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UrduDisabled people face being marginalised by the very programmes that are designed to help them. Rather than taking their differences and particular preferences into account, projects and welfare systems established to provide support are normalising disabled people, and unintentionally contributing…
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‘Soft tactile logic’ tech distributes decision-making throughout stretchable material
Inspired by octopuses, researchers have developed a structure that senses, computes and responds without any centralized processing – creating a device that is not quite a robot and not quite a computer, but has characteristics of both. The new technology…
Multidrug resistance: Not as recent as we thought
Researchers from Osaka University find that a relatively ancient drug efflux pump in Haemophilus inf
Brain-inspired computing could tackle big problems in a small way
While computers have become smaller and more powerful and supercomputers and parallel computing have become the standard, we are about to hit a wall in energy and miniaturization. Now, Penn State researchers have designed a 2D device that can provide…
Scientists create a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time
The material developed at University of Bath allows for incredibly sensitive detection of the direct
Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement
An international collaboration of scientists in Iceland, Denmark and the Netherlands has for the first time used ancient DNA analyses and C14-dating to demonstrate the past existence of a unique population of Icelandic walrus that went extinct shortly after Norse…
Blink and you’ll miss it
Researchers use light to control high-speed chemical reactions in a new way
Researchers identify focus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths
Boston – A new study identifies specific locations where medication and harm reduction services for people with opioid use disorder should be available in order to have the greatest impact on reducing opioid overdose deaths. Led by researchers at Boston…
Warriors Research Institute expands telehealth to Texas veterans and their families
Baylor Scott & White Research Institute program receives grant for statewide expansion
Predicting risk of heart failure for diabetes patients with help from machine learning
Investigators used artificial intelligence to identify top 10 variables that can predict, with a hig
Researchers have identified areas of the retina that change in mild Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have identified changes in retinal layer thickness, inflammation or thinning in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease, confirming that the retina is one of the most important biomarkers for early diagnosis of the…
Groovy! These grooved patterns better mitigate shock waves
A team of engineers at UC San Diego has discovered a method that could make materials more resilient against massive shocks such as earthquakes or explosions. Undergraduate researchers in the structural engineering lab of Professor Veronica Eliasson used a shock…
Microbes make chemicals for scent marking in a cat
Domestic cats, like many other mammals, use smelly secretions from anal sacs to mark territory and communicate with other animals. A new study from the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis shows that many odiferous compounds from a…
Children of refugees with PTSD are at higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied what it means for children to have parents who are refugees and have PTSD. The study shows that these children have a significantly higher risk of contact with the psychiatric system. The…
Environmental pollution in China begins decreasing
For decades pollution in China has paralleled economic growth. But this connection has been weakened in recent years, according to a new international research study published in the Science Advances journal. The study was conducted by an international team of…
Women also competed for status superiority in mid-Republican Rome
Purple clothing, gold trimmings, earrings and two- or four-wheeled carriages. Among the elite, competition for status superiority was just as vital to women as it was to men in Rome around 2000 years ago. This has been demonstrated in a…
The enigma of bronze age tin
Researchers use methods of the natural sciences to uncover geographic origin of archaeological tin a
Physical activity may attenuate menopause-associated atherogenic changes
A new study on menopausal women shows that leisure-time physical activity is associated with a healthier blood lipid profile. However, results suggest that leisure-time physical activity does not seem to entirely offset the unfavorable lipid profile changes associated with the…
High social support associated with less violence among male teens in urban neighborhoods
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2019 – Among teen boys in urban neighborhoods with low resources, the presence of adult social support is linked to significantly fewer occurrences of sexual violence, youth violence and bullying, and to more positive behaviors, including school…
Chemistry team leverages ‘Data Revolution’ to solve current issues in chemistry
Part of three projects chosen nationally this year by the National Science Foundation, Matthew Sigma
Developing therapeutic strategies for pregnant women with lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus, a chronic autoimmune disease commonly referred to as lupus or SLE, has been compared to volatile, unprovoked brawls within the body. The disease, which has no cure, operates much like an allergic reaction gone awry: When activated,…
Gene editing tool gets sharpened by WFIRM team
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientists have fine-tuned their delivery system to deliver a DNA editing tool to alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. The improved “hit and run” system works faster and is more efficient. “With this…
How microtubules branch in new directions, a first look in animals
Biologists say visualization of an essential mitotic pathway in living animal cells is a first
New vibration sensor detects buried objects from moving vehicle
Sensor is poised to improve landmine detection and non-destructive testing
Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants, some weighing over 1,000 kg
Extinct palorchestid marsupials likely filled a niche no longer occupied in modern Australia
GPM analyzes rainfall in Bahamas from potential Tropical Cyclone 9
As the Bahamas continue to recover from Category 5 hurricane Dorian, a new developing tropical cyclone is bringing additional rainfall to an already soaked area. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite provided a look at those rainfall…
New way to target cancer’s diversity and evolution
Scientists reveal 3D structure of crucial molecule involved in mixing and matching genetic informati
Study finds certain drugs used to treat eye diseases excreted into human breast milk
Researchers suggest that the presence of ranibizumab and aflibercept in the breast milk of nursing m
Scientists developing single photon detector to help search for habitable exoplanets
NASA to award RIT and Dartmouth grant to develop highly sensitive detector for future missions
Communities that Care prevention system helps to protect youth
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Students in Pennsylvania school districts that participated in Communities that Care (CTC) coalitions were significantly less likely to use alcohol or marijuana, or to engage in delinquent behavior than those in non-CTC districts, according to a…
Accounting for influencing factors when estimating suicide rates among US youth
Bottom Line: Using unadjusted suicide rates to describe trends may be skewed because they are affected by differences in age and year of birth. This secondary analysis of data included total population and suicide deaths by single year of age…
Are differences in working memory development associated with crashes involving young drivers?
