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UrduBy using age-mortality and species-selection profiles from prehistoric East Asia, researchers identified carp aquaculture in Henan Province, China, thousands of years earlier than previously reported
Uncovering the hidden ‘noise’ that can kill qubits
New detection tool could be used to make quantum computers robust against unwanted environmental disturbances
Community policing and police legitimacy: A field experiment
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 16, 2019 – Despite declining crime rates, tensions between police and the public remain an ongoing issue. High-profile incidents of police violence have led to distrust of the police, particularly among residents in high-crime and low-income areas.…
McLean’s Amy C. Janes, PhD, receives Presidential Honor for Young Scientists
McLean Hospital’s Amy C. Janes, PhD , has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is the highest honor given by the US government to scientists and engineers who are…
Study shows the importance of when adolescents sleep to obesity and cardiometabolic health
BOSTON – A new study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and Harvard Medical School has found that adolescent sleep timing preferences and patterns should be considered risk factors for obesity and cardiometabolic health, and that…
Study finds human hearts evolved for endurance
Hearts of sedentary individuals appear more ‘ape-like’
Fish trophic levels in freshwater lake
Researchers report that 148 years of fishing records in Canada’s Lake Simcoe show that during a period of commercial fishing the mean trophic level of the catch declined, indicating depletion of high-trophic-level fish, and the mean trophic level began to…
Governance and environmental change
The untapped capacity of existing laws could provide a viable method for addressing accelerating environmental change in the absence of major legal reform, a study suggests. Full-scale legal change, on national and international levels, is a slow process, even as…
Grassland diversity and climate change
Between 2000 and 2018, researchers documented the evolution of grassland plant communities in the University of California McLaughlin Reserve and found that during growing seasons that were drier than normal, communities lost several species, especially species with drought-intolerant traits, and…
Social isolation derails brain development in mice
Brain and behavior impairments observed in loner adolescent mice
In human cells and mice, a cure for the common cold, Stanford-UCSF study reports
Temporarily disabling a single protein inside our cells might be able to protect us from the common cold and other viral diseases, according to a study led by researchers at Stanford University and University of California-San Francisco. The findings were…
New route to carbon-neutral fuels from carbon dioxide discovered by Stanford-DTU team
If the idea of flying on battery-powered commercial jets makes you nervous, you can relax a little. Researchers have discovered a practical starting point for converting carbon dioxide into sustainable liquid fuels, including fuels for heavier modes of transportation that…
New SU2C teams accelerate clinical trials for difficult breast & prostate cancers
LOS ANGELES – Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is launching teams of experts to lead innovative attacks on two types of cancer that have defied conventional treatment: triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in women and metastatic prostate cancer in men. The…
Army research looks at pearls for clues on enhancing lightweight armor for soldiers
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Round, smooth and iridescent, pearls are among the world’s most exquisite jewels; now, these gems are inspiring a U.S. Army research project to improve military armor. By mimicking the outer coating of pearls (nacre, or…
Brain activity intensity drives need for sleep
The intensity of brain activity during the day, notwithstanding how long we’ve been awake, appears to increase our need for sleep, according to a new UCL study in zebrafish. The research, published in Neuron , found a gene that responds…
The stellar nurseries of distant galaxies
An international team headed by UNIGE has discovered that the properties of molecular clouds, and the number of stars they produce, are different depending on whether they are in distant or nearby galaxies
A novel tool to probe fundamental matter
The origin of matter remains a complex and open question. A novel experimental approach — described in Nature Physics — could be exploited to better test the theories of physicists
Potential target for diabetes-associated Alzheimer’s disease
Study reveals potential mechanism underlying relationship between diabetes and dementia
Hospital-wide use of high-risk antibiotics associated with more C. difficile infections
Study highlights need for ongoing monitoring of antibiotic use
Genetic responses of wild wheat to global warming
Researchers report global warming-associated genetic changes in a wild wheat relative. Wild relatives of domesticated crops represent a source of genetic diversity for improving genetically impoverished crop cultivars. Global warming endangers populations of wild crop relatives, but the populations’ genetic…
Human heart evolved for endurance
Adaptations in the heart’s left ventricular structure and function likely helped preindustrial humans cope with the demands of endurance required for survival, a study finds. Great apes tend to engage in short, intense bouts of resistance physical activities, such as…
Public attitudes toward police
Researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial in which police officers in New Haven, Connecticut made community policing visits to the homes of 1,007 residents between September and October 2018, and found that a brief, positive nonenforcement interaction with an officer…
Potential target for Krabbe disease therapy
Researchers report that the toxic glycolipid psychosine, which accumulates in people with the metabolic disorder Krabbe disease, is produced by the breakdown of galactosylceramide by the enzyme acid ceramidase (ACDase) and that removing ACDase from mouse models of Krabbe disease,…
Renewable cement production
Researchers report an electrochemical process for decarbonating calcium carbonate and forming calcium hydroxide, which can be readily used to produce alite, a major component of Portland cement, along with concentrated streams of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide, which could be…
Valuing thoughts and prayers
An economic study involving 482 people that aimed to assess the value of thoughts and prayers to people who had experienced a hardship or natural disaster finds that whereas Christians value thoughts and prayers from other religious people, people who…
Eating cheese may offset blood vessel damage from salt
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Cheese lovers, rejoice. Antioxidants naturally found in cheese may help protect blood vessels from damage from high levels of salt in the diet, according to a new Penn State study. In a randomized, crossover design study,…
One Positive Interaction with Police Can Enhance Trust, New Study Finds
A new study from researchers at Rutgers University-Newark, Yale University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology titled “A Field Experiment on Community Policing and Police Legitimacy,” shows that positive, non-enforcement contact between uniformed police officers and community members can improve public…
In Mice: Transplanted Brain Stem Cells Survive Without Anti-Rejection Drugs
By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers open the door for stem cell transplants to
Heart-healthy forager-farmers in lowland Bolivia are changing diets and gaining weight
People known for ‘astonishing’ cardiovascular health are going to market and changing their diets —
Eco-Friendly Method for the Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
A team of scientists from Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg), Bangladesh University of Engineer
Study: We need more realistic experiments on the impact of climate change on ecosystems
When it comes to the impact of climate change on ecosystems, we still have large knowledge gaps. Most experiments are unrealistic because they do not correspond to projected climate scenarios for a specific region. As a result, we lack reliable…
Just bad luck? Cancer patients nominate ‘fate’ as third most likely cause
What role does fate play when it comes to the 145,000 people diagnosed with cancer each year in Australia and 125,000 people in Vietnam?
