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Dartmouth’s Chenfeng Ke Wins Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize
HANOVER, N.H. – February 13, 2020 – Chenfeng Ke, an assistant professor of chemistry at Dartmouth, has been awarded the 2020 Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry. The prize, awarded annually by the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular…
Polymers to the rescue! Saving cells from damaging ice
Ice can tear apart cells in cryo-storage; Polymers can save the day
Pitt study uncovers new electronic state of matter
Discovery shows electrons can bind together in ways similar to how quarks combine to form neutrons and protons
Public lecture on human cooperation, press room, and more: CNS 2020 is 1 month away
27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
New potential cause of Minamata mercury poisoning identified
SASKATOON – One of the world’s most horrific environmental disasters–the 1950 and 60s mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan–may have been caused by a previously unstudied form of mercury discharged directly from a chemical factory, research by the University of Saskatchewan…
New book on The PTEN Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Cold Spring Harbor, NY– Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press announced the release of The PTEN Family , available on its website in hardcover and ebook formats. The PTEN protein is a phosphatase that plays important roles as a tumor suppressor…
Consider workplace AI’s impact before it’s too late, study says
Consider workplace AI’s impact before it’s too late, study says
A brighter future for victims of child abuse and neglect
Breaking the cycle of child abuse
Physicist leading upgrade to ATLAS experiment
UTA’s Hadavand working to deliver more data over shorter time at Large Hadron Collider
Second South Texas Alzheimer’s Conference convenes Feb. 23-25 in San Antonio
Increasing representation of Hispanics/Latinos in clinical trials among key topics
Sea lions could point the way to monitor riverbed erosion
A recent research study conducted by City, University of London’s Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team, has revealed a novel correlation in the way sealions and rats use their whiskers, which paves the way for the online-monitoring underwater events which…
Can bilingualism protect the brain even with early stages of dementia?
Researchers find bilingualism provides the brain with greater cognitive reserve, delaying onset of symptoms
Scientists finally figure out how millipedes actually do it
High-tech imaging under UV light shows which parts go where when millipedes mate
Clinical trial examines subconcussive head impacts from soccer
Bottom Line: Subconcussive head impacts from sports are those that don’t cause symptoms of a concussion. This randomized clinical trial evaluated whether such subconcussive head impacts from soccer-ball headings impaired brain circuitry linking eye and cognitive functions in adult soccer…
Factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with facial palsy
What The Study Did: Patients with facial palsy completed questionnaires to help identify socioeconomic, personality and mental health factors associated with their health-related quality of life, information that may be beneficial in interpreting treatment outcomes. To access the embargoed study:…
Feasibility of using cells from fat tissue to treat scarred vocal cords
What The Study Did: This small trial examined the feasibility and effectiveness of injecting cells with regenerative properties that are from a patient’s fat tissue into scarred vocal cords of patients who had difficulty speaking. To access the embargoed study:…
Autophagy degrades liquid droplets, but not aggregates, of proteins
Under JST’s Strategic Basic Research Programs, Noda Nobuo (Laboratory Head) and Yamasaki Akinori, Postdoctoral Fellow (currently Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology), at the Institute of Microbial Chemistry in collaboration with other researchers, have discovered that autophagy is effective for…
Kazan University’s telescope assists in discovering a binary star system
A sizable international team published findings about the discovery of a new binary star in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Climate change: A model to forecast the spread of malaria
KIT team develops new forecast model based on climate and health data — part of the DFG research group that studies climate-induced damage to health in Africa
From petroleum to wood in the chemical industry: cost-efficient and more sustainable
An interdisciplinary team of bio-engineers and economists from KU Leuven has mapped out how wood could replace petroleum in the chemical industry
Artificial intelligence finds disease-related genes
An artificial neural network can reveal patterns in huge amounts of gene expression data, and discover groups of disease-related genes. This has been shown by a new study led by researchers at Linköping University, published in Nature Communications . The…
Kitsch religious souvenirs can rekindle pilgrimage experience
‘Tacky and ‘kitsch’ religious souvenirs brought back from pilgrimage sites offer pilgrims and their friends and family who cannot make the journey a deeper religious connection. Research by Dr Leighanne Higgins, of Lancaster University, and Dr Kathy Hamilton, of the…
Skyrmions like it hot: Spin structures are controllable even at high temperatures
Investigation of the temperature dependence of the skyrmion Hall effect reveals further insights into possible new data storage devices
Computer-based weather forecast: New algorithm outperforms mainframe computer systems
New algorithm solves complex problems more easily and more accurately on a personal computer while requiring less processing power than a supercomputer
Research pinpoints rogue cells at root of autoimmune disease
There are more than 100 different autoimmune diseases. But what unites them all is that they arise from an individual’s own cells – rare and mysterious immune cells that target not external viruses and bacteria but the body’s own healthy…
Children miss more school when their mothers experience high physical violence
