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An overactive cerebellum causes issues across the brain
Acute cerebellar inflammation and hyperexcitability induces ‘depression-like’ behavior
Software companies follow the skills and move where the staff are
Software companies are more likely to base their operations in locations where skilled potential recruits already work – rather than staff moving to new areas for fresh opportunities. New research from Lancaster University, the University of Illinois and Texas Tech…
Sex for cooperation
New insights help to explain why same-sex sexual interactions are so important for female bonobos
Prize for ‘negative scientific results’ awarded for work on experimental drug
Each year the European College for Neuropsychopharmacology awards a prize for the best publication in the field reporting exceptional ‘negative’ results – in other words, research which is unable to replicate previous work, so changing the way that the science…
Brain circuit controls individual responses to temptation in rats
Differences in how individual rats respond to ‘reward cues’, which have been linked to compulsive be
Study shows how salamanders harness limb regeneration to buffer selves from climate change
CLEMSON, South Carolina — Looking like a cross between a frog and a lizard, the gray cheek salamander has thin, smooth skin and no lungs. The amphibian breathes through its skin, and to survive it must keep its skin moist.…
Do we tend to centre our Instagram selfies on our left eye?
A new study suggests that it may not just be artists who make their eyes the centre-point of their o
Caregiver stress: The crucial, often unrecognized byproduct of chronic disease
Focusing on the caregiver-patient relationship can help reduce caregiver stress, according to invest
Europeans face significant challenges to participate in lung cancer clinical trials
Barcelona–A survey of patients with lung cancer in several European countries revealed that half did not know what a cancer clinical trial is, and 22 percent had never heard of a cancer clinical trial. The research was reported by Dr.…
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Final overall survival results of carboplatin + nab-paclitaxel ± atezolizumab in advanced squamous N
Young neuroscientist selected as IF/THEN Ambassador by AAAS
Lataisia C. Jones, Ph.D., a Children’s National postdoctoral fellow will serve as STEM role model
It’s not about self-driving cars, it’s about more people in fewer vehicles
FAU researcher says pooled-ride services key for sustainability and reducing traffic congestion
A liquid biopsy test can identify patients who may respond to immune checkpoint blockade
Bottom Line: A new liquid biopsy test could detect microsatellite instability (MSI) and tumor mutational burden (TMB), indicating that it could help determine which patients are likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Journal in Which the Study was Published:…
Rheumatology leaders and patients go to Capitol Hill to advocate
ACR members urged federal lawmakers to support the Safe Step Act, Empower for Health Act, REDI Act D
Reconfigurable electronics show promise for wearable, implantable devices
Flexible, stretchable electronics that can change size and shape dynamically are poised to open door
Studying vision in pitch-darkness shines light on how a mammal’s brain drives behavior
Neuroscientists link mammalian behavior to its underlying neural code at the unprecedented resolutio
$53.4M grant to Brown, Hebrew SeniorLife to enable expansion of Alzheimer’s research
Federal grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund a collaborative research incubator to s
What the noggin of modern humans’ ancestor would have looked like
Despite having lived about 300,000 years ago, the oldest ancestor of all members of Homo sapiens had a surprisingly modern skull–as suggested by a model created by CNRS researcher Aurélien Mounier of the Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique laboratory (CNRS…
Do as i say: Translating language into movement
CMU computer model aims to turn film scripts into animations
The toes of artists who paint with their feet can be mapped in their brains
A study of artists who paint with their feet shows that these individuals have finely tuned “toe maps” in their brains, where each toe can be linked with an area of brain activity visualized via fMRI. Although humans have well-defined…
Research shows 80% drop in ICU bloodstream infections
Bloodstream infections acquired in UK Intensive Care Units (ICUs) reduced by 80% between 2007 and 2012, according to research funded by the NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ Biomedical Research Centre. The findings are based on data collected from over 1…
Researchers propose the ‘Alzheimer’s Disease Exposome’ to address environmental risks
USC and Duke researchers say the framework illustrates how environmental and genetic factors interac
Bones of Roman Britons provide new clues to dietary deprivation
Researchers at the University of Bradford have shown a link between the diet of Roman Britons and their mortality rates for the first time, overturning a previously-held belief about the quality of the Roman diet. Using a new method of…
Buzzkill?
