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The Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will be central to the modeling and data crunching that follow the scheduled launch of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission in 2024.
This year, 2020, is leap year. And if two Johns Hopkins University professors had their way it would be the last. An economist and an astrophysicist have designed a new, simpler calendar, where the days would align in precisely the…
What will it take for robot assistants to become more integrated in our daily lives? Assistant Professor Naomi Fitter thinks they’ll need to master the physical aspects of social interactions, while Associate Professor Cindy Grimm cautions against programming them to behave just like us.
Statin use alone or with metformin is associated with lower prostate cancer mortality from all causes, among high-risk patients.
A recent study from the George Washington University suggests that the innate protein AIBP restricts HIV-1 replications by targeting the lipid rafts the virus relies on.
UC San Diego researchers use 3D human gut organoids to reveal the molecular system that keeps intestinal linings sealed, demonstrate how the system breaks down and how it can be strengthened with the diabetes drug metformin.
The University of Adelaide – one of Australia’s leading health and medical universities – will introduce a suite of allied health degrees to its educational line-up in 2021.
Since 2011, Nikhilendra (Nik) Singh has been a senior scientist in the Materials Research Department at the Toyota Research Institute of North America. His quest to find alternatives to lithium-ion batteries has brought him to Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN).
A recent study finds that corporate financial managers do a great job of detecting signs of potential fraud, but are less likely to voice these concerns externally when their company is under pressure to meet a financial target.
Genetic engineering makes cotton seeds safe for human consumption
Top-line data reported from international trial
Race is shown to be the single most important factor in American democracy, determining which candidates win elections, which voters win at the polls, and who is on the losing end of policy. These conclusions are at the center of a new book Dangerously Divided: How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics,” by Zoltan Hajnal of UC San Diego.
Whether you’re seeking ways to win over a new Valentine or reignite the passion with your longtime love, reviewing your relationship habits might be in order. Building a healthy relationship could be as easy as a few simple steps, says…
Patients with thyroid eye disease who used the minimally invasive insulin-like growth factor I blocking antibody, teprotumumab, experienced improvement in their symptoms, appearance and quality of life, according to a study recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
University of Washington geographer Bo Zhao has created an interactive map, updated every few hours, of coronavirus cases around the world.
Results from a phase 2 randomized trial study published today in Annals of Internal Medicine
An article by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has seen methodological weaknesses in rankings, benchmarking and indexes on urban sustainability
NEW YORK, NY (Feb. 10, 2020)–An MBA is a popular degree for people who want to run businesses, but for pediatric cardiologist Brett Anderson, MD, MBA, MS, assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons,…
Superconductivity approaching room temperature may be possible in hydrogen-rich compounds at much lower pressures than previously expected
A new study published by Dauphin Island Sea Lab researchers adds a new layer to understanding how an oil spill could impact marine life. A diverse community of worms and other marine organisms on the seafloor plays a significant role…
This important collaboration will provide real-world data on the use of Kymriah. A central database will allow centers to fulfill multiple data commitments with a single entry. All centers treating patients with Kymriah in Europe are encouraged to enter patient…
Researchers develop enhanced device to transform CO2 into valuable chemicals 10 times faster than previous versions
In a population of animals or plants, genetic diversity can decline much more quickly than species diversity in response to various stress factors: disease, changes to habitat or climate, and so on. Yet not much is known about fish genetic…
About 55 million years ago, a rapidly warming climate decimated marine communities around the world. But according to new research, it was a different story for snails, clams and other mollusks living in the shallow waters along what is now…
Small campaign contributions made up 33 percent of total funds for Bernie Sanders in 2016
Tropical cyclones are important players within the Earth’s climate system. While literature usually investigates their role in determining flood events and inducing precipitations, a new study led by the CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change points out for…
A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study finds that the proportion of high school students identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ) doubled from 2009 to 2017, while the LGBQ teen rate of attempted suicide went…
Approx. €5.7 million in funding for a new research core
Catherine Nabukalu, a University of Pennsylvania alumna, worked with Professor Reto Gieré to track the charcoal supply chain in Nabukalu’s native Uganda.
Chromosomal breaks can cause cell death if they are not repaired correctly
Safe and environmentally-friendly hydrogen gas on demand could be on the horizon following a new “hydrogenation” chemical process in development at The City College of New York. Led by Mahesh K. Lakshman, the research uniquely bypasses the need for an…
In some countries, more than half of mothers had a child die
An emerging scientific consensus is that gases–in particular carbon gases–released by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago contributed to some of Earth’s greatest mass extinctions. But new research at The City College of New York suggests that that’s not the…
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba show how tumors can disable the immune system to survive and grow
The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone, according to a University of Warwick astronomer
This new human blood-brain barrier on a chip gets its surprising edge by giving astrocytes 3D living space
New study published in Geology
A filter membrane on nanosensors enables the accurate sensing of potassium levels in the brain and helps to elucidate when and how epileptic seizures happen
What if we could replace a patient’s damaged blood vessels with brand new ones produced in a laboratory? This is the challenge set by Inserm researcher Nicolas L’Heureux, who is working on the human extracellular matrix – the structural support…
Tokyo – For a long time the liquid state of pure substances was believed to be a continuous state in which the component atoms or molecules are all equivalent. However, it has now been widely shown that there can be…
Scientists from ITMO University non-invasively released antitumor drug from polymer containers modified with iron oxide nanoparticles inside primary cancer cells
Cancer research using experimental models–everything from cancer cells in a dish to patient tumors transplanted in mice–has been extremely useful for learning more about the disease and how we might treat it. For some cancers, however, these models have failed…
What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial that included 210 patients with Parkinson disease and related disorders and 175 caregivers examined whether outpatient palliative care was associated with better patient or caregiver outcomes compared with standard care. To access…
A study undertaken by an international team led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich molecular biologist Axel Imhof sheds new light on the mechanisms that control the establishment of epigenetic modifications on newly synthesized histones following cell division. The classical genetic…
New Rochelle, NY, February 10, 2020–The dramatic shift in how nasal tip surgery is being performed given changes in the intended goals and evolving techniques is highlighted in a Special Communication by and interview with Dean Toriumi, MD, published in…
Alexandria, VA, USA – The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) are pleased to announce that Nicholas Jakubovics, Newcastle University, England, has been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dental…
Maunakea, Hawaii – A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed the formation process of giant exoplanets and brown dwarfs, a class of objects that are more massive than giant planets,…
Biochemical reasons for lag times between conception and pregnancy in mice became clearer in a recent study
Research from the George Washington University has found that apolipoprotein A-I binding protein restricts HIV-1 replication by targeting lipid rafts and reducing virus-cell fusion
The high field magnet at HZB generates a constant magnetic field of up to 26 Tesla. This is about 500,000 times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field. Further experiments with pulsed magnetic fields up to 45 Tesla were performed at…
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