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UrduA remarkable new treasure has been found by scientists from the University of Portsmouth – the first fossil plant gum on record. The beautiful, amber-like material has been discovered in 110 million year old fossilised leaves. University of Portsmouth PhD…
Researchers develop framework that improves Firefox security
Computer scientists develop a technique to protect browsers from buggy third-party libraries
SwRI delivers ultraviolet instrument for ESA’s Jupiter mission
Scientists will use UVS to study the structure, composition of the atmospheres of Jupiter and its moons
Noninvasive, self-adhesive sensor predicted worsening heart failure in veterans
Circulation: Heart Failure Journal Report
Allergists encourage parents of food-allergic kids to recognize their own anxiety
Transferring knowledge of food allergies, not fear, to children is crucial
UTSA finds the best method to teach children augmented reality
(San Antonio, TX — Feb. 25, 2020) Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) identified the best approach to help children operate Augmented Reality (AR). According to UTSA computer science experts, a major barrier into wider adoption…
Scientists call on government to increase ambition to save our ocean
In the last decade there has been rapid expansion in the area of ocean designated as a Marine Protected Area (MPA). Despite this progress, marine biodiversity continues to decline, placing at risk the health of our oceans and the critical…
‘Lab in your phone’ lets you play the scientific life
The scientist inside your phone is having a stressful day. Trying to finish a research paper while keeping a batch of cells alive, the last thing they need is “something funky” in their petri dish. As demigod of this pocket-based…
Turbomachine expander offers efficient, safe strategy for heating, cooling
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new device to help homeowners cut electricity bills could also provide more efficient and safer cooling options for companies and vehicles. Purdue University researchers developed their device to decrease energy consumption of the vapor-compression heat…
Adults don’t need tetanus, diphtheria boosters if fully vaccinated as children
US currently recommends booster shots for adults every 10 years
Medicine and flyfishing
Gilbert Thompson’s Medicine My Vocation, Fishing My Recreation
New study associates intake of dairy milk with greater risk of breast cancer
Evidence suggests consistently drinking as little as one cup per day may increase rate of breast cancer up to 50%
New pieces added to the molecular puzzle of rheumatoid arthritis
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have revealed new details about how joint inflammation evolves in rheumatoid arthritis, and the cells that prolong the inflammatory attack. In both laboratory models and human clinical samples, the research team pinpointed immune cells…
Wearable sensor powered by AI predicts worsening heart failure before hospitalization
A new wearable sensor that works in conjunction with artificial intelligence technology could help doctors remotely detect critical changes in heart failure patients days before a health crisis occurs and could prevent hospitalization, according to a study led by University…
Study finds picking up a pingpong paddle may benefit people with Parkinson’s
MINNEAPOLIS – Pingpong may hold promise as a possible form of physical therapy for Parkinson’s disease. People with Parkinson’s who participated in a pingpong exercise program once a week for six months showed improvement in their Parkinson’s symptoms, according to…
New ACM journal explores how technology is transforming government
In inaugural issue, pioneers look at the development and future of digital democracy
Seeds in Tibet face impacts from climate change
Warming and increased precipitation tests the resilience of soil seed banks against harm done by climate change
Regular walnut consumption linked to health and longevity in women, according to new study
FOLSOM, Calif., February 25, 2020 — According to a new epidemiological study , women in their late 50s and early 60s who consumed at least two servings of walnuts per week had a greater likelihood of healthy aging compared to…
Abbreviated MRI outperforms 3D mammograms at finding cancer in dense breasts
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group study published in JAMA builds evidence for use of abbreviated MRI in women with dense breasts
Discovery of bacterial ancestor yields new insight on calcium channels
A new ion channel identified in bacteria fills a missing link in the evolutionary history of ion channels in mammals
Chronic inflammation in pregnancy linked to childhood neurodevelopmental delays
Large study in Biological Psychiatry strengthens evidence and suggests a potential therapeutic target in pregnancy to give children a healthier start in life
Researchers improve safety of lead-based perovskite solar cells
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) have developed a technique to sequester the lead used to make perovskite solar cells, a highly efficient emerging photovoltaic technology. The light-absorbing layer in a perovskite solar…
Novartis and DNDi to jointly develop a new oral drug to treat visceral leishmaniasis
LXE408 is a first-in-class compound, discovered at Novartis with financial support from the Wellcome Trust Novartis is responsible for completing Phase I clinical trials and has committed to maximizing access in endemic countries, once approved DNDi will lead Phase II…
New study shows the effects of obesity mirror those of aging
Concordia researchers identify a shared list of health issues, from DNA damage to cognitive decline
Stabilizing freeze-dried cellular machinery unlocks cell-free biotechnology
A low-cost approach improves cell-free biotechnology’s utility for bio-manufacturing and portability for field applications
CQDM partners with GlycoNet to support innovative glycomics research in Canada
The partnership aims to support the development of novel technologies in drug discovery and accelerate scientific talents across Canada
Big data could yield big discoveries in archaeology, Brown scholar says
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Centuries of archaeological research on the Inca Empire has netted a veritable library of knowledge. But new digital and data-driven projects led by Brown University scholars are proving that there is much more to discover…