Childhood behavior linked to taking paracetamol in pregnancy
The research published today (Monday 16 September) in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology examined whether there were any effects of taking paracetamol in mid-pregnancy and the behaviour of the offspring between the ages of 6 month and 11 years, with memory…
Types and rates of co-existing conditions in diabetes are different for men and women
A new study presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 Sept) shows that men and women experience different comorbidities (other diseases at the same time) as having…
Scanning the lens of the eye could predict type 2 diabetes and prediabetes
New research presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 September) shows that specialist analysis of the lens in the eye can predict patients with type 2 diabetes…
Obesity linked to a nearly 6-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with genetics and li
Obesity is linked to a nearly 6-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), with high genetic risk and unfavorable lifestyle also increasing risk but to a much lesser extent. These are the conclusions of new research presented at…
Latest studies suggest a possible downturn in rate of new cases of diabetes
While overall, the numbers (prevalence) of people with type 2 diabetes continue to grow at an alarming rate, new research presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20…
Antibiotic resistance surges in dolphins, mirroring humans
FAU Harbor branch, collaborators examine 13 years of antibiotic resistance trends in bottlenose dolp
EPA rollback of clean water regulations is good news for Appalachian region
A West Virginia University water expert believes there is good news in this week’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcement repealing the 2015 rule that expanded the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. Jason Hubbart,…
Northwestern Medicine physicians, staff prepare to present at ASTRO 2019
Radiation oncologists and team members from the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center and Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University at Northwestern Memorial Hospital will present research at the annual meeting for the American Society for Radiation Oncology from Sept. 15 to Sept. 18 in Chicago.
How IL-6 allows the immune response to develop for a key cell, the T follicular helper
A preclinical study published in Science Immunology shows how the interplay of two interleukin signaling proteins, IL-6 and IL-2, affects the development of T follicular helper cells and germinal centers. Thus, the research may help guide future disease treatment for autoimmune diseases like lupus.
Scientists Seek to Harness the Power of Accelerators for Environmental Remediation
Two Jefferson Lab accelerator scientists have received funding to design accelerators that could be used for wastewater treatment, flue-gas cleanup and beyond.
Speeding up the drug discovery process to help patients
An international research team is perfecting a method to predict the potential clinical implications of new drugs before clinical trials even start.
Invite consumers to pop-up, and pop goes the spending — offline and online
Two Washington University in St. Louis researchers along with a former fellow Olin Business School faculty member and Alibaba officials flipped the pop-up business model, and possibly more. Using 799,000-plus consumers as their study participants, the co-authors found that inviting potential customers via text message could increase buying with both a pop-up shop retailer and similar product vendors online… for weeks and months to come.
Paramagnetic Spins Take Electrons for a Ride, Produce Electricity from Heat
Local thermal perturbations of spins in a solid can convert heat to energy even in a paramagnetic material – where spins weren’t thought to correlate long enough to do so. This effect, “paramagnon drag thermopower,” converts a temperature difference into an electrical voltage.
Cancer Protocols: A New Approach to Predicting Treatment Outcomes
Research by the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Prof. Yardena Samuels shows that heterogeneity in melanoma tumors prevents effective immune responses
Fuel of the Future
Researchers at Israel’s Technion have developed a clean, inexpensive, and safe technology for producing hydrogen. The technology significantly improves the efficiency of hydrogen production, from ~75% using current methods to an unprecedented 98.7% energy efficiency.
Gemini Observatory Captures Multicolor Image of First-ever Interstellar Comet
The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini Observatory in multiple colors. The image of the newly discovered object, denoted C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), was obtained on the night of 9-10 September using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North Telescope on Hawaii’s Maunakea.
WOTUS rollback threatens half of US wetlands, fifth of streams
The Trump administration finalized the legal rollback of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule this week, a rule issued by the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers under Obama to expand waterway eligibility for environmental protection. Amanda Rodewald…
Biologist: West Nile samples found 10 miles apart likely migrated from hundreds of miles away from each other
Northern Arizona University evolutionary biologist Crystal Hepp, whose lab is a leader in the American West for sequencing West Nile genomes, said this surprising result is good news for the county.