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UrduThe results, published in Nature Communications, identify a molecular structure that acts as a type of ‘airbag’ in response to mechanical stress
Year: 2019
A step closer to understanding evolution — mitochondrial division conserved across species
New study shows exactly how the manner in which mitochondria divide has remained the same since evolution began
Discovering a new fundamental underwater force
A miscalculated Fluids Lab demonstration leads to a new understanding of how particles accumulate in lakes and oceans
Corpus luteum cells of cats successfully cultivated and comprehensively characterized
Another milestone in the elucidation of the phenomenon of long-lived corpus lutea in lynxes
Researchers studying vaginal birth injuries and recovery
If a new mother sustains an injury to her levator ani muscle–the main muscle supporting the pelvic floor–during vaginal childbirth, that woman is at risk of developing a pelvic floor disorder. Such an injury can have a substantial impact on…
Chronobiology: ‘We’ll be in later’
Students attending a high school in Germany can decide whether to begin the schoolday at the normal early time or an hour later. According to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich chronobiologists, the measure has had a positive effect on both their…
Genes as early warning systems: Stroke research
Estimates based on genomic data predict stroke risk with an accuracy similar to, or greater than those based on clinical risk factors. This result implies that persons at high risk might benefit from more rigorous preventive measures. Strokes are the…
Hitting HIT: Heparin therapy
Heparin is widely used as an anticoagulant, but evokes in some patients a potentially life-threatening condition called HIT. Clinical scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have now shown that inhibition of a single enzyme may markedly reduce this risk. Heparin…
Falcons see prey at speed of Formula 1 car
Extremely acute vision and the ability to rapidly process different visual impressions – these two factors are crucial when a peregrine falcon bears down on its prey at a speed that easily matches that of a Formula 1 racing car:…
Artificial intelligence as behavioral analyst
Computer algorithms disassemble prey capture behavior of zebrafish into its components
Body cells spy out bacteria
The aryl-hydrocarbon receptor detects when bacteria increase so much in number that they become a danger to the body
Does Medicaid managed care impact obstetrical care and birth outcomes?
New Rochelle, NY, December 20, 2019–A new study shows that among a set of disadvantaged women, Medicaid managed care reduces the women’s access to high-quality hospital services during pregnancy and delivery and was associated with worse birth outcomes, worse prenatal…
Strong change of course for muscle research
New subtype of muscle stem cells that can be used in the development of gene therapies
Using a chip to find better cancer fighting drugs
Researchers develop a tumor model on a device the size of a coin
Newly developed mathematical model could be used to predict cancer drug side effects
A research team at Kobe University Hospital have further illuminated the likelihood of cancer drug side effects that can occur due to genetic mutations in the drug-metabolizing enzyme. The team led by Dr. TAKAOKA Yutaka also developed a mathematical model…
Prospective memory key to performance of everyday life activities in multiple sclerosis
Kessler Foundation MS researchers identify deficits in time-based prospective memory as factors adversely affecting performance of everyday life activities
Sutter to receive funding for Mason and Partners (MAP) Clinic
Rebecca Sutter, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, is set to receive $75,000 from Potomac Health Foundation. With these funds, the MAP Clinic will be expanded and open a Mason and Partners Clinic co-located with…
EU invests additional € 10 million in structural biology
With the Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University is one of 23 European partners in the project iNEXT-Discovery
IKBFU Scientists study molecular elements effective in countering malaria
The scientists research a building block of organic molecules needed for medical chemistry development — spirocycles in nature is an element, that chemists are crazy about
Russian scientists have found a way to make laser optics more effective and cheaper
The research team of the IKBFU developed a fundamentally new method of manufacturing laser optics, which is based on the use of rare-earth metal ions of ytterbium and its oxide
IU team identifies potential target for restoring movement after spinal cord injury
INDIANAPOLIS — Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have made several novel discoveries in the field of spinal cord injuries (SCI). Most recently, the team led by Xiao-Ming Xu, PhD, has been working to determine how to activate movement…
How common is diabetes among racial/ethnic groups?
