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UrduParents researching childhood vaccinations online are likely to encounter significant levels of negative information, researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, have found. Lead researcher Dr Lucy Elkin says negative information about vaccines remains readily available on Google, Facebook and…
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Preterm babies are more likely to be diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder
A new study by the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry of the University of Turku, Finland, suggests that premature babies have the risk of reactive attachment disorder that can impair child’s ability to function in normal situations and their social…
New National Drug Discovery Center to fast-track medicines to patients
A state-of-the-art facility to fast-track new medicines for patients will today be opened by Australian Minister for Health the Hon. Greg Hunt MP and Victorian Minister for Health the Hon. Jenny Mikakos MP at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Surgery with anesthesia not linked to indicator of Alzheimer’s, Mayo study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Older adults who have surgery with general anesthesia may experience a modest acceleration of cognitive decline, even years later. But there’s no evidence of a link to Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from Mayo Clinic. The…
John C. Scott recognized by SIOP for Lifetime Professional Achievement
John C. Scott, PhD has been honored with the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The award is given in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the practice of industrial and…
Corporate social irresponsibility: Which cases are critically reported — and which aren’t?
Print media do not report corporate misconduct – such as environmental offences, corruption, or the violation of social standards – consistently and independently. Instead, the media are often influenced by their own interests, such as advertising revenues. That is the…
Uninsured older adults more likely to be sicker and in need of inpatient care in China
Being single, remote and lacking a pension also linked to poor access to healthcare
A new record of deglaciations in last million years shows persistent role of obliquity pacing
Over the last million years, small variations in Earth’s orbit continued to trigger and terminate global glaciations, throughout and after the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, according to a new study, which presents a novel high-resolution record of the last 11 deglaciations. Beyond…
Ammonium salts reveal reservoir of ‘missing’ nitrogen in comets
Substantial amounts of ammonium salts have been identified in the surface material of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, researchers report, likely revealing the reservoir of nitrogen that was previously thought to be “missing” in comets. The chemical and isotopic composition of the…
New prize-winning research highlights potential of immune intervention in improving regenerative medicine
Joana Neves is the 2019 grand prize winner of the Sartorius & Science Prize for Regenerating Medicine & Cell Therapy, for work in mice that offers a promising approach to improve the outcome of regenerative stem cell-based therapies aimed at…
Prize-winning research reveals pathway to improving regenerative medicine
Research earns top Sartorius/Science prize for young scientist
Rare driver mutations disrupt NOTCH signaling to promote squamous cell carcinoma
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) – a group of cancers that affect the the mouth, nose and throat – is a disease driven by mutations in the NOTCH tumor suppressor signaling pathway, according to a new study. It…
Healthier and happier without Facebook
Psychology
Learning how cancer cells coordinate and collaborate to multiply and metastasize
Researchers from Osaka University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology show that cancer cells cultured on Matrigel migrate to form a network structure as they do in vivo, and describe the forces responsible
Wikipedia visits to disease outbreak pages show impact of news media on public attention
News coverage closely linked with public attention to Zika in the U.S. during 2016 outbreak
A molecular map for the plant sciences
First comprehensive map of the proteome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Capping out-of-network hospital bills could create big savings
Study finds approach could create savings similar to single-payer plans
Poor physical health a barrier for job seekers with serious mental illness
People with serious mental illness perceive their physical health as a greater barrier to employment, Rutgers study says
New study presents efficient, solution-processed, hybrid tandem solar cells
Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cells have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of being flexible and lightweight. Besides, they are much easier to manufacture, compared with that of commercial silicon solar cells in use today. A novel technology,…
Responding to golden hour emergencies with rescue drones!
The School of Design and Human Engineering (DHE) at UNIST has announced that its rescue drone design concept, ‘911$ Rescue Drone’ has been honored at the international design competition, iF Design Awards 2020. The 911$ Rescue Drone, proposed by Professor…
UNIST shines in field of scientific research!