Male honeybees inject queens with blinding toxins during sex
Raising a glass to grapes’ surprising genetic diversity
Could contribute to wine’s varying flavors, aromas, researchers say
UCLA oncologist Dennis Slamon wins 2019 Lasker Award for clinical medical research
Cancer researcher honored for invention of breast cancer drug Herceptin
Do animals control earth’s oxygen level?
No more than 540 million years ago there was a huge boom in the diversity of animals on Earth. The first larger animals evolved in what is today known as the Cambrian explosion. In the time that followed, the animals…
1.5 million euros of EU funding for cutting-edge research
Putting an end to inflammation
Researchers unveil new volcanic eruption forecasting technique
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Volcanic eruptions and their ash clouds pose a significant hazard to population centers and air travel, especially those that show few to no signs of unrest beforehand. Geologists are now using a technique traditionally used in weather…
Adolescents with high levels of physical activity perform better in school over two years
Adolescents with higher levels of physical activity performed better in school during transition from primary school to lower secondary school than their physically inactive peers, a new study from Finland shows. However, the researchers, from the University of Jyväskylä, found…
Near misses at Large Hadron Collider shed light on the onset of gluon-dominated protons
LAWRENCE — New findings from University of Kansas experimental nuclear physicists Daniel Tapia Takaki and Aleksandr (Sasha) Bylinkin were just published in the European Physical Journal C . The paper centers on work at the Compact Muon Solenoid, an experiment…
Scientists discover hidden differences among cells that may help them evade drug therapy
The discovery by UMD researchers suggests ‘functional mosaicism’ could explain some antibiotic resis
Research aims to improve night-shift workers’ sleep
Job performance for older employees critical as labor force ages
Food insecurity in toddler years linked to poor health, but not obesity
New finding from the University of Maryland School of Medicine notes sharp rise in obesity rates in
Researchers pinpoint animal model proteins important in study of human disease
Frank Conlon, PhD, co-led a study showing which proteins and pathways are conserved in four major an
Q-CTRL leaps into the global top-10 of quantum start-ups
Professor Michael Biercuk’s company announces $15m funding round
Foot painters’ toes mapped like fingers in the brain
Using your feet like hands can cause organised ‘hand-like’ maps of the toes in the brain, never before documented in people, finds a new UCL-led study of two professional foot painters. These findings, published in Cell Reports , demonstrate an…
Future of portable electronics — Novel organic semiconductor with exciting properties
Researchers synthesize a new substance that can potentially be adapted to form a semiconductor with
HKU archaeological team excavates at one of the major fortress-settlements in the Armenian Highlands
HKU archaeological team excavates at one of the major fortress-settlements in the Armenian Highlands
Mathematical model could help correct bias in measuring bacterial communities
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a mathematical model that shows how bias distorts results when measuring bacterial communities through metagenomic sequencing. The proof-of-concept model could be the first step toward developing calibration methods that could make metagenomic…
Two commonly used uveitis drugs perform similarly in NIH-funded clinical trial
Methotrexate was more effective than mycophenolate mofetil at treating severe forms of the eye disea
NUS invention makes biopsies less invasive and more informative
STAMP technology is a million times more sensitive and comprehensive to accurately detect and classi
Tougher arsenic standard shows desired effect: Public’s drinking water is safer
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Toughening the federal standard for arsenic in 2001 has led to fewer violations by the public systems that supply more than 80 percent of the United States’ drinking water, research led by Oregon State University shows. Researchers…
American Pediatric Society announces APS Howland Visiting Professor Program winners
Two academic institutions were selected to host renowned neonatology leader Dr. David K. Stevenson,
New blood test for prostate cancer is highly-accurate and avoids invasive biopsies
A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer, according to research by Queen Mary University of London. In combination with the current prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, the…
Lasker Foundation announces 2019 Lasker Awards
Recognition for basic and clinical medical research and public service
Study explores role of mediator protein complex in transcription and gene expression
Did you know that the DNA in any cell of the human body – or any organism for that matter – contains the genetic information required to develop every possible type of cell within that organism? Yet cell types differ…
Scholastica announces sustainable OA publishing roadmap: Plan S and beyond
CHICAGO, IL (September 10, 2019) — Scholastica , a peer review and open access (OA) publishing platform for academic journals, announced today the release of a Product Roadmap detailing new features to help journals comply with Plan S and sustainably…
Optical vacuum cleaner can manipulate nanoparticles
The TPU and international researchers developed a concept for constructing an optical vacuum cleaner