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UrduWest Texas cotton growers face many environmental challenges, including rising temperatures, higher temperature extremes, less rainfall, and a decline in groundwater supplies. While generations of growers have accumulated considerable knowledge about addressing these and other challenges, they can benefit from…
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Study finds no consistency in efficacy of recovery sprays on auxin injury on cotton
The synthetic auxin herbicides 2,4-D and dicamba are commonly used for management of glyphosate-resistant and other troublesome weeds. Because of this trend, growers across the Cotton Belt are turning to auxin-resistant cotton. Since the release of auxin-resistant cotton in 2015,…
ACP issues guideline for testosterone treatment in adult men with age-related low testosterone
1. ACP issues guideline for testosterone treatment in adult men with age-related low testosterone ACP’s recommendations include treating for sexual dysfunction only, discontinuing treatment if sexual function does not improve, and not initiating treatment for other reasons Notes: HD video…
Study links Medicaid expansion and recipients’ health status
In Southern states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, adults experienced lower rates of decline in both physical and mental health, according to research published this month in the journal Health Affairs . This new research…
Commercial weight management groups could support women to manage their weight after giving birth
Women who were overweight at the start of their pregnancy would welcome support after they have given birth in the form of commercial weight management groups, University of Warwick-led research has found
Power dressing
Wearable electronics could be perpetually powered by stretchy, self-mending materials that use body heat to generate electricity. Three carefully curated organic compounds have been combined to develop a prototype thermoelectric material that is both stretchy and self-healing, can generate its…
Cancer drugs could potentially treat COPD, Sheffield research finds
New research from the University of Sheffield shows a certain class of cancer drugs could be used in the future to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) For the first time drugs could be developed to stop the progression of…
Dogs and wolves are both good at cooperating
Basic cooperation skills appear to be shared by dogs and wolves, suggesting that this ability was present in a common ancestor and was not lost during domestication
Antibodies gather and form a circle for defensive attack
The dynamic assembly of antibodies for recruiting complements on an antigenic membrane
University startups championing UK innovation at the world’s largest tech show
Tech entrepreneurs from the University of Southampton will unveil pioneering research based tech products in prosthetics design, cybersecurity and quantum technology at CES 2020
Want to turn back time? Try running a marathon
New marathon runners reduced blood pressure, arterial stiffness equivalent to a 4-year reduction in vascular age
Mindfulness makes it easier to forget your fears
A new study shows that brief daily mindfulness training delivered through the HEADSPACE mindfulness app makes it easier to achieve lasting extinction of fear reactions
American College of Physicians issues guideline for testosterone treatment in adult men
ACP’s recommendations include treating for sexual dysfunction only, discontinuing treatment if sexual function does not improve, and not initiating treatment for other reasons
Step toward ‘ink’ development for 3-D printing a bioprosthetic ovary
Findings a huge step forward in fertility preservation and hormone restoration
Specifying irrigation needs for container-grown plants
Determining which method works more efficiently
A better estimate of water-level rise in the Ganges delta
For the first time, scientists have provided reliable regional estimates of land subsidence and water-level rise in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta. Depending on the region of the delta, water-level rise could reach 85 to 140 cm by 2100. The work, published…
LD Motif Finder locates ancient hidden protein patterns
An iterative machine learning approach has identified elusive 800 million-year-old amino acid patterns that are responsible for facilitating protein interactions. Leucine-aspartic acid (LD) motifs are short amino acid sequences embedded within some proteins to link them to cellular molecules that…
Severe childhood deprivation has longstanding impacts on brain size in adulthood
Researchers from King’s College London have shown that the brains of young adult Romanian adoptees who were institutionalised as children are around 8.6% smaller than the brains of English adoptees who have not suffered this form of deprivation. According to…
Complete filling of batches of nanopipettes
Nanopipettes, in which a nanoscale channel is filled with a solution, are used in all kinds of nanotechnology applications, including scanning-probe microscopy. Bringing a solution into a nanopipette with a pore diameter below 10 nanometer is challenging, however, since capillary…
Cumulative overweight pregnancies increase risk of maternal midlife obesity
New Rochelle, NY, January 6, 2020–Not only is excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) associated with increased long-term maternal weight, but a new study has shown that there is a cumulative effect of excessive GWG over multiple pregnancies. The study, which…
Technique is almost 86 percent effective in preventing maternal death from hemorrhaging
BOSTON– According to the World Health Organization’s latest statistics, from 2017, more than 800 women around the world die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth — the vast majority of them in resource-poor areas. The leading…
A fast radio burst tracked down to a nearby galaxy
Astronomers in Europe, working with members of Canada’s CHIME Fast Radio Burst collaboration, have pinpointed the location of a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) first detected by the CHIME telescope in British Columbia in 2018. The breakthrough is only the…
Ghost worms mostly unchanged since the age of dinosaurs
That size, shape and structure of organisms can evolve at different speeds is well known, ranging from fast-evolving adaptive radiations to living fossils such as cichlids or coelacanths, respectively. A team lead by biologists at the Natural History Museum (University…
Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery
It’s no secret that many insects are struggling worldwide. But we could fix these insects’ problems, according to more than 70 scientists from 21 countries. Their road map to insect conservation and recovery is published in Nature Ecology & Evolution…
Maximizing bike-share ridership: New research says it’s all about location
10% increase in bike-availability levels increases ridership by 12%
Scientists find new way to sustainably make chemicals by copying nature’s tricks
