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UrduBirch bark tar, the oldest glue in the world, was in use for at least 50,000 years, from the Palaeolithic Period up until the time of the Gauls. Made by heating birch bark, it served as an adhesive for hafting…
Precisely poking cells en masse to cure cancer
Device can mass-produce engineered cells at lower cost, a tipping point for emerging lifesaving therapies
Just what the doctor ordered: Take a yoga class and depression, anxiety improve
(Boston)–Scientific studies already support yoga practice as a means to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. Now a new study out of Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provides evidence that yoga and breathing exercises can improve symptoms of depression…
Firefighters can ease one another’s job stress, but loving spouses may increase it
Firefighting adage is to ‘leave it at the firehouse,’ but prevention of spillover stress in personal life may bring its own tension
How giant kelp may respond to climate change
In a changing ocean, giant kelp’s reproductive success depends on where it’s from
How the cellular recycling system is put on hold while cells divide
Research confirms repression of autophagy during mitosis
‘Give me the calcium!’ Tulane virus takes over cellular calcium signaling to replicate
Some gastrointestinal viruses need calcium. They need calcium ions to carry out several essential aspects of viral life, such as entry into host cells, genome replication and building new viruses to invade other cells. The cells invaded by viruses also…
Spot the difference: Two identical-looking bird species with very different genes
Scientists have identified a new bird species from the Southern coast of China, that diverged from its Northern relatives around half a million years ago.
Diet trials often amend their outcome measures as they go
Ever wonder why science can’t settle simple diet-related questions? In part it’s because most clinical trials involving diet, even those published in good journals, lack the rigor of most drug trials. They’re often small, of short duration, and unable to…
When reporting climate-driven human migration, place matters
University of Arizona researchers have shown that the conversation around migration out of Central American countries should be more nuanced and based on local trends rather than regional expectations
Increased problematic use of marijuana in states where recreational cannabis is legal
Adults 26+ use marijuana more frequently in these states and there was a slight increase in problematic use among adolescents
Discovery: New biomarker for cancer stem cells
Protein linked to tumor survival and spread
Few-cycle pulses break the 300 W barrier
A team led by researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), Laser-Laboratorium Goettingen (LLG) and Active Fiber Systems (AFS) has generated multi-millijoule 3-cycle pulses at 318 W average power level. These results mark…
Twenty-seven life scientists become EMBO Young Investigators
Heidelberg, 13 November 2019 – EMBO congratulates twenty-seven life scientists on their selection as new EMBO Young Investigators. They join a network of 129 current and 340 former Young Investigators, and will begin their four-year programme tenure in January 2020.…
Printed metal conductors may be next-generation electronic displays
$1m grant from DOE funds Pitt researcher and electroninks project using metal ink for OLEDs
Inhaled immunosuppressant may increase survival, pulmonary function after lung transplant
University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers test exploratory drug-device combination to prevent lung-destroying airway inflammation
Tuna carbon ratios reveal shift in food web
DURHAM, N.C. – The ratio of carbon isotopes in three common species of tuna has changed substantially since 2000, suggesting major shifts are taking place in phytoplankton populations that form the base of the ocean’s food web, a new international…
Scientists spearhead ‘major step forward’ for malaria vaccine
Researchers have narrowed down the malaria proteins and disease-fighting antibodies that could be used to develop a vaccine against the most severe forms of malaria. Associate Professor Alyssa Barry, who was recently appointed to lead the Systems Epidemiology of Infection…
Puberty may offer window to reset effects of early deprived care on stress-response system
Puberty may offer a window of opportunity to recalibrate how children who experienced early life adversity respond to stress, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (…
New artificial intelligence system automatically evolves to evade internet censorship
Researchers at the University of Maryland developed a new tool based on genetic evolution that automatically learned to evade censorship in China, India and Kazakhstan
A new parallel strategy for tackling turbulence on Summit
Team develops algorithm designed for Summit, reaches extreme problem sizes
How Let’s Encrypt doubled the internet’s percentage of secure websites in four years
The percentage of websites protected with HTTPS secure encryption –indicated by the lock icon in the address bar of most browsers–has jumped from just over 40% in 2016 to 80% today. That’s largely due to the efforts of Let’s Encrypt,…
How everyday products are supercharging landfill gas, and what that means
ANN ARBOR–Synthetic compounds increasingly used in everyday products like shampoo and motor oil are finding their way into landfills and supercharging the biogas those landfills produce, researchers at the University of Michigan have found. While it’s a problem today, the…
AI for plant breeding in an ever-changing climate
ORNL’s Dan Jacobson and team design algorithms for climate-resilient crops
Graphene: The more you bend it, the softer it gets
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — New research by engineers at the University of Illinois combines atomic-scale experimentation with computer modeling to determine how much energy it takes to bend multilayer graphene – a question that has eluded scientists since graphene was first…
Artificial intelligence to run the chemical factories of the future
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new proof-of-concept study details how an automated system driven by artificial intelligence can design, build, test and learn complex biochemical pathways to efficiently produce lycopene, a red pigment found in tomatoes and commonly used as a…
Lab-wide sustainability efforts win federal recognition
Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has won a regional Federal Green Challenge award for conserving resources and saving taxpayers’ money. The award, administered by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 (EPA), encourages federal agencies to lead by example…
Teaching group work to students with autism
Structured protocol for group work could increase social interaction for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chitin-binding proteins override host plant’s resistance to fungal infection
An insoluble complex carbohydrate, chitin makes up fungal walls and plays a significant role in the interaction between fungal pathogens and their plant hosts. Plant cells harbor immune receptors that perceive chitin and work to stop fungal infection. However, fungal…
Crystal coatings could help solve mystery of fracture patterns
Fractures are everywhere. They are the cracks in the sidewalk. The rifts in roadcuts. The spidery textures in brick and boulders. And those are just the fractures visible at the surface. Underground, fractures can spread throughout rocks creating complex networks…
Study raises new warnings about frail surgery patients
VA-funded study looked at data on more than 400,000 veterans
Oldest molecular information to date illuminates the history of extinct Gigantopithecus
Researchers from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) and the Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen have retrieved the oldest molecular evidence on the evolution of hominids
A new facial analysis method detects genetic syndromes with high precision and specificity
Developed by Araceli Morales, Gemma Piella and Federico Sukno, members of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies, together with researchers from the University of Washington
Study: Melanoma rates drop sharply among teens, young adults
Public health efforts to encourage sun-protection behaviors may be gaining traction, say UW Medicine and Fred Hutch researchers
Secondary surgery does not improve overall survival for recurrent ovarian cancer patients
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported that secondary tumor-reduction, or cytoreduction, surgery followed by chemotherapy did not result in longer survival than chemotherapy alone in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer. The Phase III Gynecologic…
Even low-stress surgery can be fatal for frail patients, study finds
The threshold for when to perform elective surgery in a frail patient may be much higher than previously thought, according to new research coauthored by Paula Shireman, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., of UT Health San Antonio. The journal JAMA Surgery published…
Experts unlock key to photosynthesis, a find that could help us meet food security demands
Scientists reveal ‘beating heart’ of photosynthesis that is responsible for significantly influencing plant growth. Study shows how an electrical reaction in protein complex cytochrome b6f provides the energy that plants need to turn carbon dioxide into the carbohydrates and biomass…
Printed metal conductors may be next-generation electronic displays
$1m grant from DOE funds Pitt researcher and electroninks project using metal ink for OLEDs
Inhaled immunosuppressant may increase survival, pulmonary function after lung transplant
University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers test exploratory drug-device combination to prevent lung-destroying airway inflammation
Puberty may offer window to reset effects of early deprived care on stress-response system
Puberty may offer a window of opportunity to recalibrate how children who experienced early life adversity respond to stress, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (…
New artificial intelligence system automatically evolves to evade internet censorship
Researchers at the University of Maryland developed a new tool based on genetic evolution that automatically learned to evade censorship in China, India and Kazakhstan
How Let’s Encrypt doubled the internet’s percentage of secure websites in four years
The percentage of websites protected with HTTPS secure encryption –indicated by the lock icon in the address bar of most browsers–has jumped from just over 40% in 2016 to 80% today. That’s largely due to the efforts of Let’s Encrypt,…
How everyday products are supercharging landfill gas, and what that means
ANN ARBOR–Synthetic compounds increasingly used in everyday products like shampoo and motor oil are finding their way into landfills and supercharging the biogas those landfills produce, researchers at the University of Michigan have found. While it’s a problem today, the…
Graphene: The more you bend it, the softer it gets
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — New research by engineers at the University of Illinois combines atomic-scale experimentation with computer modeling to determine how much energy it takes to bend multilayer graphene – a question that has eluded scientists since graphene was first…
Artificial intelligence to run the chemical factories of the future
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new proof-of-concept study details how an automated system driven by artificial intelligence can design, build, test and learn complex biochemical pathways to efficiently produce lycopene, a red pigment found in tomatoes and commonly used as a…
Discovery: New biomarker for cancer stem cells
Protein linked to tumor survival and spread
NIH grant to study unstructured data that can improve patient safety
Reports that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States have led the Institute of Medicine and several state legislatures to suggest that data from patient safety event reporting systems could help health care providers…
ELeCt-ing a better candidate for chemo delivery
Drug-loaded nanoparticles bound to circulating red blood cells inhibit lung cancer metastasis
New technique could optimize PSMA-targeted prostate cancer therapy
Researchers have discovered a new way to optimize results in treating patients with prostate cancer tumors while minimizing negative side effects. The study is featured in the November issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine . According to the Centers…
Women more likely to survive stroke but have poorer recovery than men, study shows
Women are more likely to survive a stroke, but have worse disability and poorer quality of life afterwards compared to men, according to research published in the latest issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of…