Scientists from St. Petersburg University, have come up with an idea for dealing with traffic jams using mathematical algorithms
Organized cybercrime — not your average mafia
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Does the common stereotype for “organized crime” hold up for organizations of hackers? Research from Michigan State University is one of the first to identify common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and…
Paleontology: New species of prehistoric scorpion may have been early land explorer
A new species of prehistoric scorpion from the early Siluarian period (approximately 437.5 to 436.5 million years ago) is described in a study in Scientific Reports . The findings suggest that Parioscorpio venator is the oldest-known scorpion reported to date…
Seismological Society of America 2020 Annual Meeting
The SSA Annual Meeting will take place 27-30 April 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In more than 50 technical sessions, seismology experts from around the world will share cutting-edge research on earthquake and tsunami science, hazards engineering, nuclear explosion monitoring,…
Physicists design ‘super-human’ red blood cells to deliver drugs to specific targets
A team of physicists from McMaster University has developed a process to modify red blood cells so they can be used to distribute drugs throughout the body, which could specifically target infections or treat catastrophic diseases such as cancer or…
Partnership with China prompts change in care for high-risk type of leukemia
Findings from a collaborative clinical trial have generated key insights into how targeted therapy should be used to treat leukemia driven by the Philadelphia chromosome
Mortality rate is cut in half by a lung rescue team at Massachusetts General
BOSTON – A specialized Lung Rescue Team established by clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to evaluate and treat patients with obesity receiving mechanical ventilation [MV] due to acute respiratory failure (ARF) has significantly reduced the risk of mortality compared…
Structual color barcode micromotors for multiplex biosensing
Micromotors are artificial microscale devices which can achieve autonomous movement by converting supplied fuels or externally provided energy into kinetic energy. Since the concept of micromotors was proposed, great scientific interest has been attracted, as a consequence, impressive progress has…
Nanopore sequencing of African swine fever virus
African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most pathogenic viral diseases in pigs caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV). The fatality rate is almost 100%, which brings huge economic losses to the hog industry in countries with epidemics.…
Six social scientists receive inaugural impact writing prize from Social Science Space
Six social and behavioral scientists were recently awarded the 2019 Impact in Action Writing Prize for their submissions detailing how their research makes a valuable difference beyond academia. Four submissions received the top prize from Social Science Space, an online…
Neuromuscular organoid: It’s contracting!
The Gouti lab from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) has developed functional neuromuscular organoids (NMOs) that self-organize into spinal cord neurons and muscle tissue. Together the two cell types form a complex neuronal…
Study finds billions of quantum entangled electrons in ‘strange metal’
Physicists provide direct evidence of entanglement’s role in quantum criticality
B cells linked to effective cancer immunotherapy
Cancer patients responded better to immunotherapy and had a better prognosis if their melanoma tumours contained specific clusters of B cells, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The study is published in Nature . Immunotherapy strengthens the…
Deep learning enables real-time imaging around corners
Detailed, fast imaging of hidden objects could help self-driving cars detect hazards
New optical technique captures real-time dynamics of cement setting
Material characterization approach can pinpoint cement setting times, could lead to more environmentally friendly cement
Quantum physics: Controlled experiment observes self-organized criticality
Writing in Nature , researchers describe the first-time observation of ‘self-organized criticality’ in a controlled laboratory experiment. Complex systems exist in mathematics and physics, but also occur in nature and society. The concept of self-organized criticality claims that without external…
Zika virus’ key into brain cells ID’d, leveraged to block infection and kill cancer cells
Working independently, two different UC San Diego research teams identified the same molecule — αvβ5 integrin — using brain organoids, tumor organoids and mouse models
A secreted signature of aging cells
Senescent cells undergo an irreversible and permanent arrest of cell division and are hallmarks of both the aging process and multiple chronic diseases. Senescent cells – and more importantly the factors they secrete, known collectively as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype…
The carbon footprint of dinner: How ‘green’ are fish sticks?
