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Caterpillar loss in tropical forest linked to extreme rain, temperature events
Caterpillar loss in tropical forest linked to extreme rain, temperature events Plant, caterpillar, parasitoid interaction studied for 22 years by University of Nevada, Reno
Kirigami designs hold thousands of times their own weight
The Japanese art of origami (from ori, folding, and kami, paper) transforms flat sheets of paper into complex sculptures. Variations include kirigami (from kiri, to cut), a version of origami that allows materials to be cut and reconnected using tape…
Safety of novel cancer-specific PET probe confirmed in clinical research
A group of researchers led by Assistant Professor WATABE Tadashi of the Graduate School of Medicine of Osaka University achieved the stable domestic production of automatic synthesis modules for positron emission tomography (PET) probe F-18 NKO-035, a LAT1-selective amino acid…
Vomiting bumblebees show that sweeter is not necessarily better
Animal pollinators support the production of three-quarters of the world’s food crops, and many flowers produce nectar to reward the pollinators. A new study using bumblebees has found that the sweetest nectar is not necessarily the best: too much sugar…
Temple study first to show pharmacological chaperone therapy prevents Alzheimer’s in mice
(Philadelphia, PA) – Like pieces of tape that crumple, stick together, and can be turned into a ball, proteins that begin to lose their shape become sticky and tend to clump together. When this happens, rather than being transported to…
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health: Mental health problems persist in adolescents five years after bariatric surgery despite substantial weight loss
Long-term study of adolescent mental health following bariatric surgery suggests that although the surgery can improve many aspects of health, alleviation of mental health problems should not be expected, and a multidisciplinary team should offer long-term mental health support after…
Mixing the unmixable — a novel approach for efficiently fusing different polymers
Cross-linked polymers are structures where large molecular chains are linked together, allowing exceptional mechanical properties and chemical resistance to the final product. However, their modification is not easy. Now, scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology develop a method that allows…
Doubts raised about effectiveness of HPV vaccines
A new analysis of the clinical trials of HPV vaccines to prevent cervical cancer raises doubts about the vaccines’ effectiveness. The analysis, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine , assessed 12 published Phase 2 and 3…
New tool assesses risk of depression in adolescence
A study involving researchers from King’s College London, has developed a predictive tool that can recognise adolescents who are at high or low risk of depression in young adulthood. Using data from over 2,000 Brazilian adolescents, the researchers developed the…
The key to the new decade, and a new you
Eating antioxidant foods can help you live a healthy, longer life
Changing cancer care, one organoid at a time
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – JAN. 20, 2020 – A patient-specific tumor organoid platform developed by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers and their cancer center colleagues could someday take the guessing game out of immunotherapy treatments. The hope is…
Study provides the first data on concussion risk in youth football
For decades, there’s been a widespread assumption among people with an interest in sports-related injury that youth football players are more vulnerable to concussion and other head injuries than their older, bigger counterparts. The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has published…
Modified plants to curb climate change
Each year, an average of 120 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) worldwide is released through soil and vegetation respiration. Plants are capable of taking in nearly 123 gigatonnes through photosynthesis in the same period. But as humans release another ten…
Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people — and now scientists know why
Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get very far. They rely on this sense to find a host to bite and spots to lay eggs. And without that sense of smell, mosquitoes could not locate their dominant source…
TB bacteria survive in amoebae found in soil
Scientists from the University of Surrey and University of Geneva have discovered that the bacterium which causes bovine TB can survive and grow in small, single-celled organisms found in soil and dung. It is believed that originally the bacterium evolved…
Possible Parkinson’s treatment successfully targets two major nerve systems
Scientists have discovered that a non-invasive technique which could one day be used to treat Parkinson’s disease, can successfully target a highly specific group of brain cells which play a key role in development of the condition. In 2015, scientists…
Visits to pediatricians on the decline
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21, 2020 – Commercially insured children in the U.S. are seeing pediatricians less often than they did a decade ago, according to a new analysis led by a pediatrician-scientist at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children’s Hospital…
Vitamin D supplementation linked to potential improvements in blood pressure in children
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21, 2020 – Overweight and obese vitamin D-deficient children who took a relatively high dose of vitamin D every day for six months had lower blood pressure and improved insulin sensitivity than their peers who took a lower…
Platypus on brink of extinction
Australia’s devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with increasing reports of rivers drying up and platypuses becoming stranded. Platypuses were once considered widespread across the eastern Australian mainland and Tasmania, although…
University of Barcelona study links weekend eating jet lag to obesity
A new study by the University of Barcelona (UB) concluded that irregularity in eating schedules during the weekend, named by the authors as eating jet lag, could be related to the increase of body mass index (BMI), a formula that…
A chronicle of giant straight-tusked elephants
About 800,000 years ago, the giant straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon migrated out of Africa and became widespread across Europe and Asia. It divided into many species, with distinct types in Japan, Central Asia and Europe — even some dwarf forms as…
