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UrduIn a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing carbon dioxide. The new material offers many benefits – it is sustainable, has a high capture rate,…
New diagnostic methods to monitor blood disorders enabled by bio-rad’s droplet digital PCR technology showcased at 2019 Ash Annual Meeting
Orlando FL. – December 9, 2019 – Scientists will present more than 40 abstracts highlighting research driven in part by Bio-Rad Laboratories’ Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology at the 2019 American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting in Orlando Florida, December…
Using human bone remains to study predictable, postmortem microbes
$1.2 million from National Institutes of Justice to fund the work
City research draws on Formula 1 technology for the construction of skyscrapers
Civil engineering academic is developing new vibration-control devices based on Formula 1 technology for skyscrapers
Treatment with PD-1 prior to stem cell transplant is safe for Hodgkin lymphoma patients
Post-transplant treatment with cyclophosphamide reduces rates of acute GVHD and relapse
How a penalty shootout is decided in the brain
A penalty shootout at the Soccer World Cup. All eyes are on the best striker of the team. He should take the decisive shot, preferably past the goalkeeper. The striker must decide whether to aim for the right or left…
Data Science Institute researcher designs headphones that warn pedestrians of dangers
You see them all over city streets: pedestrians wearing headphones or earbuds – their faces glued to their phones as they stroll along oblivious to their surroundings. Known as “twalking,” the behavior is not without its dangers. Headphone-wearing pedestrians often…
Review Commons, a pre-journal portable review platform
Washington DC, 9 December 2019 – Today ASAPbio and EMBO Press launch Review Commons, a platform for high-quality, journal-independent peer review of manuscripts from the life sciences before submission to a journal. Authors can submit preprints or unpublished manuscripts to…
Newly identified jet-stream pattern could imperil global food supplies, says study
Warming climate expected to worsen simultaneous heat waves over widespread regions
Increasing food intake by swapping mitochondrial genomes
Many of the characteristics that make people so different from each other, are often the result of small differences in the DNA between individuals. Variation in just a single base in our DNA can cause significant variation in traits like…
Liquid flow is influenced by a quantum effect in water
Water is the basis of all life on earth. Its structure is simple – two hydrogen atoms bound to one oxygen atom – yet its behavior is unique among liquids, and scientists still do not fully understand the origins of…
Predicting a protein’s behavior from its appearance
Proteins are the building blocks of life and play a key role in all biological processes. Understanding how they interact with their environment is therefore vital to developing effective therapeutics and the foundation for designing artificial cells. Researchers at the…
Storing data in everyday objects
Living beings contain their own assembly and operating instructions in the form of DNA. That’s not the case with inanimate objects: anyone wishing to 3D print an object also requires a set of instructions. If they then choose to print…
Scientists show thin metal mesh loaded with T cells shrinks solid tumors
Within weeks, CAR T cells targeting ovarian cancer cleared tumors in 70% of treated mice, shows study in Nature Biomedical Engineering (Note: Images available for media use)
Megadroughts fueled Peruvian cloud forest activity
Sediment samples show recovery from some ecosystem damage possible
Four-hundred-eighty-million-year-old fossils reveal sea lilies’ ancient roots
New fossil animal named after the goddess Athena shows how sea lilies’ arms evolved
How Enceladus got its stripes
New research reveals the physics governing the fissures through which ocean water erupts from the moon’s icy surface
Asian water towers are world’s most important and most threatened
Scientists from around the world have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems. For the first time, they ranked them in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities while assessing their vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes.…
BU study finds new factors linked to suicide
First-of-its-kind study used machine learning and health data from the entire Danish population to create sex-specific suicide risk profiles, illuminating the complex mix of factors that may predict suicide
Ben-Gurion University researchers develop new method to remove dust on solar panels
Researchers look to the lotus leaf for self-cleaning innovation
CMAJ priorities for 2020: Editor-in-chief Andreas Laupacis — editorial
CMAJ ‘s new editor-in-chief, Andreas Laupacis, outlines his priorities for Canada’s major medical journal in an editorial as he settles in to his role. http://www. cmaj. ca/ lookup/ doi/ 10. 1503/ cmaj. 191561 “Our health care system and the way…
Prescribing anticoagulants in the ED for atrial fibrillation increases long-term use by 30%
Podcast permanent link: https:/ / soundcloud. com/ cmajpodcasts/ 190747-res Patients prescribed anticoagulants after a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department are more likely to continue long-term use of medications to treat the condition, according to research published in…
Deeper understanding of irregular heartbeat may lead to more effective treatment
Researchers at Imperial have shown how the chaotic electrical signals underlying irregular heart rhythms lead to the failure of standard treatments. By modelling how electrical signals on the inside and the outside of the heart move across the muscle, researchers…
Lehigh University professor Jeffrey Rickman elected as Fellow of ASM International
Computational materials theorist recognized for pioneering work, service to materials science community
Exercise yields some cardiovascular benefits in children with excess weight
Eight months of daily, afterschool physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds with obesity and overweight improved key measures of their cardiovascular health like good cholesterol levels, aerobic fitness and percent body fat, but didn’t improve others like arterial…
Treating more than just the heart is critical for geriatric patients
American Heart Association Scientific Statement
European industries lead new Graphene Flagship projects to shape EU’s future
The Graphene Flagship and leading European industries will co-fund a total of 92 million EUR to catalyse the commercialisation of graphene-enabled products.
