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UrduStudy highlights discrepancy between cannabis enthusiasts’ beliefs about medicinal, health uses of marijuana and empirical evidence
MRI tool can diagnose difficult cases of ovarian cancer
The tool has produced encouraging results in a clinical study and its impact on management and outcomes of women with ovarian cancer will now be evaluated in a major trial at 18 hospitals in the UK, including Imperial College Healthcare…
Maino and the emergence of hip-hop as a source of mental resilience
Hustle Hard label owner’s songs serve up hope and resilience to a wide range of listeners, a new dialogue paper in Forensic Science International: Mind and Law shows
Physics of giant bubbles bursts secret of fluid mechanics
A study inspired by street performers making gigantic soap bubbles led to a discovery in fluid mechanics: Mixing different molecular sizes of polymers within a solution increases the ability of a thin film to stretch without breaking. The journal Physical…
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
Robotic submarine snaps first-ever images at foundation of notorious Antarctic glacier
During an unprecedented scientific campaign on an Antarctic glacier notorious for contributions to sea-level, researchers took first-ever images at the glacier’s foundations on the ocean floor. The area is key to Thwaites Glacier’s potential to become more dangerous, and in…
Sustainable 3D-printed super magnets
From wind turbines and electric motors to sensors and magnetic switching systems: permanent magnets are used in many different electrical applications. The production of these magnets usually involves sintering or injection moulding. But due to the increasing miniaturisation of electronics…
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
A multicentric study identifies a new biomarker for vascular dementias
They used cerebrospinal fluid samples from Germany, France, Portugal, and Sweden, and also brain tissue samples from the Biobank HUB-ICO-IDIBELL
Shriners affiliation, fertility research, and microbiome paper
The Jackson Laboratory announces research affiliation with Shriners Hospital, publishes fertility paper in Genes & Development, and publishes microbiome paper in Cell
Cooperation after eye contact: Gender matters
University of Barcelona resarchers publish a citizen science study carried out in a performing arts market, FiraTàrrega
US birth weights drop due to rise in cesarean births, inductions
Average pregnancy now 39 weeks instead of 40
Genetic screen offers new drug targets for Huntington’s disease
Neuroscientists identify genes that modulate the disease’s toxic effects
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…
MSU researcher aids discovery of new cellular mechanism
BOZEMAN – A Montana State University biotechnology researcher was part of an international team that recently discovered an internal mechanism which may protect human cells from oxidative damage. The discovery could lead to strides in understanding many problems associated with…
Gene hunting: The power of precision medicine
MU researchers improve animal welfare by discovering genetic mutations that cause disease
Can exercise improve video game performance?
Time spent playing video games is often seen as time stolen from physical activities. Research has shown that exercise has many physical and cognitive benefits. But what if exercise could benefit video game performance as well? A new study led…
Research brief: Mothers on antiepileptic medication can safely breastfeed
Breastfeeding is associated with benefits for children and their mothers. However, when mothers take medications there is a potential for adverse side effects in the infant. In a recently published study in JAMA Neurology , a University of Minnesota-led research…
McGill researchers lay foundation for next generation aortic grafts
Study finds that how age impairs the proper functioning of aortas
Giving cryptocurrency users more bang for their buck
Routing scheme boosts efficiency in networks that help speed up blockchain transactions
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…
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…
Solving the riddle of strigolactone biosynthesis in plants
The discovery of orobanchol synthase
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
Nanotechnology: Putting a nanomachine to work
A team of chemists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has successfully coupled the directed motion of a light-activated molecular motor to a different chemical unit – thus taking an important step toward the realization of synthetic nanomachines. Molecular motors are…
Bats inspire detectors to help prevent oil and gas pipe leaks
Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines
‘Spring forward’ to daylight saving time brings surge in fatal car crashes
Deadly accidents spike 6% in week after time change
Experiencing police brutality increases mistrust in medical institutions, impacts health
There is plenty of data showing that police brutality leads to mistrust of police and law enforcement. Researchers from Lehigh University and the University of Minnesota set out to see if experience with police brutality might affect health by causing…
New program aims to help socially excluded groups become entrepreneurs
A new Europe-wide project aims to improve the chances of socially excluded groups and communities to establish and develop businesses
Coalition to study impact of sea-level rise, climate change on bays and estuaries
CAMBRIDGE, MD (January 30, 2020)– The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has been awarded a $500,000 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a coalition of scientists from around the country to study the impact…
Researchers combine X-rays and laser light to image sprays
New approach could lead to more efficient and less polluting fuel combustion
The SPR honors Dr. Lindsay Burrage with Young Investigator Award
The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce Lindsay C. Burrage, MD, PhD, as the recipient of the SPR’s 2020 Young Investigator Award. As the awardee, Dr. Burrage will give a presentation entitled “From Rare Disease Gene Discovery…
To best treat a burn, first cool with running water, study shows
WASHINGTON, D.C.– New research in the January edition of Annals of Emergency Medicine reveals that cooling with running water is the best initial treatment for a child’s burn. Researchers found that cool running water can reduce the odds of needing…
AIAA announces 2020 International Student Conference winners
Ohio State, UT San Antonio, GATech among winners
Study examines quality of life in patients with kidney disease in India
Even early stages of the disease can have negative impacts on mental and physical health
ASU scientists boost gene-editing tools to new heights in human stem cells
Proof-of-concept shows genes implicated in Alzheimer’s disease can be accurately edited, with 90 percent efficiency in human stem cells
Imaging study of key viral structure shows how HIV drugs work at atomic level
Salk Institute findings will help inform the development of new and improved treatments for HIV
Families give high marks to parenting supports ‘for refugees, by refugees,’ study finds
Boston College researchers developed parenting program in partnership with Bhutanese and Somali communities
Salk scientists link rapid brain growth in autism to DNA damage
During 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…