Popular products generate significant ‘post-catch’ emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caught
NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of storm as it flew overhead in its orbit around the Earth. On Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 UTC) the…
‘Living fossil’ may upend basic tenet of evolutionary theory
Natural selection’s reach extends beyond genome into epigenome, study suggests
Scientists uncover how an explosion of new genes explain the origin of land plants
The new study, led by scientists from the universities of Bristol and Essex and published today [16 January] in Current Biology , challenge the established view of the origin of plants on land, and reveal that compared to the origin…
Comparing cancer costs is challenging, despite new price transparency rules
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-Comparison shopping for airfare, a TV or a car can be straightforward online. The same cannot be said for checking what hospitals charge for a standard radiation treatment for prostate cancer, according to a report published in JAMA…
NRL researching rivers in the sky
WASHINGTON – Meteorologists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory plan to take a harder look in 2020 at a prime, yet difficult to model, component of the global water cycle known as atmospheric rivers. Rivers in the sky, sometimes known…
Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein
Research on alpha-synuclein highlights a potential therapeutic strategy
Bartonella bacteria found in hemangiosarcoma tumors from dogs
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a very high prevalence of Bartonella bacteria in tumors and tissues – but not blood samples – taken from dogs with hemangiosarcoma, a cancer of the blood vessels. The work further supports…
Pretty with a twist
Complex porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple linear building block
Estrogen may facilitate the growth of liver metastases in non-sex-specific cancers
It is known that the tumour microenvironment plays an important role in the progression of cancer. But could estrogen present in this microenvironment facilitate the growth of liver metastases in women affected by colon, pancreatic and lung cancers? This is…
Head/neck cancer diagnosis, time to treatment after ACA Medicaid expansions
Bottom Line: Researchers for this observational study examined the association between the expansion of Medicaid coverage in some states after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed and the diagnosis and treatment of patients with head and…
How decisions unfold in a zebrafish brain
Some things we do appear almost automatic, like opening the fridge when feeling hungry or flipping on the air conditioning when the temperature rises. Although such decisions don’t seem to take much thought, they are in fact generated by millions…
ISSCR statement on ethical standards for stem cell-based embryo models
Skokie, IL – The ISSCR is updating its Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation to respond to recent scientific advances that include the use of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) to create models of early human embryo development (see…
What’s MER? A new way to measure quantum materials
Experimental physicists have combined several measurements of quantum materials into one in their ongoing quest to learn more about manipulating and controlling the behavior of them for possible applications. They even coined a term for it– Magneto-elastoresistance, or MER. Scientists…
Mix of stress and air pollution may lead to cognitive difficulties in children
Children with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and elevated prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Psychiatry.…
Do studies underestimate the prevalence of typhoid?
Blood culture surveillance programs are critical for estimating the prevalence of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, but cases can be missed when patients don’t seek medical care, or seek medical care and don’t have a blood culture test. Researchers writing in…
Scientists unexpectedly witness wolf puppies play fetch
When it comes to playing a game of fetch, many dogs are naturals. But now, researchers report that the remarkable ability to interpret human social communicative cues that enables a dog to go for a ball and then bring it…
New book on gangs in prison sheds light on their operations, members, and motivations
Prison gangs exploded onto the scene across the United States in the 1980s. While there is much speculation about these gangs, little research has been done to learn how they are organized and governed, who joins them, if people can…
A secreted signature of aging cells
Senescent cells undergo an irreversible and permanent arrest of cell division and are hallmarks of both the aging process and multiple chronic diseases. Senescent cells – and more importantly the factors they secrete, known collectively as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype…
Breakthrough on curbing dengue
Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and the University of California San Diego have engineered the first breed of genetically modified mosquitoes resistant to spreading all four types of the dengue virus. Dengue infects more than 390 million people…
NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of storm as it flew overhead in its orbit around the Earth. On Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 UTC) the…
Researchers develop first diagnostic test for novel coronavirus in China
A joint press release by Charité and the DZIF
Local activism can’t be crushed, research finds. At most, it changes target
New research by Fabrizio Perretti and Alessandro Piazza in the Strategic Management Journal finds that when community activists reach their goals, they galvanize; when they fail, mobilization does not fade away, but spills over to other industries
NRL researching rivers in the sky
WASHINGTON – Meteorologists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory plan to take a harder look in 2020 at a prime, yet difficult to model, component of the global water cycle known as atmospheric rivers. Rivers in the sky, sometimes known…
Bartonella bacteria found in hemangiosarcoma tumors from dogs
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a very high prevalence of Bartonella bacteria in tumors and tissues – but not blood samples – taken from dogs with hemangiosarcoma, a cancer of the blood vessels. The work further supports…
New model shows how crop rotation helps combat plant pests
Simulations incorporate evolutionary theory to evaluate different rotation patterns
Researchers investigate molecule, VISTA, which keeps immune system quiet against cancer
A research team led by Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center learns how a certain immune checkpoint inhibitor molecule acts like ‘brakes,’ quieting the immune system from responding to cancer
Cyanobacteria in water and on land identified as source of methane
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are among the most common organisms on Earth. A research team led by the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and Heidelberg University has now shown for the first time that Cyanobacteria…
Organs-on-Chips Centre opens in UK for advancements in medical research and drug development
A new research centre which aims to revolutionise medical research and drug development using microengineered Organs-on-Chips has opened at Queen Mary University of London. Organs-on-Chips contain tiny hollow channels lined by living human cells that recreate the microenvironment experienced by…
Progress in unraveling the mystery of the genomics of Parkinson’s disease
The International Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC) reviews the progress made since it was founded ten years ago and looks ahead at future research priorities in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease
Edible ‘security tag’ to protect drugs from counterfeit
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Manufacturing prescription drugs with distinct markings, colors, shapes or packaging isn’t enough to protect them from counterfeiting, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reports have shown. Purdue University researchers are aiming to stump counterfeiters with an edible “security…
Niels Geijsen appointed new co-editor-in-chief of StemJournal
Amsterdam, January 16, 2020 – StemJournal is pleased to announce the expansion of its editorial leadership with the appointment of Niels Geijsen, PhD, as new Co-Editor-in-Chief. Niels joins Chad Cowan, PhD, who has served as Editor-in-Chief since the journal launched…