International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK20)
From 23 to 27 March 2020, the most important international conference on learning analytics will take part in Germany for the first time: At Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
Speedy and precise multicolor imaging of biomolecules now possible
For the first time, researchers can track biological molecules with unprecedented speed and precision thanks to the use of multi-metallic nanoparticles. The researchers published their results on October 17 in ACS Photonics , a journal of the American Chemical Society.…
Air pollution may increase mortality risk after heart transplant
Heart transplant recipients in high air pollution areas are more likely to die from infections
Extending HPV vaccination ages would produce relatively small health benefits
Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine . The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. This information is…
Scientists accidentally discover a new water mold threatening Christmas trees
Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich color and pleasant scent as well as their ability to hold their needles. Unfortunately, they are also highly susceptible to devastating root rot diseases caused by water molds…
Pharmacy assessment of penicillin allergies finds safe, less-expensive options
Improved allergy documentation allows patient choices that save hospital $21,500 in three months
New bone healing mechanism has potential therapeutic applications
Led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell reveals a new mechanism that contributes to adult bone maintenance and repair and opens the possibility of developing therapeutic strategies for improving bone…
A sustainable new material for carbon dioxide capture
In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing carbon dioxide. The new material offers many benefits – it is sustainable, has a high capture rate,…
Urban growth causes more biodiversity loss outside of cities
Researchers assess direct and indirect effects of urban growth on a global scale
Major grant funds educational outcomes study of New Jersey children with special needs
Drs. Botticello and O’Neill of Kessler Foundation will collaborate with Children’s Specialized Hospital to study how the educational experiences of children with special health care needs are affected by pediatric rehabilitation
Speedy and precise multicolor imaging of biomolecules now possible
For the first time, researchers can track biological molecules with unprecedented speed and precision thanks to the use of multi-metallic nanoparticles. The researchers published their results on October 17 in ACS Photonics , a journal of the American Chemical Society.…
New clues to the link between ALS and type 2 diabetes
Patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often suffer from type 2 diabetes. This phenomenon has since long remained mechanistically enigmatic. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a molecular mechanism linking these two diseases. The study is published…
Cross of the Order of Merit for Britta Nestler
KIT scientist receives Cross of the Order of Merit in a ceremony on the occasion of the Day of German Unity
Air pollution may increase mortality risk after heart transplant
Heart transplant recipients in high air pollution areas are more likely to die from infections
The Antarctic: study from Kiel provides data about the structure of the icy continent
European Space Agency publishes a 3D model of the Antarctic
Extending HPV vaccination ages would produce relatively small health benefits
Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine . The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. This information is…
The Arctic atmosphere — A gathering place for dust?
For the first time during the MOSAiC expedition, a multi-wavelength lidar provides data on fine dust in the central Arctic during polar night.
RNA modification — Methylation and mopping up
Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have discovered a novel type of chemical modification in bacterial RNAs. The modification is apparently attached to molecules only when cells are under stress, and is rapidly removed during recovery. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is chemically…
Scientists accidentally discover a new water mold threatening Christmas trees
Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich color and pleasant scent as well as their ability to hold their needles. Unfortunately, they are also highly susceptible to devastating root rot diseases caused by water molds…
Pharmacy assessment of penicillin allergies finds safe, less-expensive options
Improved allergy documentation allows patient choices that save hospital $21,500 in three months
Award to create clinical solution for life-threatening preemie condition
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Chosen Diagnostics Inc, a spin-out company, a $299,641 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award. Based on an LSU Health…
Creating switchable plasmons in plastics
Conductive polymer nanoantennas for dynamic organic plasmonics
New bone healing mechanism has potential therapeutic applications
Led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell reveals a new mechanism that contributes to adult bone maintenance and repair and opens the possibility of developing therapeutic strategies for improving bone…