Scientists show we don’t need horses to treat diphtheria
Research funded by PETA Science Group breaks new ground with animal-free antibodies
Recent health reforms in Oregon reduce infant deaths, improve access for women’s health
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon’s unique health care delivery system for low-income patients is resulting in fewer infant deaths, according to a recent study by Oregon State University researchers. The study found that Oregon’s implementation of Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) in…
HP-NTU corporate lab showcases R&D innovations
Announces digital manufacturing skills development program for the fourth industrial revolution
Study finds flooding damage to levees is cumulative — and often invisible
Recent research finds that repeated flooding events have a cumulative effect on the structural integrity of earthen levees, suggesting that the increase in extreme weather events associated with climate change could pose significant challenges for the nation’s aging levee system.…
Larry Guth to receive the 2020 Maryam Mirzakhani prize in mathematics from the NAS
The National Academy of Sciences will award the newly named Maryam Mirzakhani prize in mathematics to Larry Guth, professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bend and snap: New interventions for rib fractures
By stabilizing fractured and partially dislocated ribs, physicians can improve patient quality of life according to a new multicenter study
Our biological clock plays crucial role in healing from surgery
Effectiveness of anti-inflammatories following surgery depends on when you take them
Taming electrons with bacteria parts
Electrons are tough to pin down in biology. Learning how to harness electrons is no fool’s errand because, when electrons move, they are the electricity that powers life. Electrons power the production of fuel and medicine. Electron movement is behind…
A model ecosystem fish story
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Have I got a fish story for you. Any angler beginning a yarn like that usually ends up spinning a tall tale, an exaggeration or bald-faced lie. Michigan State University researchers, however, have demonstrated that anglers…
Researchers solve protein structures to fight asthma
Biophysicists from the MIPT Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have teamed up with colleagues from Canada, the U.S., Japan, France, and Germany to shed light on the structure and functioning mechanism of the CysLT receptors, which…
Certain liver cells may help prevent organ rejection after transplant, study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mesenchymal stromal cells from fat tissue and bone marrow are widely used in therapeutic trials for their anti-inflammatory qualities, but new Mayo Clinic research finds that liver cells may be of greater value. The study, published in…
Sustainable markets must be created and defended
Shaping sustainable markets — a conceptual framework illustrated by the case of biogas in Sweden
$2M NSF grant fuels Lehigh U research partnership with Michelin North America, Cornell
Lehigh bioengineering chair Anand Jagota lands university’s first LEAP HI GOALI award in support of work on friction that could lead to safety innovations in tires
Cell biology: All in a flash!
Scientists of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have developed a tool to eliminate essential proteins from cells with a flash of light. The new method makes it possible to study the function of essential proteins. Proteins not only provide much of…
Advancing the application of genomic sequences through ‘Kmasker plants’
Joint press release of IPK, IPB & Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
The little auks that lived in the Pacific
Fossil from Japan reveals unexpected distribution of ‘Atlantic’ seabirds
‘Love hormone’ improves attachment issues in people with autism
A team led by Professor Kaat Alaerts (KU Leuven) recruited 40 adult men with autism spectrum disorder to take part in their study. “In a first stage, we examined the amount of oxytocin produced by the participants themselves. The subjects…
Feeding the world without wrecking the planet is possible
Almost half of current food production is harmful to our planet — causing biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and water stress; but as world population continues to grow, can that last?
Recreational marijuana availability in Oregon and use among adolescents
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggests that legalization and greater retail availability of recreational marijuana is positively associated with marijuana use among adolescents. The researchers investigated whether legalization of recreational…
Treatment for depression must also restore proper functioning of the blood-brain barrier
Quebec City, January 20, 2020–To better treat people with depression, not only must we treat the neurons affected by the disease, but we must also restore the integrity of the barrier that regulates exchanges between blood circulation and the brain.…
Cardiac and visual degeneration arrested by a food supplement
UNIGE researchers have discovered a new gene that causes blindness and cardiomyopathy; they have also managed to halt the progression of eye disease and treat cardiac disease by administering a food supplement
Immune cell health discovery could optimise cancer therapies
Peer reviewed | experimental study | cells
New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba
Scientists at Tokyo University of Science, Japan, devised a new method that reveals how amoebae react to infection by giant viruses
Larry Mayer selected as recipient of the Walter Munk medal
Awarded for extraordinary accomplishments and novel insights in the area of physical oceanography, ocean acoustics, or marine geophysics
New research uses physiological cues to distinguish computer-generated faces from human ones
Human heartbeats are the basis of the science, published in SPIE and IS&T’s Journal of Electronic Imaging
Novel SwRI software tool extracts important chemical exposure data
Floodlight™ software processes data to find known, unknown elements in range of products, materials
Head collision rates at World Cups similar but women received more medical assessments
Study finds median time of medical assessments for potentially concussive head collisions during World Cups short of minimum requirement
Attempts underway in Russia to create a sanctions-proof market for high-speed wireless equipment
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is developing a platform for the creation of 5G equipment. Having won a grant competition, it was named Leading Research Center (LRC) and is entitled to a state support grant for the…