Starry eyes on the reef: Color-changing brittle stars can see
Credit: Lauren Sumner-Rooney Scientists have shown for the first time that brittle stars use vision to guide them through vibrant ...
Month: January 2020
Study: Hearing develops in tandem with form and function
Mouse model insight could focus future hearing loss reversal research on early developmentCredit: Oregon Health & Science University New research ...
Global call to action on FH aims to improve diagnosis and treatment
Credit: The FH Foundation The FH Foundation, World Heart Federation, and an international coalition join together to tackle the global ...
Lower risk for malignant melanoma after bariatric surgery
Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg Bariatric surgery is associated with a distinct reduction in skin-cancer risk, a study shows. ...
Harnessing the microbiome to improve stroke recovery
Short chain fatty acid supplementation improves stroke recovery in miceCredit: Sadler et al., JNeurosci 2019 Supplementing the body's short chain ...
Hearing through lip-reading
How the brain can create sound information via lip-readingCredit: Bourguignon et al., JNeurosci 2019 Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, ...
FDA approves UVA-developed artificial pancreas
Device automatically regulates blood glucose for type 1 diabetes patientsCredit: Tandem Diabetes Care The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ...
UNC expert helps treat astronaut’s blood clot during NASA mission
Blood clot expert Stephan Moll, M.D., professor of medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, consulted NASA on how to ...
Exclusions in family planning programs and health statistics contravene human rights
Credit: Lancaster University Infertility impinges on the human right to have a child, according to new research published today, which ...
GMRT discovers a gigantic ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy
Credit: O. Bait (NCRA-TIFR/GMRT), Duc (ObAS/CFHT) A team of astronomers at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune, ...
MIPT physicists find ways to overcome signal loss in magnonic circuits
Credit: Image courtesy of Dmitry Kalyabin Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering ...
Closer to identifying leukemic stem cells
Researchers at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute have developed an innovative diagnostic assay to identify cells resistant to leukemia ...
Some learning is a whole-brain affair, study shows
Credit: Richard Roth and Richard Huganir Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully used a laser-assisted imaging tool to "see" ...
Health ranks as top concern for veterans immediately after military service
Findings based on survey of nearly 10,000 veteransCredit: USAF Airman 1st Class Ericka Woolever In the months after separating from ...
New study estimates the global extent of river ice loss as Earth warms
This decline will have economic and environmental consequencesCredit: Courtesy Landsat imagery/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and U.S. Geological Survey More ...
All global sustainability is local
Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Nations across the world are following a United Nations blueprint ...
Delivering TB vaccine intravenously dramatically improves potency, study shows
Credit: JoAnne Flynn, Ph.D., Alexander White, Pauline Maiello, and Mario Roederer, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 1, 2020 - Worldwide, more people ...
Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine
NIAID scientists report results from animal studyCredit: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease, is the ...
