Ancient ‘chewing gum’ yields insights into people and bacteria of the past
Credit: Photo: Theis Jensen. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a ...
Month: December 2019
Regenstrief VP co-authors National Academy report on AI’s potential to improve health
Seminal report focuses on hope, hype, promise, and peril of AI use in medical arenaCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - A ...
Fatty meal interrupts gut’s communication with the body, but why?
If that second helping of prime rib stuns your gut into silence, is that good or bad?Credit: Duke University/Lihua Ye ...
Solving the challenges of long duration space flight with 3D printing
Astronauts on future missions to the Moon and Mars need to be able to make their own spare parts, tools ...
New animal model shows effective treatment for latent tuberculosis
Top clinicians call the results 'dramatic'Credit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (December 17, 2019) - A major goal of tuberculosis ...
Argonne-led team wins technology challenge at SC19
Credit: Zhengchun Liu / Argonne National Laboratory An extensive collaboration led by Argonne recently won the Inaugural SCinet Technology Challenge ...
Disruption of glycine receptors to study embryonic development and brain function
Collaborative work identified a new function for glycine receptors during embryonic developmentCredit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, University of ...
Researchers awarded $3.1 million to address vaping epidemic among youth
Credit: UTHealth As e-cigarette use by young people reaches epidemic proportions, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center ...
First study on human-grade dog food says whole, fresh food is highly digestible
Credit: JustFoodForDogs URBANA, Ill. - Pet owners are increasingly treating their "fur-babies" like members of the family. In response, some ...
Changes in the immune system explain why belly fat is bad for thinking
Credit: Auriel Willette, Iowa State University Iowa State researchers have found for the first time that less muscle and more ...
Distant milky way-like galaxies reveal star formation history of the universe
Credit: SARAO; NRAO/AUI/NSF Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy! The ...
Carbon cocoons surround growing galaxies far beyond previous beliefs
Credit: NAOJ Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young ...
Short story collection to entangle readers in the quantum world
Quantum shorts: Collected flash fiction inspired by quantum physicsCredit: N. Syafiqah Are you ready to get entangled in the science ...
How immune cells switch to attack mode
Study led by the University of Bonn reveals how macrophages react immediately after contact with bacteriaCredit: © Photo: Rolf Müller/UKB ...
Scientists reveal the neural basis of confirmation bias
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC neuroscientists show why it is difficult to re-evaluate past judgmentsCredit: Virginia Tech An international ...
Possible strategy for cancer treatment found in nuclear transport proteins
Credit: Mark_Kostich Shutterstock Although less often the focus of cancer research, recent studies have hinted at the possible importance of ...
Differentiating amino acids
Credit: Source: Nature Biotechnology A large part of the work inside cells is done by proteins acting as enzymes, transporters, ...
Malaria under arrest: New drug target prevents deadly transmission
Australian researchers have found a new drug target for stopping the spread of malaria, after successfully blocking the world's deadliest ...
Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy
Credit: University of Cambridge Mothers' and babies' brains can work together as a 'mega-network' by synchronising brain waves when they ...
Newly discovered protein gives signal for virus infection
Credit: University of Zurich Viruses have been part of animals and humans for eons. When viruses invade a cell, they ...
