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UrduA study examines the fate of honey bees in intensely farmed landscapes. Efforts to increase crop production via monocultures can endanger species. To better understand how intensive agriculture affects honey bees, Adam G. Dolezal and colleagues tracked honey bee nutrition…
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Forest responses to climate change
A study explores the competing effects of atmospheric carbon and temperature on forests. Increasing atmospheric CO2 can stimulate photosynthesis, but can also cause climate warming that increases water stress and inhibits plant growth. Predicting forest response to these competing influences…
Circulation and feeding in blue whales
A study finds extreme ranges of heart rates in blue whales during diving, feeding, and surfacing. Examining the biology of animals at the extremes of body size can reveal the effect of size on physiological function. Blue whales slow their…
Cells study helping to crack the code to Alzheimer’s disease
A study led by researchers at Monash University has opened up new hope for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in older people and, as there are no effective treatments, is one…
Locking up fats in CAGEs to reduce obesity
Orally administered liquid salt helps prevent fat absorption and slow down weight gain in rats
Cellular origins of pediatric brain tumors identified
Researchers make a breakthrough by identifying that several aggressive pediatric brain tumors are the result of stalled development in embryonic cells
Scientists develop electrochemical platform for cell-free synthetic biology
The direct gene circuit to electrode interface unites biology’s ability to sense with the memory and decision-making capabilities of electronic systems.
Screen time patterns of kids
What The Study Did: Screen time data for nearly 3,900 children were used to examine patterns of screen time use and the association with sociodemographic characteristics such as parental education levels and sex of the child. To access the embargoed…
Examining work schedules of hospitalists, patient outcomes
What The Study Did: This observational study investigated whether the continuity of hospitalists’ work schedules, such as working more days consecutively compared to intermittently, was associated with outcomes for patients admitted to Texas hospitals. To access the embargoed study: Visit…
A missing link in haze formation
University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered a key reaction that influences the growth of potentially harmful particles in the atmosphere
Are toddlers meeting screen-time guidelines?
Bottom Line: Most 2- and 3-year-old children don’t meet screen time guidelines and moms’ screen usage was one of the associated factors reported in this observational study. Guidelines put forth by the World Health Organization and pediatric societies have recommended…
New research training group on the self-organization of soft matter
German Research Foundation to sponsor a new research training group in physics and chemistry; cooperation between Mainz University, TU Darmstadt, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Income inequality fuels status anxiety and sexualisation, research shows
Women’s appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, according to new research
Liquid-liquid transitions crystallize new ideas for molecular liquids
Tokyo – Crystallization describes the formation of ordered structures from the disordered constituents of a liquid. Although the fundamental theory of crystal formation has been widely investigated and is generally well established, gaps in the understanding still remain. Researchers from…
A monkey’s balancing act
How species in the wild are managing the risks and rewards of sharing space with humans
Mexico City to host Interdrought 2020
Global conference will serve as forum for collaboration on crop production in water-limited environments.
Konstanz-based CRC 969 to receive additional funding
The Konstanz-based research in the area of cellular proteostasis will receive funding in the amount of approximately EUR ten million for another four years, at the end of which it will have reached its maximum funding period of twelve years.…
Global health viewpoint: Poor data prevent accurate measurement of UN goals
SEATTLE – The lack of data, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, combined with the absence of international standards for data management, is hindering efforts in measuring progress toward meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) according to a…
New center for innovating and manufacturing next-generation medicines
Harvard, MIT, teaching hospitals, industry partners pool resources to create a central facility
Establishment of technologies for producing two types of zeolite nanoparticles
For transparent, moisture-absorbing packaging materials and applications to heating cosmetics
Why cigarettes initially feel disgusting and how this could help smokers quit
Scientists identify the cells behind nicotine aversion in the mouse brain
Encouraging normal liver cells to fight cancer
A study conducted at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology discovered that healthy liver tissue surrounding a tumor activates a defence mechanism that restrains tumor growth. Remarkably, the researchers found that hyperactivation of this mechanism above levels normally present…
The nature of salmonella is changing — and it’s meaner
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Salmonella is acting up in Michigan, and it could be a model for what’s happening in other states, according to a new Michigan State University study. The study, appearing in Frontiers in Medicine , documents a…
New approach to treating incurable leukemia in children discovered
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a form of blood cancer that primarily affects children and young people. It involves large quantities of malignant progenitor cells building up in a person’s blood instead of healthy white blood cells. This is often…
Approaching the perception of touch in the brain
Larger parts of the cerebral cortex than thought process tactile stimuli
Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands
A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes
Ultrafast quantum simulations: A new twist to an old approach
New method of studying large numbers of particles at quantum level developed by Universities of Warwick and Oxford Electrons and ions behave on vastly different timescales, making it prohibitive to simulate both on the same footing Ultrafast quantum simulation overcomes…
Researchers reach milestone in quantum standardization
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a method that could pave the way to establishing universal standards for measuring the performance of quantum computers. The new method, called cycle benchmarking, allows researchers to assess the potential of scalability…
Is cyberbullying common among adults?
