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UrduAn international research team has called for a more sober discourse around climate change prospects, following an extensive reassessment of climate change’s progress and its mitigation. They argue that climate change models have understated potential warming’s speed and runaway potential,…
A new antibiotic to combat drug-resistant bacteria is in sight
More and more bacterial pathogens of infectious diseases become resistant to customary antibiotics. Typical hospital germs such as Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae have become resistant to the most – and in some cases even all – currently available antibiotics.…
Study finds increase in US adults who perceive E-cigarettes more harmful than cigarettes
ATLANTA–The number of U.S. adults who perceive e-cigarettes to be at as harmful as, or more harmful than, cigarettes has increased between 2017 and 2018, even prior to the national outbreak of vaping-related lung disease and deaths, a study by…
Working, yet poor
Goethe University is a participant in a project receiving 3.2 million Horizon 2020 grant
Diet pills, laxatives used for weight control linked with later eating disorder diagnosis
Boston, MA – Among young women without an eating disorder diagnosis, those who use diet pills and laxatives for weight control had higher odds of receiving a subsequent first eating disorder diagnosis within one to three years than those who…
Music is universal
Study establishes how some songs sound ‘right’ in different social contexts, all over the world
Ivy Brain Tumor Center and SonALAsense to test drug-device combination for glioblastoma
First-in-human clinical trial will determine effectiveness of promising, non-invasive therapy for brain cancer
Almost a third of tropical Africa’s flora faces extinction
Given the anthropological and climate threats facing nature, the conservation of tropical biodiversity is a major challenge. To encourage the implementation of better biodiversity management practices, countries and international agreements on biodiversity refer to the assessments of species “at risk…
Researchers carry out simulation of a hospital outbreak
Results of a pilot study completed in record time. The initiative opens new perspectives for the control of bacterial infections in Portuguese hospitals.
COPD death rates are falling in many countries but the total number of deaths is increasing
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) death rates fell in most countries between 1995 and 2017, but the total number of COPD deaths increased in many countries over the past 20 years, according to a new international analysis of World Health…
Bielefeld University Press celebrates foundation
Launch on 27 November in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF)
In the war on emerging crop diseases, scientists develop new ‘War Room’ simulations
Farmers rely on seed systems for access to high-quality, disease-free planting material at the start of the season. Good seed systems ensure access to seed for a variety of crops that are affordable and fully available at the start of…
Pollinator friendliness can extend beyond early spring
Keeping lawns pretty and pollinators happy
The landscape market has a category for any activity level
Consumers are evaluated on an active/passive continuum
Using controlled environment food production to solve food shortages
Feeding the urban masses the smart way
Grid reliability under climate change may require more power generation capacity
A new university/national laboratory study reveals the importance of factoring climate-water impacts into electric grid planning
Unable to reject increased suicide risk associated with use of anti-epileptic drugs
Three of the most common forms of anti-epileptic drugs in Denmark is associated with increase in patients’ risk of suicide. However, the risk is low and should be seen in conjunction with the many beneficial effects of the medicines.
Dengue infections dive where Wolbachia established in mosquitoes in parts of Asia, Australia, and Brazil
First large-scale evidence that infecting mosquitoes with common bacteria could dramatically reduce dengue infections; near Rio, chikungunya cases fall as well
New chemical treatment for bed nets could prevent more infections by overcoming mosquito resistance
Children using nets with new compound less likely to have malaria parasites, a big advance as many fear world’s most effective malaria tool is faltering as resistance to insecticides rises
2019 ACM Gordon Bell Prize awarded to ETH Zurich team for simulation that maps heat in transistors
DaCe OMEN framework could help industry design better and more efficient computer chips
Human songs share universal patterns across world’s cultures
From love songs to lullabies, songs from cultures spanning the globe – despite their diversity – exhibit universal patterns, according to a new study. Drawn from a cross-cultural analysis of more than a century of research from anthropology and ethnomusicology…
Cybershoppers make better buying decisions on PCs than phones — Ben-Gurion U. researchers
BEER-SHEVA, Israel…November 21, 2019 – This holiday shopping season, consumers may make better shopping decisions using their PCs rather than smart phones or other mobile devices, according to new research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. “The issue is not…
New type of e-cigarette vaping injury described in CMAJ
A research case report describing lung injury related to e-cigarette use in a 17-year-old Canadian may be the first documented case of a new form of damage from vaping products. The article, published in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical Association Journal…
New study confirms American children and teens are consuming significantly less sugary drinks
Although daily consumption a caloric intake of sugar-sweetened beverages have declined substantially over the past decade, American youth, including SNAP participants, still drink too many sugary drinks according to American Journal of Preventive Medicine
American University researchers sequence genome of the ‘devil worm’
When scientists discovered a worm deep in an aquifer nearly one mile underground, they hailed it as the discovery of the deepest-living animal ever found. Now American University researchers, reporting in Nature Communications , have sequenced the genome of the…
