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UrduIn 2009, 105 single-family homes in the city of Cordoba were demolished in order to expand the airport. At first, the debris from the demolition was going to be sent to a landfill, as is common procedure. But, the University…
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Immune cell health discovery could optimise cancer therapies
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New method to enable the production of cheaper, longer-lasting vaccines
A new method to produce vaccines that have a longer shelf-life, are cheaper and can be stored without the need for cooling is being presented in the open access journal BMC Biotechnology . Vaccines currently need to be refrigerated during…
Cardiac and visual degeneration arrested by a food supplement
UNIGE researchers have discovered a new gene that causes blindness and cardiomyopathy; they have also managed to halt the progression of eye disease and treat cardiac disease by administering a food supplement
Treatment for depression must also restore proper functioning of the blood-brain barrier
Quebec City, January 20, 2020–To better treat people with depression, not only must we treat the neurons affected by the disease, but we must also restore the integrity of the barrier that regulates exchanges between blood circulation and the brain.…
Study: Pharmaceutical companies marketing stimulants to physicians
Boston – Results of a new study show that a large number of physicians in the US may have received marketing payments from pharmaceutical companies that produce stimulant medications. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Grayken Center for…
A chronicle of giant straight-tusked elephants
About 800,000 years ago, the giant straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon migrated out of Africa and became widespread across Europe and Asia. It divided into many species, with distinct types in Japan, Central Asia and Europe — even some dwarf forms as…
University of Barcelona study links weekend eating jet lag to obesity
A new study by the University of Barcelona (UB) concluded that irregularity in eating schedules during the weekend, named by the authors as eating jet lag, could be related to the increase of body mass index (BMI), a formula that…
Autism study finds later diagnoses for girls, high rates of co-occurring disorders
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study analyzing the first 1,000 participants in the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) identifies key trends in the presentation and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The study was published…
Opioid prescriptions affected by computer settings
Lowering default settings reduced the number of pills prescribed, UCSF study finds
Opioid addiction treatment is increasing, except in the young
An analysis of national data on buprenorphine use found that treatment with the FDA-approved medication for opioid addiction is increasing in all age groups except the young (age 15-24 years), in whom use of the medication is decreasing. The findings…
Examining low-carbohydrate, low-fat diets, risk of death
What The Study Did: An analysis of self-reported national dietary data from more than 37,000 U.S. adults suggests associations between low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets and the risk of death may depend on the quality and food sources of the carbohydrates,…
Global study finds predators are most likely to be lost when habitats are converted for human use
A first of its kind, global study on the impacts of human land-use on different groups of animals has found that predators, especially small invertebrates like spiders and ladybirds, are the most likely to be lost when natural habitats are…
Certain liver cells may help prevent organ rejection after transplant, study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mesenchymal stromal cells from fat tissue and bone marrow are widely used in therapeutic trials for their anti-inflammatory qualities, but new Mayo Clinic research finds that liver cells may be of greater value. The study, published in…
Researchers solve protein structures to fight asthma
Biophysicists from the MIPT Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have teamed up with colleagues from Canada, the U.S., Japan, France, and Germany to shed light on the structure and functioning mechanism of the CysLT receptors, which…
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Montana State astrophysicist finds massive black holes wandering around dwarf galaxies
BOZEMAN — A new search led by Montana State University has revealed more than a dozen massive black holes in dwarf galaxies that were previously considered too small to host them, and surprised scientists with their location within the galaxies.…
A model ecosystem fish story
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Have I got a fish story for you. Any angler beginning a yarn like that usually ends up spinning a tall tale, an exaggeration or bald-faced lie. Michigan State University researchers, however, have demonstrated that anglers…
Scientists study zebrafish in search of melanoma-fighting drugs
Melanoma is the most lethal type of skin cancer and unusually common in Arizona, where residents are exposed to higher-than-average amounts of ultraviolet radiation. However, Northern Arizona University scientists believe the formula for a combination of melanoma-fighting drugs is within…
Taming electrons with bacteria parts
Electrons are tough to pin down in biology. Learning how to harness electrons is no fool’s errand because, when electrons move, they are the electricity that powers life. Electrons power the production of fuel and medicine. Electron movement is behind…
Emissions of potent greenhouse gas have grown, contradicting reports of huge reductions
Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, , were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found atmospheric levels growing at record values. Over the last two decades,…
Sustainable markets must be created and defended
Shaping sustainable markets — a conceptual framework illustrated by the case of biogas in Sweden
In the Local Fight Against Opioid Addiction, You Matter
The University of Arizona is partnering with the Tucson Police Department, CODAC Health, Recovery & Wellness, and Pima County as part of a three-year, $1.47 million Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant to route people with opioid use…
Study assesses absorption, blood levels of active ingredients in sunscreen
Bottom Line: A randomized clinical trial with 48 healthy volunteers assessed the absorption of six active ingredients (avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene, homosalate, octisalate and octinoxate) in four sunscreen products formulated as lotion and sprays (aerosol, nonaerosol and pump). This study builds on…
Kazan University chemists teach neural networks to predict properties of compounds
A new joint Russian-French-Japanese paper appeared in Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
New opportunity for cancer drug development
After years of research on cell surface receptors called Frizzleds, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provide the proof-of-principle that these receptors are druggable by small molecules. The results, which are published in the scientific journal Nature Communications , open…
‘Love hormone’ improves attachment issues in people with autism
A team led by Professor Kaat Alaerts (KU Leuven) recruited 40 adult men with autism spectrum disorder to take part in their study. “In a first stage, we examined the amount of oxytocin produced by the participants themselves. The subjects…
The little auks that lived in the Pacific
Fossil from Japan reveals unexpected distribution of ‘Atlantic’ seabirds
Advancing the application of genomic sequences through ‘Kmasker plants’
Joint press release of IPK, IPB & Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Cell biology: All in a flash!
