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UrduDuring development, cells generated from people with autism have frequent breaks in the DNA of certain genes
Springer Nature and the Materials Research Society (MRS) enter publishing alliance
All journals and books in the MRS portfolio will be published in partnership with Springer Nature from January 2021
Cells’ springy coils pump bursts of RNA
Rice University model quantifies basic processes of transcription
Partisan polarization helps Congress pass bills
A divided Congress isn’t so bad after all
Cooling a ‘massive’ solid-state nanoparticle into its quantum ground state
In a study probing the boundary between the classical and quantum worlds, researchers laser-cooled a tiny glass nanoparticle with the density of a solid object to a quantum state. The particle they cooled and manipulated, while quite small in itself,…
New study identifies Neanderthal ancestry in African populations and describes its origin
Princeton researchers led by Joshua Akey discovered that all modern humans carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA – including Africans, which was not previously known
Genetics of schizophrenia in South African Xhosa informs understanding for all human populations
In the first genetic analysis of schizophrenia in an ancestral African population, the South African Xhosa, researchers report that individuals with schizophrenia are more likely to carry rare damaging genetic mutations than those who are well. The work informs the…
Fossil foraminifer in marine sediment reveals sea surface water temperature 800,000 years ago
Rapid change in ocean temperature in the periods with no anthropogenic influences
Machine learning automates identification of crystal structures in new materials
Providing a method for eliminating some of the guesswork from crystal structure determination, a machine learning-based approach to determining crystal symmetry and structure from unknown samples may greatly improve the speed and accuracy of this process. The new method brings…
Pathologist Angela Wandinger-Ness receives 2020 AAAS Lifetime Mentor Award
Angela Wandinger-Ness, associate director for education, training and mentoring at the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center and endowed professor in the UNM School of Medicine’s pathology department, will receive the 2020 Lifetime Mentor Award presented by the American…
Pulsar-white dwarf binary system confirms general relativistic frame-dragging
A century after it was first theorized, researchers have detected the effects of Lense-Thirring precession – an effect of relativistic frame-dragging – in the motion of a distant binary star system, a new study reports. The results of the twenty-year…
Near caves and mines, corrugated pipes may interfere with bat echolocation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — When entrances to caves and mines — essential roosting places for bats — are blocked to prevent people from going inside, the gates often include a pipe to allow bats to access their roosts. However,…
Researchers build a better lung model
May lead to new personalized treatments for lung diseases
Modern Africans and Europeans may have more Neanderthal ancestry than previously thought
Neanderthal DNA sequences may be more common in modern Africans than previously thought, and different non-African populations have levels of Neanderthal ancestry surprisingly similar to each other, finds a study publishing January 30 in the journal Cell . Researchers arrived…
New clues into the genetic origins of schizophrenia
The first genetic analysis of schizophrenia in an ancestral African population, the South African Xhosa, appears in the Jan. 31 issue of the journal Science . An international group of scientists conducted the research, including investigators from Columbia University Mailman…
Astronomers witness the dragging of space-time in stellar cosmic dance
An international team of astrophysicists led by Australian Prof Matthew Bailes from OzGrav has found exciting new evidence for ‘frame-dragging’ – how the spinning of a celestial body twists space and time – after tracking the skies for almost 20 years
How HIV develops resistance to key drugs discovered
The mechanism behind how HIV can develop resistance to a widely-prescribed group of drugs has been uncovered by new research from the Crick and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, with the findings opening the door to the development of more effective treatments.…
New insights into how the human brain solves complex decision-making problems
A new study on meta reinforcement learning algorithms helps us understand how the human brain learns to adapt to complexity and uncertainty when learning and making decisions. A research team, led by Professor Sang Wan Lee at KAIST jointly with…
Research team finds possible new approach for sleeping sickness drugs
X-ray laser reveals structure of a key enzyme of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei
The international labor organization
100 years of global social policy
The Lancet: Cervical cancer could be eliminated in countries worst affected by the disease, and 62 million women’s lives could be saved by 2120
Two new studies quantify, for the first time, how many cervical cancer cases could be averted and how many women’s lives could be saved in 78 low-income and lower-middle income countries (LMICs), if proposed measures for eliminating the disease are…
Poliovirus therapy shows potential as cancer vaccine in lab studies
Duke researchers use the modified virus to spur natural immune attack against tumors in animal studies
SUTD’s novel approach allows 3D printing of finer, more complex microfluidic networks
The biomedical industry, involving the engineering of complex tissue constructs and 3D architecture of blood vessels, is one of the key industries to benefit from this new development
Putrid compound may have a sweet side gig as atherosclerosis treatment
NEW YORK, NY (Jan. 30, 2020)–Putrescine, the compound responsible for perhaps the foulest odor in nature–the smell of decomposing flesh–may also be a remedy for atherosclerosis and other chronic inflammatory diseases, according to a new study led by researchers at…
The first roadmap for ovarian aging
Scientists discover how non-human primate ovaries age, with implications for human fertility
