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UrduJohns Hopkins researchers recently received a $195,000 Rapid Response Research grant from the National Science Foundation to, using machine learning, identify which COVID-19 patients are at risk of adverse cardiac events such as heart failure, sustained abnormal heartbeats, heart attacks,…
Most parents concerned about privacy, body image impact of tweens using health apps
2 in 3 parents worry that their tween might be targeted by ads with inappropriate content, 3 in 4 concerned that apps could make kids overly focused on weight
Personal accounts of childhood maltreatment matter more for mental health than records
Personal accounts of childhood maltreatment show a stronger association with psychiatric problems compared to legal proof that maltreatment occurred, according to a new study co-written by a King’s College London researcher. The findings indicate that clinical work that focusses on…
Study finds people are more satisfied after quitting the status quo
A new paper in The Review of Economic Studies , published by Oxford University Press, finds that people who use a coin toss to decide on an important change are more likely to follow through with that decision, are more…
USC’s Mark Humayun wins IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Mark Humayun, MD, PhD , director of the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics and co-director of the USC Roski Eye Institute , was awarded the 2020 Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology by the Institute…
Genome study links DNA changes to the risks of specific breast cancer subtypes
Findings may eventually improve ability to predict breast cancer risks, even at specific breast cancer subtype level
From digital to optical
Scientists demonstrate the work of first chemically synthesized optical switch
Scientists find brain center that ‘profoundly’ shuts down pain
Single OFF switch dampens response of dozens of pain-promotion centers
Genomic selection in dairy cows creates opportunities not possible with traditional selection
June issue of the Journal of Dairy Science® highlights rapid acceleration of genetic progress
A deeper connection to hyaline fibromatosis syndrome
Hyaline Fibromatosis Syndrome (HFS) is a rare but severe genetic disease that affects babies, children, and adults. Hyaline, a glassy substance, accumulates in the skin and various organs, and causes painful deformities that can lead to an early death. HFS…
ESMO Breast Cancer Virtual Meeting 2020
23-24 May 2020
AI unlocks rhythms of ‘deep sleep’
Research tool available online for vital research
HHU physicists: No evidence of an influence of dark matter on the force between nuclei
Physics: Publication in Nature
New study shows how our surveillance system is triggered inside tissues
White blood cells are known to circulate through the entire body inside blood vessels, acting as a surveillance system. However, a specialized group of these cells are permanently present in tissues like the skin, intestine and lungs, protecting against external…
Identification of a determining factor in luminal cancer cells
Luminal cancer cells cause the greatest number of breast cancer cases
Physicists have developed a sensor that can be used in both industry and biomedicine
In April 2020, an article ‘Magnetic field sensor based on magnetoplasmonic crystal’ was published in Scientific Reports magazine
Pensoft signs with Senckenberg Nature Research Society to publish three journals on ARPHA
Recently, the scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft signed with one of the largest natural research associations in Germany: the Senckenberg Nature Research Society , to publish three journals: Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny , Vertebrate Zoology and Geologica Saxonica on…
JHU researchers to use machine learning to predict heart damage in COVID-19 victims
Johns Hopkins researchers recently received a $195,000 Rapid Response Research grant from the National Science Foundation to, using machine learning, identify which COVID-19 patients are at risk of adverse cardiac events such as heart failure, sustained abnormal heartbeats, heart attacks,…
Clinical trial shows ability of stem cell-based topical solution to regrow hair
Durham, NC – The results of a clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine demonstrate how a topical solution made up of stem cells leads to the regrowth of hair for people with a common type of baldness.…
Announcing Nutrition 2020 live online
Virtual event brings you the latest research news from the comfort of home
Atrial fibrillation among overweight people is not due to fat
In a recently published study, researchers from Aarhus University document that the risk of atrial fibrillation is not linked to the amount of body fat, but instead to large muscle mass, or more precisely, a high fat-free weight
Emissions from road construction could be halved using today’s technology
The construction sector accounts for a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions, in Sweden and globally. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg studied the construction of an eight km stretch of road in detail and calculated…
Riddled with holes: Making flexible thin-film electronics more durable
Scientists explain how perforating flexible electrodes with micrometer-sized holes makes them resistant to bending and folding
Aboriginal rock art, frontier conflict and a swastika
Murray River rockshelter reveals region’s history
High hopes for new-age rubber
‘Self-repairing’ material has many industrial uses
US inroads to better Ebola vaccine
Promising results in mice trials
The neglected heating sector
A comparative study of decarbonisation strategies in building heating in Germany and the UK
Climate change threatens progress in cancer control