Scientists of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have developed a tool to eliminate essential proteins from cells with a flash of light. The new method makes it possible to study the function of essential proteins. Proteins not only provide much of…
NASA to help fund AnalySwift, Purdue technology
Innovation shown to speed design of composite deployable structures
$2M NSF grant fuels Lehigh U research partnership with Michelin North America, Cornell
Lehigh bioengineering chair Anand Jagota lands university’s first LEAP HI GOALI award in support of work on friction that could lead to safety innovations in tires
Preparing land for palm oil causes most climate damage
New research has found preparing land for palm oil plantations and the growth of young plants causes significantly more damage to the environment, emitting double the amount of greenhouse gases than mature plantations. This is the first study to examine…
Our biological clock plays crucial role in healing from surgery
Effectiveness of anti-inflammatories following surgery depends on when you take them
New glaucoma test to help prevent blindness
Genetic information used in new predictive test
Addressing global warming with new nanoparticles and sunshine
Artificial photosynthesis:visible-light-driven photocatalysts convert CO2 into oxygen and pure CO under water
A simple way to predict tropical cyclones undergoing rapid intensification
“Yellow streaks in sunset sky, wind and daylong rain is nigh”. This old world-widely weather proverb originates from aged fishermen by finding recognizable colors and shapes in clouds at sunset to predict an incoming storm. Nowadays, state-of-the-art satellites observations for…
Feeding the world without wrecking the planet is possible
Almost half of current food production is harmful to our planet — causing biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and water stress; but as world population continues to grow, can that last?
Light-up wheels: Unique organic light-emitting molecular emitters
Researchers at Osaka Univ. design and synthesize highly efficient carbon-based 3rd-generation OLED molecular emitters by linking the donor and acceptor modules into a ring, potentially paving the way for extremely sensitive nanoscale chemical detectors
Scanning Raman picoscopy: A new methodology for determining molecular chemical structure
Precise determination of the chemical structure of a molecule is of vital importance to any molecular related field and is the key to a deep understanding of its chemical, physical, and biological functions. Scanning tunneling microscope and atomic force microscope…
Recreational marijuana availability in Oregon and use among adolescents
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggests that legalization and greater retail availability of recreational marijuana is positively associated with marijuana use among adolescents. The researchers investigated whether legalization of recreational…
Mars’ water was mineral-rich and salty
New study finds surface waters on early Mars may have been habitable for microbial life
Viticulture Data Journal: Non-conventional papers foster open science & sustainability
Non-conventional, yet pivotal research results: data, models, methods, software, data analytics pipelines and visualisation methods, related to the field of viticulture, find a place in a newly launched, open-access and peer-reviewed Viticulture Data Journal (VDJ). The journal went live with…
Scientists show we don’t need horses to treat diphtheria
Research funded by PETA Science Group breaks new ground with animal-free antibodies
Researchers identify a possible cause and treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a category of refractory inflammatory disease, of which ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) are the main types. Current studies suggest that IBD is a complex autoinflammatory disease determined by genetic and environmental factors,…
Traumatic brain injury impairs hormone production, disrupting sleep, cognition, memory
GALVESTON, Texas -More than 2.5 million people in the United States alone experience a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, each year. Some of these people are plagued by a seemingly unrelated cascade of health issues for years after their head…
Bend and snap: New interventions for rib fractures
By stabilizing fractured and partially dislocated ribs, physicians can improve patient quality of life according to a new multicenter study
Larry Guth to receive the 2020 Maryam Mirzakhani prize in mathematics from the NAS
The National Academy of Sciences will award the newly named Maryam Mirzakhani prize in mathematics to Larry Guth, professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Banning food waste: Lessons for rural America
As municipalities across the country consider banning food waste as a strategy to combat climate change, a new University of Vermont study suggests rural communities are ahead of the game
Study finds flooding damage to levees is cumulative — and often invisible
Recent research finds that repeated flooding events have a cumulative effect on the structural integrity of earthen levees, suggesting that the increase in extreme weather events associated with climate change could pose significant challenges for the nation’s aging levee system.…