New method illuminates 3-dimensional genome structure of a single cell
Findings earn top prize for young scientist
Algorithm for preventing ‘undesirable behavior’ works in gender fairness and health tests
A new framework for designing machine learning algorithms helps to prevent intelligent machines from exhibiting undesirable behavior, researchers report. The framework, which was tested in a bias and also a health context, achieves this feat by shifting the burden of…
Brain biomarker predicts compulsive drinking in mice
A neural circuit in the brains of mice controls the development of compulsive drinking disorders, according to a new study. The results identify a biomarker that could, if the findings translate to humans, become a target for therapies for alcohol…
Competing signals shrink or grow liver tumor at the margins
Activating the Hippo molecular signaling pathway in liver tumor cells drives tumor growth–but activating the same pathway in healthy cells surrounding the tumor suppresses tumor growth. This unexpected effect indicates that there is a competitive interaction between tumor cells and…
New disease hits corals
The emergence of a new coral disease in Micronesian reefs, termed grey-patch disease, is reported in the open access journal Microbiome . The disease alters the community of microbes found on the host coral and measuring these changes may be…
Bielefeld University Press celebrates foundation
Launch on 27 November in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF)
Unable to reject increased suicide risk associated with use of anti-epileptic drugs
Three of the most common forms of anti-epileptic drugs in Denmark is associated with increase in patients’ risk of suicide. However, the risk is low and should be seen in conjunction with the many beneficial effects of the medicines.
Neighborhood matters for fentanyl-involved overdose deaths
Fentanyl overdoses cluster geographically more than non-fentanyl overdoses, according to a study just released by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings suggest that fentanyl-involved overdoses are concentrated in resource deprived neighborhoods over and above what data show…
Dengue infections dive where Wolbachia established in mosquitoes in parts of Asia, Australia, and Brazil
First large-scale evidence that infecting mosquitoes with common bacteria could dramatically reduce dengue infections; near Rio, chikungunya cases fall as well
Breaking (and restoring) graphene’s symmetry in a twistable electronics device
Columbia researchers invent a new way to tune the properties of 2D materials by adjusting the twist angle between them; technology enables the development of nanoelectromechanical sensors with applications in astronomy, medicine, search and rescue, + more
Study probes relationship between strange metals and high-temperature superconductors
Computer simulations yield a much more accurate picture of these states of matter
New chemical treatment for bed nets could prevent more infections by overcoming mosquito resistance
Children using nets with new compound less likely to have malaria parasites, a big advance as many fear world’s most effective malaria tool is faltering as resistance to insecticides rises
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage
Drexel researchers lead international report on future of nanomaterials for energy storage
New disease hits corals
The emergence of a new coral disease in Micronesian reefs, termed grey-patch disease, is reported in the open access journal Microbiome . The disease alters the community of microbes found on the host coral and measuring these changes may be…
Bone breakthrough may lead to more durable airplane wings
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell researchers have made a new discovery about how seemingly minor aspects of the internal structure of bone can be strengthened to withstand repeated wear and tear, a finding that could help treat patients suffering from osteoporosis.…
Grid reliability under climate change may require more power generation capacity
A new university/national laboratory study reveals the importance of factoring climate-water impacts into electric grid planning
Pollinator friendliness can extend beyond early spring
Keeping lawns pretty and pollinators happy
BU finds some child development milestones may be set too early
CDC guidelines say most children reach a milestone by a certain age, but new data shows that “most” may mean over 99% or barely half.
Researchers discover how lungs cells respond to bacteria
Study has implications for preventing, treating pneumonia
Traditional Chinese medical herb may offer new anti-obesity strategy
Overweight and obesity have become a severe public health problem around the world. Current anti-obesity strategies are mainly aimed at restricting calorie intake and absorption. Now, Chinese scientists suggest in a new study that burning energy by activation of brown…
Simulations suggest embryo selection based on traits like height or IQ is still far off
There have been concerns about the idea of “designer babies” for almost as long as in vitro fertilization and technology to screen embryos for inherited disorders have existed. While the recent live births resulting from human embryonic CRISPR editing have…
The landscape market has a category for any activity level
Consumers are evaluated on an active/passive continuum
Using controlled environment food production to solve food shortages
Feeding the urban masses the smart way
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
Chemical catalysis for an existing class of biomaterials
Scientists First to Develop Rapid Cell Division in Marine Sponges
Despite efforts over multiple decades, there are still no cell lines for marine invertebrates. For the first time, scientists have developed a breakthrough in marine invertebrate (sponge) cell culture, demonstrating exceptionally fast cell division and the ability to subculture the cells. This groundbreaking discovery forms the basis for developing marine invertebrate cell models to better understand early animal evolution, determine the role of secondary metabolites, predict the impact of climate change to coral reef community ecology and develop novel medicines.