Mortality decreased with further treatment for opioid use disorder after detox
Boston – A new study shows that people with opioid use disorder who enter inpatient medically managed withdrawal treatment (detox) do not usually receive further treatment, including medication for opioid use disorder or additional inpatient treatment. Those who did receive…
Using biology to explain social psychology of cultural differences wins top prize at SPSP
What does the behavior of ground squirrels tell us about how people act in different societies? A lot, according to a new theoretical framework for understanding the psychology of cultural differences. The foundation of the framework is based on a…
Study finds gender disparities in hematology research success
Caregiving responsibilities found to negatively affect academic productivity, primarily for men
Tel Aviv University researchers discover unique non-oxygen breathing animal
The tiny relative of the jellyfish is parasitic and dwells in salmon tissue
Lava flows tell 600-year story of biodiversity loss on tropical island
A natural experiment created by an active volcano gives new insight into the long-term negative impacts of human colonisation of tropical forest islands. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society journal, Journal of Ecology . Researchers from the…
Military waste has unexpected consequences on civilians, the environment
New book by Binghamton University faculty explores the impact of American war preparation
Social banks rely on their motivated investors
The main reason for the existence of social banks is to fund other social enterprises. On that basis, Simon Cornée from the University of Rennes 1, Panu Kalmi from the University of Vaasa and Ariane Szafarz from the Université Libre…
Powerful mantis shrimp pull punches in air for self-preservation
Mantis shrimp ( Squilla mantis ) don’t take kindly to captivity. ‘They have a general baseline of being angry’, chuckles Kate Feller, currently at the University of Minnesota, USA, recalling how the contrary stomatopods are particularly keen to lash out…
Stanford research maps a faster, easier way to build diamond
With the right amount of pressure and surprisingly little heat, a substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure diamond
Insulin signaling suppressed by decoys
C. elegans study from the lab of Matthew Gill, PhD, presents new direction for research on type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, longevity and aging
Stanford scientists link ulcerative colitis to missing gut microbes
About 1 million people in the United States have ulcerative colitis, a serious disease of the colon that has no cure and whose cause is obscure. Now, a study by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators has tied the condition…
Electrolyte supplements don’t prevent illness in athletes, study finds
Electrolyte supplements popular with endurance runners can’t be relied on to keep essential sodium levels in balance, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and their collaborators. Rather, longer training distances, lower body mass and avoidance of…
AI has helped to better understand how human brain performs face recognition
Scientists from Salk Institute (USA), Skoltech (Russia), and Riken Center for Brain Science (Japan) investigated a theoretical model of how populations of neurons in the visual cortex of the brain may recognize and process faces and their different expressions and…
Shrinking sea ice is creating an ecological trap for polar bears
San Diego Zoo Global researchers studying the effects of climate change on polar bears are using innovative technologies to understand why polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea are showing divergent movement patterns in the summer. In recent decades, about…
Observation of non-trivial superconductivity on surface of type II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4
Topological superconductor, with bulk superconducting gap and Majorana fermion states on the surface or edge, is one of the most sought after quantum materials. Topological superconductivity is of fundamental importance with potentially powerful application in topological quantum computation. The discovery…
CaPtAs: A new noncentrosymmetric superconductor
A research group from Zhejiang University in China has found that the noncentrosymmetric compound CaPtAs is a superconductor, which shows evidence for unconventional properties. This compound provides a new opportunity for studying unconventional superconductivity in systems with broken inversion symmetry.…
Stimulating resonance with two very different forces
In some specialised oscillators, two driving forces with significantly different frequencies can work together to make the whole system resonate
Leon O. Chua receives the 2020 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics
American electrical engineer and computer scientist honored for his breakthrough research on memristors and memristive systems, and his lifetime achievements in nanoelectronics, nonlinear networks, nonlinear dynamics, chaos and computational biology
A better starting point for exploring entanglement
Updated mathematical techniques which can distinguish between two types of ‘non-Gaussian curve’ could make it easier for researchers to study the nature of quantum entanglement
Myanmar to be 1st country in ASEAN Region to launch free and open national research portal
21 February 2020, Yangon – Access to research in Myanmar will increase thanks to a new collaboration agreement between national and international partners, signed in Yangon today, and paving the way for a new national open access portal. The Myanmar…
Study investigates moral distress of physicians who care for older adults
Compromising professional integrity is correlated with physician burnout and depression
New RNA mapping technique shows how RNA interacts with chromatin in the genome
A group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have developed a new method, RADICL-seq, which allows scientists to better understand how RNA interacts with the genome through chromatin–the structure in which the…
What makes an Airbnb host look trustworthy?
Hebrew University researchers crack the code