Commentary says fighting effects of fossil fuels consistent with goal of eradicating cancer
Analysis of bird species reveals how wings adapted to their environment and behavior
Bird wings adapted for long-distance flight are linked to their environment and behaviour, according to new research on an extensive database of wing measurements, led by the University of Bristol. The Arctic tern flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic…
Most parents concerned about privacy, body image impact of tweens using health apps
2 in 3 parents worry that their tween might be targeted by ads with inappropriate content, 3 in 4 concerned that apps could make kids overly focused on weight
Study finds people are more satisfied after quitting the status quo
A new paper in The Review of Economic Studies , published by Oxford University Press, finds that people who use a coin toss to decide on an important change are more likely to follow through with that decision, are more…
Pensoft signs with Senckenberg Nature Research Society to publish three journals on ARPHA
Recently, the scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft signed with one of the largest natural research associations in Germany: the Senckenberg Nature Research Society , to publish three journals: Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny , Vertebrate Zoology and Geologica Saxonica on…
Double helix of masonry — Researchers discover the secret of Italian renaissance domes
In a collaborative study in this month’s issue of Engineering Structures , researchers at Princeton University and the University of Bergamo revealed the engineering techniques behind self-supporting masonry domes inherent to the Italian renaissance. Researchers analyzed how cupolas like the…
Mussel reefs heighten risk of microplastic exposure and consumption
Commercially important seafood species are at greater risk of microplastic contamination depending how they clump together in the marine environment, new research suggests. In the first study of its kind, scientists from the University of Plymouth used a series of…
Fish feces reveals which species eat crown-of-thorns
Great Barrier Reef research finds the destructive starfish is eaten more often than thought
Study on body posture: Can powerful poses improve self-confidence in children?
A dominant body posture may help children to feel more confident in school. These are the findings of a new study by psychologists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg. The study was recently published…
Study finds that aging neurons accumulate DNA damage
Reactivating an enzyme that promotes DNA repair can help to reverse age-related cognitive decline in mice
‘Tantalizing’ clues about why a mysterious material switches from conductor to insulator
Tantalum disulfide is a mysterious material. According to textbook theory, it should be a conducting metal, but in the real world it acts like an insulator. Using a scanning tunneling microscope, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science…
New article in Pediatric Research: A roadmap for critical COVID-19 research in children
Article by I-ACT for Children, other leading pediatric researchers stresses urgency in addressing the questions surrounding children and the disease
A new look into the sources and impacts of greenhouse gases in China
China’s implementation of a national carbon trading market to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires reliable and timely information on GHG sources and impacts. Recent GHG monitoring and modeling studies provide new GHG emission estimates to help policymakers guide progress…
Technological changes and new low-carbon lifestyles, key to mitigating climate change
In order to mitigate climate change impacts and achieve a more sustainable society, it is necessary to transform the current energy system based on fossil fuels into a model based on renewable energies, and to change society’s lifestyles, accepting less…
Study to identify markers that could predict COVID-19 outcome
COVID-19 is the UK’s largest public health crisis since World War II. There is an urgent need to identify why some patients with the virus do very well whereas others need to be admitted to intensive care and may die…
A new epigenetic editing tool is developed to activate silenced genes
Although all cells in an organism have the same genetic information, not all perform the same function, being as not all of them have the same active genes. Part of these differences in gene activity is due to DNA methylation,…
Gestures heard as well as seen
Gesturing adds emphasis to speech — but not in the way researchers thought
How climate killed corals
Multiple factors joined forces to devastate the Great Barrier Reef in 2016
New LAT1 inhibitor can boost cancer treatment
Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a new and promising drug compound for the treatment of cancer that inhibits natural amino acids from entering cancer cells. Since amino acids are essential for the growth and division of…
New study sheds light on IBD patients with COVID
Researchers report findings from international registry
Antibody neutralizes SARS and COVID-19 coronaviruses
The neutralizing antibody, called S309, is on an accelerated path toward clinical trials
During pandemic stage of emerging pathogen, climate has modest impact compared to population suscept
In influencing the trajectory of the pandemic stage of an emerging pathogen, a population’s susceptibility to a novel disease is more influential than climate factors like humidity. The results – based on a model informed by climate-dependence of known coronaviruses…
Highly efficient charge-to-spin interconversion in graphene heterostructures
Researchers present a new route for designing a graphene-based active spintronic component