Month: December 2019

Casting a genetic net, eDNA identified more marine vertebrates than traditional surveys but has its limitsCredit: Collin Closek, Stanford University ...

Mayo clinic researchers test novel injection of gene therapy vectors into the kidney

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 31, 2019--Before gene therapy can be used to treat renal ...

Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration

Credit: National Institute of Aging Writing in the December 30, 2019 online issue of Neurology, researchers at University of California ...

From crab studies, a broader approach to identifying brain cells

Credit: Virginia Garcia WOODS HOLE, Mass. - A longstanding goal in neuroscience is to classify the brain's many cells into ...

How the brain balances pleasure and pain

Credit: Li lab/CSHL, 2019 As our brains take in information about the world and use it to steer our actions, ...

NASA finds Tropical Storm Calvinia moving away from Mauritius

Credit: NASA Worldview Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite on Dec. 31 revealed that Tropical Cyclone Calvinia had moved south ...

NASA finds a weaker Sarai now a depression

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with an image ...

Topological semimetals can generate sizable transverse thermoelectric figure of merit

Credit: ©Science China Press The thermoelectric conversion efficiency of a particular material is determined by the value of its thermoelectric ...

Possible dementia vaccine closer after mice studies

Human trials tipped within two yearsCredit: Flinders University A preventive treatment for dementia may proceed to clinical trials after successful ...

Fewer than half of California pharmacies provide correct drug disposal info

Just 11% said their pharmacy offered a drug take-back programCredit: Children's National Hospital The callers pretended to be well-meaning parents ...

How fish fins evolved just before the transition to land

Credit: Matt Wood Research on fossilized fish from the late Devonian period, roughly 375 million years ago, details the evolution ...

The mysterious case of the ornamented coot chicks has a surprising explanation

The bright colors of the chicks of American coots help their parents choose favorites, according to a new studyCredit: Bruce ...

Strategies to generate larger pores in metal-organic frameworks

Credit: ©Science China Press Due to the advantages such as large specific surface area, adjustable pore size and tunable functionality, ...

Life could have emerged from lakes with high phosphorus

Credit: Matthew Dillon/Flickr Life as we know it requires phosphorus. It's one of the six main chemical elements of life, ...

Bioelectric stimulation to clear skin lesions

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 30, 2019--The delivery of ultrashort pulses of electrical energy represents ...

Novela Neurotech showcases smart neural interface at Creative Destruction Lab

Credit: Novela Neurotech TORONTO, ON - Novela Neurotech, a MedTech company developing AI-powered wireless, "smart" neural interface systems, joins Canada's ...

NASA tracks Tropical Storm Sarai moving away from Fiji

Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean on Dec. 30 and found that Tropical Storm ...

NASA sees Mauritius covered by Tropical Storm Calvinia

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Cyclone Calvinia formed on Dec. 29 and by the next day, its clouds from a ...

Individualized physical therapy reduces incontinence, pain in men after prostate surgery

Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Dec. 30, 2019 - For decades, therapy to strengthen pelvic muscles has been the standard treatment ...

First study to compare citrus varieties with combination of metabolomics and microbiome