A consensus statement establishes the protocols to assess and report stability of perovskite photovoltaic devices
The existing characterization procedures to evaluate emerging photovoltaic devices are not appropriate for halide perovskite solar cells, a new generation of solar cells called to overcome the present state-of-the-art technologies. A vast group of scientists with Prof. Pavel A. Troshin…
Study links daylight saving time to 28 fatal car accidents per year in the US
Several U.S. states have considered doing away with the practice of changing the clocks forward or back in favor of permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST), while experts around the world suggest permanent Standard Time is a better alternative for health…
Health: Daily smoking and drinking may be associated with advanced brain age
Daily drinking and smoking may be associated with modest increases in relative brain age compared to those who drink and smoke less, according to a study published in Scientific Reports . Research has shown that certain lifestyle habits, such as…
Hemp ‘goes hot’ due to genetics, not growing conditions
ITHACA, N.Y. – As the hemp industry grows, producers face the risk of cultivating a crop that can become unusable – and illegal – if it develops too much of the psychoactive chemical THC. Cornell University researchers have determined that…
Health: Vegetarian diet linked with lower risk of urinary tract infections
A vegetarian diet may be associated with a lower risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs), a study in Scientific Reports suggests. UTIs are usually caused by gut bacteria, such as E. coli, which enter the urinary tract through the urethra…
Pre-eruption seismograms recovered for 1980 Mount St. Helens event
Nearly 40 years ago, analog data tapes faithfully recorded intense seismic activity in the two months before the historic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State in May 1980. It took some lengthy and careful restoration efforts–including a turn…
If it takes a hike, riders won’t go for bike sharing
ITHACA, N.Y. – Even a relatively short walk to find the nearest bicycle is enough to deter many potential users of bike sharing systems, new Cornell research suggests. “If a docking station is more than two or three blocks away,…
Intravenous drugs can often rapidly restore normal heart rhythm without sedation, shocks
Clinical trial published in The Lancet first to compare two kinds of rapid cardioversion for acute atrial fibrillation
The Lancet: Cervical cancer could be eliminated in countries worst affected by the disease, and 62 million women’s lives could be saved by 2120
Two new studies quantify, for the first time, how many cervical cancer cases could be averted and how many women’s lives could be saved in 78 low-income and lower-middle income countries (LMICs), if proposed measures for eliminating the disease are…
‘Remainers’ and ‘Leavers’ more united than divided, study finds
Talk of deep-rooted division in society following the fall-out of the Brexit referendum in the UK may be overblown, according to a new study. Contrary to popular belief, ‘Leavers’ and ‘Remainers’ agree on much more than they disagree on, say…
Cooperation after eye contact: Gender matters
University of Barcelona resarchers publish a citizen science study carried out in a performing arts market, FiraTàrrega
Giving some pregnant women progesterone could prevent 8,450 miscarriages a year — experts
Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research say giving progesterone to women with early pregnancy bleeding and a history of miscarriage could lead to 8,450 more babies being born each year. The team have…
Brain’s ‘GPS system’ toggles between present and possible future paths in real time
Study of rats navigating a maze provides new insights into neurobiology of decision-making and imagination
‘Spring forward’ to daylight saving time brings surge in fatal car crashes
Deadly accidents spike 6% in week after time change
New journal ‘Aging and Cancer’ seeks submissions for inaugural spring issue
As you age, your cancer risk increases. It seems so obvious! And maybe because it seems so obvious, the connection between aging and cancer has received surprisingly little research attention. Basically, the story has been the longer you live, the…
US birth weights drop due to rise in cesarean births, inductions
Average pregnancy now 39 weeks instead of 40
Study identifies reasons for drinking in UK serving and ex-serving military personnel
A study, led by the University of Liverpool and King’s College London, has identified the reasons why UK serving and ex-serving military personnel drink, in research based on military personnel self-reporting a stress or emotional problem. Alcohol misuse is common…
Immune response in brain, spinal cord could offer clues to treating neurological diseases
University of Alberta researcher discovers that immune cells in the brain and central nervous system interfere with those in the blood when a nerve is damaged
Want to change your personality? It may not be easy to do alone
Most people have an aspect of their personality they’d like to change, but without help it may be difficult to do so, according to a study led by a University of Arizona researcher and published in the Journal of Research…
Intravenous drugs can often rapidly restore normal heart rhythm without sedation, shocks
Clinical trial published in The Lancet first to compare two kinds of rapid cardioversion for acute atrial fibrillation
Researchers combine X-rays and laser light to image sprays
New approach could lead to more efficient and less polluting fuel combustion
Advanced medical imaging combined with genomic analysis could help treat cancer patients
Oncologists, radiologists and surgeons all could benefit, according to a TGen-led study of brain tumors
Double trouble: A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages
New research presents a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment strategy that targets a pro-tumor protein FROUNT and suppresses tumor-associated macrophages
Mechanism for improvement of photoluminescence intensity in phosphor material
Utilization in material design for developing phosphor materials for white LEDs
Smoke two of these and call me in the morning? Not quite, study finds
Study highlights discrepancy between cannabis enthusiasts’ beliefs about medicinal, health uses of marijuana and empirical evidence