Bottom Line: Estimating how common diabetes (both diagnosed and undiagnosed) was among U.S. adults by racial and ethnic groups was the objective of this observational study. A group of 7,575 adults 20 and older who participated in the National Health…
Thyroid cancer rates in US
Bottom Line: An analysis suggests rates of thyroid cancer in the U.S. appear to have plateaued in recent years after decades on the rise. That increase was mostly attributed to more screening and imaging over the last three decades that detected many…
New security system to revolutionize communications privacy
New computer chip enables information to be sent from user to user using a one-time un-hackable communication Technology overcomes major threat of quantum computers, which are soon predicted to be able to crack existing communication methods The method uses existing…
AI system for Minecraft: MIPT team wins MineRL international contest
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have dominated the MineRL contest. They proposed a new method for reinforcement learning with demonstrations, which enables rapidly and efficiently solving hierarchical problems in the Minecraft game environment, namely, searching for…
Obesity embargo alert for January 2020
All print, broadcast and online journalists who receive the Obesity embargo alert agree to abide by the embargo and may not publish, post, broadcast or distribute details of the embargoed studies before the embargo date and time. When writing about…
Untangling APOE ε 4’s association to tau tangles
McGill study identifies new role of major genetic risk factor in Alzheimer’s disease
Leaders of Texas innovation join forces to improve research to commercialization in the state
Innovating Texas: Research to Commercialization organizes texas’ top scientists, business leaders and venture capitalists to explore how to turn research into new technologies, products and companies at TAMEST Annual Conference
From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets
An astonishing number of recent technological advances and novel engineering applications go hand in hand with progress in the field of materials science. The design and manipulation of materials at the nanoscale (that is, on the order of billionths of…
Ecological impacts of palm stearin spill to the coastal ecosystem
HKU marine ecologists reveal ecological impacts of the accidental palm stearin spill to the coastal ecosystem of Hong Kong
HKU plant scientists identify new strategy to enhance rice grain yield
Rice provides a daily subsistence for about three billion people worldwide and its output must keep pace with a growing global population. In light of this, the identification of genes that enhance grain yield and composition is much desired. Findings…
A photo taken with a mobile phone to detect frauds in rice labelling
A simple photograph taken with a mobile phone is able to detect irregularities in the labelling of rice, according to an investigation conducted by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Scintillon Institute of San Diego (USA). This has…
Brain biomarkers for detecting Alzheimer’s disease are located
From the detection of functional brain changes that occur during Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a research team from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) has located a set of biomarkers that could predict which patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) have…
Less abundant species of animals and plants are organized in ghettos to survive
An international research team in which Spanish experts participate has shown that sparse species are associated spatially in 90 % of the animal and plant communities studied. “Animal and plant communities are organised in a similar way to cities, ghettos…
High-resolution geophysical survey confirms the deep Beyond EPICA ice-core drilling site
In the context of the European Union project Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice Core: 1.5 Myr of greenhouse gas – climate feedback (Beyond EPICA), experts from 12 institutions in ten European countries coordinated by Prof. Carlo Barbante from the Ca’…
New study shows how patients’ health values can impact vital pelvic floor treatment
The value women put on health has direct effect on treatment outcomes
It’s a small (coal-polluted) world, after all
A study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry underscores that the release of pollutants in one region can have implications beyond its borders; emphasizing the dire need for global collaboration on environmental issues. The study suggests that coal-burning activities in…
Sphingotec’s biomarker penKid® predicts septic acute kidney injury
At time of admission to emergency
Telomere research at Marshall published in Nature Communications
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Findings from a recent research project, conducted by a Marshall University scientist and assistant professor in the Marshall University College of Science, with researchers in Texas, was recently published in the December issue of the prestigious online…
Counting photons is now routine enough to need standards
Since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) built its first superconducting devices for counting photons (the smallest units of light) in the 1990s, these once-rare detectors have become popular research tools all over the world. Now, NIST has…
NIST study suggests universal method for measuring light power
Always on the lookout for better ways to measure all kinds of things, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published a detailed study suggesting an “elegant” improved definition for the standard unit of light power,…
Overspill of fat shown to cause Type 2 Diabetes
For the first time, scientists have been able to observe people developing Type 2 diabetes – and confirmed that fat over-spills from the liver into the pancreas, triggering the chronic condition. The research, led by Professor Roy Taylor at Newcastle…
CDC grant to focus on effects of nano-coal dust on lung disease in coal miners
Penn State researchers in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering received a $400,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to research coal dust in…
Nightside barrier gently brakes ‘bursty’ plasma bubbles
Physicists extend Rice Convection Model with details of magnetospheric buoyancy waves
High carbon footprint households identified by sweets, alcohol, not high meat consumption
Families with higher carbon footprints are likely to consume more confectionary, alcohol, and restaurant food, according to a new study by Japanese and European researchers published in One Earth . Considering the spectrum of traditional to urban lifestyles across Japan,…
SLAS Discovery releases first issue of 2020
Featured article, ‘The National Cancer Institute’s Plated Compound Sets Can Be a Valuable Resource for Academic Researchers,’ now available
Targeted screening could prevent one in six prostate cancer deaths
Nearly one in six deaths from prostate cancer could be prevented if targeted screening was introduced for men at a higher genetic risk of the disease, according to a new UCL-led computer modelling study
SHAPEIT4: An algorithm for large-scale genomic analysis
Researchers from UNIL, UNIGE and SIB provide the researchers’ community with an extremely powerful computer tool to facilitate the interpretation of the genome’s big data
Using a material’s ‘memory’ to encode unique physical properties
A new study shows that, as materials age, they ‘remember’ prior stresses and external forces, which scientists and engineers can then use to create new materials with unique properties.
First step taken to find causes of muscle wasting disease
Researchers have gained new insight into the mechanisms involved in how skeletal muscles lose their mass and strength as people age, called sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is common in older people and is an important contributor to frailty. It affects balance, the…