Study links patterns in mothers’ IPV experience to children’s school attendance in Mexico City
Method combination allows deep insights into ultrafast light-induced processes
Since the 1990s, femtochemistry has been researching ultrafast processes at the molecular level. In the last few years, the research group Femtosecond Dynamics at TU Graz’s Institute of Experimental Physics has been able to achieve a number of successes in…
Benefits and barriers of prescription drug lists for asthma medications
Boston, MA – A new study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute examines the benefits and barriers of Prescription Drug List coverage for preventive asthma medications. The study, ” Preventive Drug Lists as Tools for Managing Asthma Medication…
Transparent human organs allow 3D maps at the cellular level
For the first time, researchers managed to make intact human organs transparent. Using microscopic imaging they could revealed underlying complex structures of the see-through organs at the cellular level. Resulting organ maps can serve as templates for 3D-bioprinting technologies. In…
IQWiG supports the ‘Jena Declaration’
The Institute no longer translates the term ‘race’ as ‘Rasse’ in its assessments
Gentle touch loses its pleasure in migraine patients
Psychophysical data uncover an interesting aspect of sensorial functioning in migraine patients
Brain imaging study reveals new clues about PTSD in victims of terrorist attacks
The terrorist attacks committed in Paris and Saint-Denis on November 13, 2015 have left lasting marks, not only on the survivors and their loved ones, but also on French society as a whole. A vast transdisciplinary research program, the 13-Novembre…
Researchers uncover the Moscow subway microbiome
A group of ITMO University researchers found out that bacterial world of Moscow subway system might be similar to that of New York
NSF recognizes Ganesh Balasubramanian with CAREER award
Lehigh University MechE professor utilizes supercomputing to facilitate the successful manufacture of multi-principal element alloys
Second antibiotic no advantage for treating super-bug Golden Staph
A world-first clinical trial has called into question the effectiveness of using more than one antibiotic to treat the deadly ‘super-bug’, Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bacteremia, commonly known as Golden Staph. Researchers from The University of Queensland, in collaboration with…
Unilateral terms of service change may put health-tech consumer welfare at risk
Given the intimate nature of the data handled by health technology companies, Jessica Roberts and Jim Hawkins argue, in this Policy Forum, for stronger consumer protections. Health tech companies such as those offering consumer genetics information or online health tracking…
Cigarette prices have risen following standardised packaging, despite warnings
University of Bath press release
Romance, scent, and sleep: The stuff that dreams are made of
Forget counting sheep. If you really want a good night’s sleep, all you may need is your romantic partner’s favorite T-shirt wrapped around your pillow. New research accepted for publication in the journal Psychological Science suggests that the scent of…
California agricultural employers, workers approach smoke concerns differently
UC Davis examines health and safety awareness around mounting threat
Predicting autism risk may begin with a drop of blood
New research study will analyze dried blood spots recorded from California newborns for 1,000 different molecules and chemicals; their tell-tale presence might predict autism risk years before symptoms appear, prompting early treatment and perhaps prevent
AGA announces new journal Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
The newest addition to the AGA journal family will focus on advances in endoscopic procedures
How useful are current tools that assess the quality of kidney-related care in the US?
Washington, DC (February 13, 2020) — New research examines the validity of measures used to assess the quality of kidney-related care in the United States. The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of JASN, highlight the shortcomings of these…
Study reveals improved survival after kidney transplantation during childhood
Washington, DC (February 13, 2020) — An analysis of information from Australia indicates that survival after kidney transplantation during childhood has improved drastically over the last 40 years, led by decreases in deaths from cardiovascular disease and infection. The findings…
UConn biomedical engineer creates ‘smart’ bandages to heal chronic wounds
Chronic and non-healing wounds–one of the most devastating complications of diabetes and the leading cause of limb amputation–affects millions of Americans each year. Due to the complex nature of these wounds, proper clinical treatment has been limited. For the first…
Boom and bust for ancient sea dragons
Large fish-like marine reptiles, the ichthyosaurs, had an early heyday but could not keep up the pace, leading to a 100-million-year stagnation in evolutionary variation
The demise of tropical snakes, an ‘invisible’ outcome of biodiversity loss
That tropical amphibian populations have been crippled by the chytrid fungus is well-known, but a new study linking this loss to an “invisible” decline of tropical snake communities suggests that the permeating impacts of the biodiversity crisis are not as…
I spy with my digital eye … a tiger’s breathing, a lion’s pulse
A pilot study undertaken by researchers from the University of South Australia at Adelaide Zoo, has developed a new way to undertake basic health checks of exotic wildlife using a digital camera, saving them the stress of an anaesthetic. Filming…
Studying electrons, bridging two realms of physics: connecting solids and soft matter
Scientists explain how exotic phenomena involving electrons in certain solid systems are similar to particles in certain liquid systems or soft matter
Researchers highlight role of science in modern military in new book
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Feb. 13, 2020) — With the standing up of Army Futures Command and the establishment of the modernization priorities, the Army is focused on preparing for the future. In a new book, Army researchers describe the…