Professor Sung Yeon Jang Selected Among 2019 Top 10 Contributors to the Promotion of Basic Research. Sung Yeon Jang, Professor in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has been honored to be recently recognized by Ministry of…
Banded mongoose study reveals how its environment influences the spread of infectious disease
With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand the drivers that influence the transmission of pathogens in order to better predict and control disease outbreaks. A new research study led by Professor…
Special report highlights potential therapeutic agents, vaccines for COVID-19
Since the first reports of a new coronavirus disease in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe, threatening a pandemic. Now, researchers from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information…
Heat and light create new biocompatible microparticles
Innovative manufacturing technique can create new types of microparticles for applications such as drug delivery, diagnostics and tissue engineering
Gold nanoparticles uncover amyloid fibrils
One of the characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease is the presence of knot-like structures between brain cells. These are called “amyloid fibrils” and are formed by the notorious amyloid beta peptide and Tau protein, which are two of the most sought-after…
GARDP partners with Japanese pharmaceutical in pursuit of new antibiotics
[Geneva/Tokyo – 12 March 2020] The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) has today announced an agreement with Daiichi Sankyo for GARDP to access and screen the Daiichi Sankyo chemical library. The library will be tested by Institut Pasteur…
Novel IR-LEGO system enables single-cell labeling and tracking in zebrafish embryos
Heterogeneity broadly exists in various cell types both during development and at homeostasis. Investigating heterogeneity is crucial for understanding the complexity of ontogeny, dynamics, and function of specific cell types. However, traditional bulk-labeling techniques are incompetent to dissect heterogeneity within…
JNCCN: Younger cancer survivors far more likely to experience food and financial insecurity
New research from American Cancer Society, published in JNCCN, finds stark financial disparities in cancer survivors under age 64, particularly those 18-39, though not for Medicare recipients
NFCR-backed technology receives FDA’s assent for lymphoma clinical trials
ROCKVILLE, MD – A drug and drug delivery candidate technology, research into which has been funded by the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR), has recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the initiation of…
New aflatoxin biocontrol product lowers contamination of groundnut and maize in Senegal
In Senegal, groundnut and maize are commonly contaminated with highly toxic, cancer-causing chemicals called aflatoxins, which are produced by fungi in the genus Aspergillus when they infect crops. The main aflatoxin-producing species is A. flavus . This contamination typically occurs…
Kristin N. Saboe receives SIOP Distinguished Award
Kristin N. Saboe, PhD has been recognized with the Distinguished Early Career Contributions-Practice Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The annual award is given to a SIOP member who has made significant contributions to the practice…
Plant physiology: Safeguarding chloroplasts from sunburn
Intense sunlight damages the chloroplasts that are essential for photosynthesis, and generates toxic products that can lead to cell death. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich biologists have now identified a signaling pathway which mitigates the effects of light stress. Biological photosynthesis…
Low-dose aspirin linked to reduced liver cancer risk
BOSTON – Among adults at high risk of liver cancer, those who took low-dose aspirin were less likely to develop the disease or to die from liver-related causes. The findings come from an analysis published in the New England Journal…
Moving beyond ‘defensive medicine’
Study shows removing liability concerns slightly increases C-section procedures during childbirth.
The need for speed
Zebrafish study at NCBS
Alcoholism without borders
How alcohol addiction spreads in post-Soviet countries
NASA finds ex-Tropical Cyclone 21S affecting Australia’s Pilbara Coast
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible image of Ex-Tropical Cyclone 21S. Although no longer a tropical cyclone, the system has triggered warnings for heavy rainfall and winds. Tropical cyclone 21S was…
Innovator of lightweight materials honored by global engineering society
NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Nikhil Gupta was recognized by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society for work on super-strong, super-lightweight materials
AMA Manual of Style updates coronavirus nomenclature
In December 2019, an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus was identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Since then various organizations and media outlets have struggled to identify the respiratory illness correctly. The AMA Manual of…
Mechanical forces shape animal ‘origami’ precisely despite ‘noise’
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have identified a new mechanism that helps animals to develop with precise and constant form. The reproducibility of form, shape, and characteristic appearance is a key feature of…
Vaping chemical creates toxic ketene gas, RCSI research
Researchers warn that vaping can cause health-damaging chemical reactions
Separations between earthquakes reveal clear patterns
A new analysis of real earthquake data shows that the similarity between inter-earthquake times and distances displays a distinct relationship with their separation from an initial earthquake.
Facebook language changes before an emergency hospital visit
Analysis shows that language in posts becomes less formal and invokes family more often
Juliet R. Aiken receives SIOP Distinguished Award
Juliet R. Aiken, PhD has been recognized with the Distinguished Early Career Contributions-Practice Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The annual award is given to a SIOP member who has made significant contributions to the practice…
S. Morton McPhail recognized for service to SIOP
S. Morton McPhail, PhD has been honored with the Distinguished Service Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The award recognizes those members who have made significant contributions by generously sharing their time and talents. The…
Paul R. Sackett recognized with SIOP’s prestigious Dunnette Prize
Paul R. Sackett, PhD has been recognized with the Dunnette Prize from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The prestigious career achievement award honors work advancing the understanding the role of individual differences in human behavior and performance.…
HPV infections can be eliminated if both boys and girls are vaccinated
The human papillomavirus (HPV) causes, amongst other diseases, cancer of the cervix and oropharynx. A Swedish-Finnish study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases now shows that the most oncogenic HPV types can be eliminated, but only if both girls…
New strategies for managing bowel and bladder dysfunction after spinal cord injury
Scientists translate research in the evaluation of neurogenic bowel and bladder toward the goal of improving independence, self-efficacy, and quality of life among individuals with spinal cord injury
Study finds gorillas display territorial behavior
New research provides important clues for the evolution of human behavior
Fruit flies advance research on ACOX1-related neurodegenerative disorders
A study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reports that a hyperactive variant of enzyme ACOX1 produces elevated levels of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) and causes a previously unidentified late-onset neurodegenerative disorder. The team named this new…