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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that depression and anxiety in patients with hip pain are associated with worse outcomes following hip surgery, including more postsurgical pain, slower recovery and inadequate return to activity.
A review of more than 130 studies explains how sleep helps people learn new information and plays an important role in storing learned content for future use. The review is published in the January 2020 issue of Physiology.
Psychologist observing two chimpanzees in a zoo have discovered that they performed a behaviour hitherto never seen, they coordinated together in a rhythmic social ritual.
As families and friends gather for the holidays, a Virginia Tech expert offers tips for dinner-table conversations around contentious issues. “Holidays are often a special time to catch up with family and friends, but things can turn sour when you…
New Year’s Day is the sleepiest day of the year according to American Academy of Sleep Medicine survey results of 2,003 U.S. adults.
Feeding strategy strongly influences their size cap, but all whales depend on rich ocean resources to be big
by the Society for Endocrinology and British Thyroid Association
The survival of Earth’s life is not a battle of humans versus nature. In this week’s Science , an independent group of international experts, including one from Michigan State University (MSU), deliver a sweeping assessment of nature, concluding victory needs…
Rice, Texas A&M-led research shows motors kill bacteria, revive some antibacterial drugs
Rice University scientists’ approach to cell dynamics builds new view of lifetime risk
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Not getting enough water is enough to make you feel sluggish and give you a headache, but a new Penn State study suggests it may also relate to cognitive performance. The researchers investigated whether hydration levels…
WASHINGTON–President and CEO of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, MD, is the inaugural recipient of The Trailblazer Award, given by the Physicians Committee–a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members–for his unwavering commitment to prevent and replace animal tests and…
SIOP publishes white paper that explores how to promote your overseas workers’ productivity and well-being.
Spider webs are one of nature’s most fascinating manifestations. Many spiders extrude proteinaceous silk to weave sticky webs that ensnare unsuspecting prey who venture into their threads. Despite their elasticity, these webs possess incredible tensile strength. In recent years, scientists…
Feb. 3-8, 2020, Grapevine, Texas
A model that uses genetic markers to accurately estimate the lifespans of different vertebrate species is presented in a study in Scientific Reports this week. The ‘lifespan clock’ screens 42 selected genes for CpG sites, short pieces of DNA whose…
A project lead by an international team of researchers use publicly available data with images of the sky dating as far back as to the 1950s to try to detect and analyse objects that have disappeared over time. In the…
New in Ethics & Human Research
Progress toward photonic integrated circuits for ultrafast information processing
Leading scholars and publishers from The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Journalology, the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, and other institutions from around the world have agreed on a consensus definition of predatory publishing. Led by Drs. Agnes Grudniewicz,…
2019 Economics Nobel Laureate co-publishes paper demonstrating the potential for digital agricultural advice to ‘sustainably’ raise ‘agricultural productivity’ at low cost for 2 billion smallholder farming families
Around the world, women and girls suffer a greater burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) compared to men. Now, through a series of focus groups and interviews, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have probed exactly why women in…
NIH-funded research suggests changes in the immune system in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
New proof-of-concept photonic pH sensor could advance studies of tissue regeneration
Extended letrozole therapy improves disease-free survival (DFS) in postmenopausal women with HR+ breast cancer
When astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like one-of-a-kind, it’s bound to stir up a lot of excitement and attention. Enter comet 2I/Borisov. This mysterious visitor from the depths of space is the first identified…
A type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common form of aurora occurring on the Red Planet, according to new results from the mission. The aurora is known as a proton…
Researchers have created the first map of wind circulation in the upper atmosphere of a planet besides Earth, using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft that were collected during the last two years. The new map of Mars winds helps scientists…
Astrophysicists are redrawing the textbook image of pulsars, the dense, whirling remains of exploded stars, thanks to NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), an X-ray telescope aboard the International Space Station. Using NICER data, scientists have obtained the first…
Treatment successfully delivers drug across the blood-brain barrier directly to brain tumor in mice
Translated literally, some Scandinavian sentences can sound like Yoda from Star Wars; but it’s a handy trick
In joint physical tasks, knowing more about a partner’s actions affects collaboration strategies
Tsetse flies infest an estimated 10 million square kilometers of sub-Saharan Africa and their bites transmit trypanosome parasites that cause disease in humans and in animals. This week in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases , researchers report that they have engineered…
New analysis confirms human genomic data could predict success in clinical trials
Nipah virus, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, has a high mortality rate and there are no licensed drugs against it. Now, researchers have used information on the structure of the Nipah virus to identified 150 possible…
3-D simulations could provide new insights into the evolution of bat echolocation
New nanoscopy approach poised to capture biological processes occurring inside cells at submillisecond speeds
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth discover unique multifibrillar fibres
Variations in number of private-party firearm sales, slower adaptation to new law are factors
For viruses to multiply, they usually need the support of the cells they infect. In many cases, only in their host’s nucleus can they find the machines, enzymes and building blocks with which they can multiply their genetic material before…
Computerised CBT could help reduce waiting lists in the treatment of depression in adolescents
The lack of signals of population decline found on its genome points to a human-mediated, abrupt extinction
Efficiency and safety are two aspects paramount to an effective mining operation that industry constantly seeks to improve. Virginia Tech researchers are leading a multidisciplinary team in a three-year, $900,000 project to improve the efficiency of dust scrubbers in underground…
DETROIT – Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin — a hormone that regulates blood sugar– or the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. According to the Diabetes Research Institute…
But the urban red squirrel poses a problem
A systematic review and meta-analysis led by ISGlobal concludes that there is not sufficient evidence to support the safety of ivermectin administration among pregnant women
Baby boys who are born small for their gestational age are at increased risk of having fertility problems in adulthood, according to research published today (Friday) in Human Reproduction [1], one of the world’s leading reproductive medicine journals. Researchers in…
According to a statement on behalf of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) published Dec. 13 in the organization’s official journal, Genetics in Medicine , there is insufficient evidence to recommend universal genetic testing for BRCA1/2 alone…
Soil animal days 2019: Fewer ants but more millipedes, woodlice still on top
Described as “living rocks”, giant land tortoises are lumbering beasts with a reputation for being sluggish in both speed and brainpower. But new research carried out by scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) suggests we have…
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