New Rochelle, NY, November 25, 2019–A new nationwide study examined the prevalence of negative behaviors that occur via digital communication, encompassing a broad definition of cyberbullying that includes both cyber-aggression and cyberbullying. The study, which assessed a national sample of…
New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses
MADISON – On January 31, 2019, an 11-year old boy in Japan went to a medical clinic with a fever. The providers there diagnosed him with influenza, a strain called H3N2, and sent him home with a new medication called…
Forests face climate change tug of war
In a world of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, plants should be happy, right? Experiments have shown that, yes, increased carbon dioxide does allow plants to photosynthesize more and use less water. But the other side of the coin…
Effective method for correcting various CNS pathologies developing under oxygen deficiency
Scientists from Russia and Germany examined the role of neuronal kinome representatives in the implementation of adaptation mechanisms of the central nervous system under the influence of ischemia factors
Unravelling the venomous bite of an endangered mammal
Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and ZSL (Zoological Society of London) have worked with a team of scientists from institutions across the globe – to uncover the truth behind the origin of venom in some very unusual…
Newly discovered immune cells contribute to toxic shock
Recently discovered immune cells called MAIT cells play a key role in group A streptococcal toxic shock, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report. The results, which are published in the journal PNAS , have potential implications for the diagnosis…
Study tracks genomic changes that reinforce darter speciation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When they share habitat, orangethroat and rainbow darters tend to avoid one another, even though they are closely related and can produce “hybrid” offspring. The males compete with males of their own species and will almost always…
Flour power: How shoppers choose which bread to buy
What drives our decision-making when products have multiple features and benefits?
New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses
MADISON – On January 31, 2019, an 11-year old boy in Japan went to a medical clinic with a fever. The providers there diagnosed him with influenza, a strain called H3N2, and sent him home with a new medication called…
Forests face climate change tug of war
In a world of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, plants should be happy, right? Experiments have shown that, yes, increased carbon dioxide does allow plants to photosynthesize more and use less water. But the other side of the coin…
Why cigarettes initially feel disgusting and how this could help smokers quit
Scientists identify the cells behind nicotine aversion in the mouse brain
Scientists develop electrochemical platform for cell-free synthetic biology
The direct gene circuit to electrode interface unites biology’s ability to sense with the memory and decision-making capabilities of electronic systems.
A missing link in haze formation
University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered a key reaction that influences the growth of potentially harmful particles in the atmosphere
Income inequality fuels status anxiety and sexualisation, research shows
Women’s appearance enhancement is driven partly by status anxiety and income inequality, according to new research
A monkey’s balancing act
How species in the wild are managing the risks and rewards of sharing space with humans
Konstanz-based CRC 969 to receive additional funding
The Konstanz-based research in the area of cellular proteostasis will receive funding in the amount of approximately EUR ten million for another four years, at the end of which it will have reached its maximum funding period of twelve years.…
Study tracks genomic changes that reinforce darter speciation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When they share habitat, orangethroat and rainbow darters tend to avoid one another, even though they are closely related and can produce “hybrid” offspring. The males compete with males of their own species and will almost always…
New study looks to biological enzymes as source of hydrogen fuel
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Research from the University of Illinois and the University of California, Davis has chemists one step closer to recreating nature’s most efficient machinery for generating hydrogen gas. This new development may help clear the path for the…
A little prairie can rescue honey bees from famine on the farm, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists placed honey bee hives next to soybean fields in Iowa and tracked how the bees fared over the growing season. To the researchers’ surprise, the bees did well for much of the summer. The colonies thrived…
Under the lens: Link between macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa
University of Houston research team examines eye disease with $2.5 million award
Using gene scissors to detect diseases
The CRISPR/Cas technology can do more than alter genes. A research team at the University of Freiburg is using what are known as gene scissors – which scientists can use to edit genetic material – in order to better diagnose…
Researchers reach milestone in quantum standardization
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a method that could pave the way to establishing universal standards for measuring the performance of quantum computers. The new method, called cycle benchmarking, allows researchers to assess the potential of scalability…