Challenges in cardiovascular risk prediction and stratification in women
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Volume 3, Number 4, 2019, ...
Month: February 2019
Home insurance buyers lack access to public flood data
Canadian homeowners do not have the information they need to know if they should buy flood insurance leaving them exposed ...
Reduced salinity of seawater wreaks havoc on coral chemistry
North Queensland floods could cause 'freshwater bleaching' of GBRCredit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies/Greg Torda New research ...
Scientists at FAU are researching a new method for developing artificial ovaries
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) led by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini from the Chair of Materials ...
Zips on the nanoscale
New method of synthesising nanographene on metal oxide surfaces Nanostructures based on carbon are promising materials for nanoelectronics. However, to ...
Zika: Silent long-term circulation in Thailand
Credit: (c) Institut Pasteur The circulation of the dengue virus for the past sixty years in South-East Asia is relatively ...
Bungee jumping for science
Researchers measure readiness potential outside a laboratory for the first timeCredit: Soekadar/Charité Immediately before a person decides to launch themselves ...
A trap for positrons
Interview with Dr. Eve Stenson on the delicate antiparticles of electronsCredit: Axel Griesch / IPP For the first time, scientists ...
Turning them on, turning them off — how to control stem cells
Scientists at the University of Bath have identified how a mutant gene in fish is involved in controlling stem cells. ...
‘Mutation hotspot’ allows common fungus to adapt to different host environments
Credit: Bennett Lab/Brown University ROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The fungus Candida albicans is found in the gastrointestinal tract of about half ...
Ant societies’ arms race: Gene activity in defenders depends on invading slavemaking ants
Defenders' behavior and brain gene activity reflects origin of attacking slavemakersCredit: photo/©: Romain Libbrecht, iOME, JGU Temnothorax americanus is a ...
Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease in women
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Volume 3, Number 4, 2019, ...
Living together: How legume roots accommodate two distinct microbial partners
A research team including University of Tsukuba identifies a gene that controls how legume roots form biological partnerships with two ...
Shedding light — literally — on resistance to radiation therapy
A new Johns Hopkins study offers promise towards someday being able to non-invasively examine changes in cancerous tumors to determine ...
Adipocyte glucocorticoid receptors play a role in developing steroid diabetes
Osaka University researchers clarify part of mechanism behind the development of steroid diabetesCredit: Osaka University Steroids are used for treating ...
Asian elephants may lose up to 42 percent of suitable habitats in India and Nepal
Credit: Photo: Priya Davidar & Jean-Philippe Puyravaud Protecting and expanding suitable habitats for wildlife is key to the conservation of ...
New study indicates early-term infants can succeed at breastfeeding
Contrary to earlier research, early birth need not impact nursing success Researchers have determined that healthy premature babies can have ...
U-M biologists capture super-creepy photos of Amazon spiders making meals of frogs, lizards
Credit: Emanuele Biggi, in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation ANN ARBOR--Warning to arachnophobes and the faint of heart: This is the ...
Study: Pesticide exposure contributes to faster ALS progression
While exact causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remain unknown, new research showspesticides and other environmental pollutants advance the progression ...
Code used to reduce quantum error in logic gates for first time
Error detection in logic gates opens path to further improvements in quantum computersCredit: University of Sydney Scientists at the University ...