What The Study Did: This study of 84 young drivers looked at the association between motor vehicle crashes and differences in the development of working memory, which is critical to awareness of hazards while driving. Authors: Elizabeth A. Walshe, Ph.D.,…
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but this reaction edits skeletons
Marcos G. Suero and his research group at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) pre
New health monitors are flexible, transparent and graphene enabled
New technological devices are prioritizing non-invasive tracking of vital signs not only for fitness monitoring, but also for the prevention of common health problems such as heart failure, hypertension, and stress related complications, among others. Wearables based on optical detection…
Land restoration in Latin America shows big potential for climate change mitigation
Deforestation and Amazon fires grab headlines but 150-plus restoration projects in Latin America sho
Volker Burkert named Virginia Outstanding Scientist
For more than 30 years, Volker Burkert has made his home in the Commonwealth of Virginia and made lasting contributions to its scientific capabilities and accomplishments at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Now, his home state…
Researchers find waterhemp has evolved resistance to 4 herbicide sites of action
A research study featured in the journal Weed Science provides worrisome new details about the evolu
Children’s Tumor Foundation hosts NF Innovation Week in San Francisco
Researchers, clinicians, data scientists, patients and caregivers convene to fast-track cures for th
Study examines patterns of violence among young urban males
Bottom Line: This observational study of adolescent men in urban neighborhoods examined associations between social support, patterns of violence, and violence-related risk behaviors or protective factors that might mitigate them. The analysis included data from a recently completed randomized clinical…
Biochar used to prevent soil erosion in Tatarstan
It can also help in fighting environmental pollution
Lithuanian scientists contributed to creating the record-breaking solar cell
Tandem perovskite-CIGS solar cells, produced as a result of the collaboration between Lithuanian and
Parasitology: Mother cells as organelle donors
Toxoplasma gondii , the unicellular causative agent of toxoplasmosis, reproduces itself in an unusual fashion by means of an internal budding process. This entails the development of two daughter cells within the cytoplasm of the mother cell. On completion of…
Team discovers polymorph selection during crystal growth can be thermodynamically driven
Studying colloidal crystallization, Lehigh scientists show that kinetic effects may be unable to ful
Predictable esports: Amateurs and professionals sit differently in a chair
A group of scientists from Skoltech, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and the State University of Aerospace Instrumentation in St. Petersburg has won the Best Paper Award at the prestigious fifth IEEE International Conference on Internet of People…
Tiny bubbles in our body could fight cancer better than chemo
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Healthy cells in our body release nano-sized bubbles that transfer genetic material such as DNA and RNA to other cells. It’s your DNA that stores the important information necessary for RNA to produce proteins and make…
NASA-NOAA satellite’s night-time look at Tropical Storm Kiko
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the early hours of Sept. 12 and grabbed a nighttime look at Tropical Storm Kiko. Kiko developed on Sept. 11 as Tropical Depression 13E and strengthened into a tropical…
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP tracks fire and smoke from two continents
Wherever fires are burning around the world NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite’s Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) can track the smoke and aerosols. On Sept. 13, 2019, data from OMPS revealed aerosols and smoke from fires over both South America…
Trapped by a flexible schedule
The pain and price of freelance work
First frailty map highlights service need
An online interactive map, which shows for the first time where Australia’s frail and pre-frail people live today and in the future, will help plan services for healthy ageing.
Pushing rates further into negative territory would be counterproductive, say Notre Dame economists
Notre Dame economists Cynthia Wu and Eric Sims, who presented to the Fed this summer at the Chicago Fed conference, can comment on Trump’s desire to lower interest rates to zero or below zero. Select comments from the press release…