Researchers have copied the way organisms produce toxic chemicals without harming themselves, paving the way for greener chemical and fuel production. The new technique, pioneered by Imperial College London scientists, could reduce the need to use fossil fuels to create…
Cell ‘hands’ to unlock doors in health research, drug design, and bioengineering
The protein, called syndecan-4, combines with fellow cell membrane proteins, called integrins, to form protruding ‘hands’ that sense the environment outside the cell. Both proteins sit in the cell membrane, with one end pointing inside the cell and the other…
New research may lead to increased use of available hearts for transplant
Number of children who die waiting for hearts could drop dramatically
False negatives: Delayed Zika effects in babies who appeared normal at birth
Colombian infants exposed to Zika virus in the womb showed neurodevelopmental delays as toddlers, despite having “normal” brain imaging and head circumference at birth, a finding that underscores the importance of long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up for Zika-exposed infants, according to a…
Clemson mathematician helps deepen understanding of Earth’s mysterious mantle
CLEMSON, South Carolina — More than 1,800 miles thick and sandwiched between the Earth’s surface and its super-hot core, the mantle is made up of hot, iron-rich rock that slowly moves upward to cool. Known as convection, this process of…
Plasticizers may contribute to motor control problems in girls
Scientists at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) have uncovered a link between prenatal exposure to phthalates–a ubiquitous group of plasticizers and odor-enhancing chemicals–and deficits in motor function in girls. Phthalates are widely used in consumer products from…
Exploring the ‘dark side’ of a single-crystal complex oxide thin film
Analysis from a team led by Argonne researchers reveals never-before-seen details about a type of thin film being explored for advanced microelectronics. Research from a team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s ( DOE ) Argonne National Laboratory…
Biodiverse forests better at storing carbon for long periods, says study
Researchers look at unlogged forests in India
Formation of a huge underwater volcano offshore the Comoros
Seismologists of the GFZ have for the first time observed processes in the upper mantle before the formation of an enormous underwater eruption
Processed foods highly correlated with obesity epidemic in the US
WASHINGTON (Jan. 6, 2020) — As food consumed in the U.S. becomes more and more processed, obesity may become more prevalent. Through reviewing overall trends in food, George Washington University (GW) researcher Leigh A. Frame, PhD, MHS, concluded that detailed…
New imaging system and artificial intelligence algorithm accurately identify brain tumors
A novel method of combining advanced optical imaging with an artificial intelligence algorithm produces accurate, real-time intraoperative diagnosis of brain tumors, a new study finds. Published in Nature Medicine on January 6, the study examined the diagnostic accuracy of brain…
Simulated image demonstrates the power of NASA’s wide field infrared survey telescope
Imagine a fleet of 100 Hubble Space Telescopes, deployed in a strategic space-invader-shaped array a million miles from Earth, scanning the universe at warp speed. With NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, scheduled for launch in the mid-2020s, this vision…
Well-being and perceptions of social status
Researchers followed 2,232 twins born in England and Wales between 1994 and 1995 as part of the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study and found that by age 18, young people’s perceptions of their family’s social status, more than objective rank,…
Gene therapy shown to offer long-term benefits for people with Haemophilia A
A breakthrough gene therapy treatment for Haemophilia A has been shown to offer long-term benefits that have already transformed the lives of 13 men in the UK. Clinical researchers led by Professor John Pasi from Queen Mary University of London…
Study suggests antiretroviral therapy does not restore disease immunity
Amnesia to the immunity afforded by childhood vaccines and infections prior to HIV infection may present a significant health risk
Insufficient home care the biggest challenge to overcome after release from hospital
Ontario patients and caregivers consistently prioritized insufficient publicly funded home care services as the gap in the health system that most needed to be addressed
Jaguars could prevent a not-so-great American biotic exchange
Maintaining tropical forest predators in Darien could keep coyotes at bay
The Mark Foundation announces 2020 emerging leader awards
$4.5 million awarded to 6 outstanding early career scientists to support innovation in cancer research
Researchers suggest a pathway to reverse the genetic defect of Friedreich’s ataxia
The neurodegenerative disease is marked by an expansion of DNA triplet repeats; the Tufts researchers pinpoint a mechanism for potentially reversing the expansion
Antarctic waters: Warmer with more acidity and less oxygen
The increased freshwater from melting Antarctic ice sheets plus increased wind has reduced the amount of oxygen in the Southern Ocean and made it more acidic and warmer, according to new research led by University of Arizona geoscientists. The researchers…
Universal experiences associated with music
A study examines universal feelings evoked by music. Music bears cultural significance around the world, but whether music evokes specific emotions in universal ways is unclear. Alan Cowen and colleagues recruited 895 participants from China and 1,011 participants from the…
Sea-level rise and land subsidence in delta
Researchers report estimates of land subsidence rates in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta. The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, covering most of Bangladesh and part of eastern India, is highly vulnerable to climate-driven sea-level rise. Land subsidence can exacerbate the effects of sea-level rise, but…
Reducing forest isoprene emissions
Researchers report results of two field trials of poplars in Arizona and Oregon suggesting that suppression of production of isoprene, a compound thought to be required for protection from climate stress but deleterious to air quality, did not significantly affect…
Poplars genetically modified not to harm air quality grow as well as non-modified trees
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Field trials in the Northwest and Southwest show that poplar trees can be genetically modified to reduce negative impacts on air quality while leaving their growth potential virtually unchanged, says an Oregon State University researcher who collaborated…
Health care paperwork cost US $812 billion in 2017, 4 times more per capita than Canada
Study links rise in bureaucracy — now 34.2% of health spending — to surging overhead of private insurers; cutting US administrative costs to Canadian levels would have saved more than $600 billion in 2017