
Anthracnose alert: How bacteria prime fifth-biggest global grain crop against deadly fungus
Anthracnose of Sorghum bicolor devastates crops of the drought- and heat-resistant cereal worldwide. Priming with rhizobacteria can boost the plants’ resistance and tolerance against a wide range of adverse conditions such as microbial attacks. University of Johannesburg researchers decoded how…
New technique visually depicts how cancer cells grow and spread in colon tissue
Even before cancer is detectable, glow-in-the-dark cells show mutations driving malignancy
Novel MRI-guided ultrasound treatment destroys prostate cancer
CHICAGO – A novel MRI-guided procedure that uses therapeutic ultrasound effectively treats prostate cancer with minimal side effects, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Researchers said the…
Family support reduces chance of school and workplace bullying
Study finds LGB students with supportive family are less likely to be targeted
Exposure to e-cigarette vapor fails to induce pneumonia in mouse models
Washington, DC – December 2, 2019 – Exposure to e-cigarette vapor containing nicotine had no impact on the ability of Streptococcus pneumoniae strain TIGR4 to infect mouse models. The research is published December 2nd in Applied and Environmental Microbiology .…
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2019
Manufacturing – Lightning strike out Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that an additively manufactured polymer layer, when applied to carbon fiber reinforced plastic, or CFRP, can serve as an effective protector against aircraft lightning strikes. CFRP is usually…
EMBL and Leica sign open innovation collaboration agreement
EMBL often cooperates with industry partners, and has cooperated successfully with Leica for many years. Based on this strong partnership, Leica is among the companies supporting the upcoming EMBL Imaging Centre, which is currently under construction at the EMBL campus…
Controlling the optical properties of solids with acoustic waves
One of the main challenges in materials science research is to achieve high tunability of the optical properties of semiconductors at room temperature. These properties are governed by “excitons”, which are bound pairs of negative electrons and positive holes in…
Designing and repurposing cell receptors
Called the “second secret of life”, allostery is one of the most fundamental processes of biology and has been a central focus among scientists across the life sciences spectrum, from fundamental biology to drug development. But what is allostery? In…
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress 2019
From the basics of immunotherapies to the latest research results
First electrons turn in the new ESRF-EBS Storage Ring
2 December 2019 – The first electrons have been injected in the new ESRF Extremely Brilliant Source storage ring according to schedule. This is an important milestone on the way to opening to the international scientific community the first high-energy…
Most complete commercial sugarcane genome sequence has been assembled
Based on the information obtained from this latest whole-genome sequencing effort, researchers at the USP are developing tools for the genetic improvement of sugarcane and testing several candidate genes in Genetically Modified (GM) plants.
Mechanism that triggers the inflammatory process by Mayaro virus is discovered
A Brazilian team at FAPESP-supported Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases identified the strategy used by immune cells to combat the pathogen Mayaro virus, which causes symptoms similar to those of chikungunya fever.
Gains in one type of disruption force are offset by losses in another
Doughnut-shaped tokamaks — facilities designed to reproduce the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars on Earth — must withstand forces that can be stronger than hurricanes created by disruptions in the plasma that fuels fusion reactions. Recent findings…
DFG to fund 10 new collaborative research centers
Topics range from digital manufacturing technologies and human-machine interactions to the central nervous system — €101 million in funding for an initial 4-year period
Revealed: The deadly superbugs lurking in more than 9 in 10 make-up bags
Superbugs including E. coli and Staphylococci have been found in more than nine out of ten in-use beauty products – study
A nimbler way to track alcohol use — by mining Twitter and Google searches
Study shows that online data closely match formal, large-scale surveillance data and could help monitor the effects of local alcohol control policies
Advancement made in the visualization of large, complex datasets
May lead to discovery of novel cell types to therapeutically target diseases
Wellcome Trust establishes first translational partnership in Germany with Charité and the BIH
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) are the first institutions in Germany to receive funding to create a translational partnership with the UK-based Wellcome Trust. Via its translational partnerships, the Wellcome Trust supports institutions in…
Researchers find common measures of immune status, inflammation can predict mortality
Newly published research led by Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals
Scientists build a ‘Hubble Space Telescope’ to study multiple genome sequences
A new tool that simultaneously compares 1.4 million genetic sequences can classify how species are related to each other at far larger scales than previously possible. Described today in Nature Biotechnology by researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation in…
Carnegie Science’s Steve Farber and Toby Horn Named 2019 AAAS Fellows
Washington, D.C.–The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) elected Carnegie molecular biologist Steven Farber and retired biologist and science educator Toby Horn as AAAS fellows. This year 443 members were awarded this honor for their “scientifically or socially…
Hyperfine and Penn Medicine announce partnership to image hydrocephalus patients
World’s first portable, low-cost MRI system is a new tool for clinical diagnosis and patient monitoring