AGS: Trump Administration’s 2021 budget ‘deeply troubling’ for older americans
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Experts at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) raised grave concerns with President Trump's 2021 ...
Month: February 2020
New machine learning method could supercharge battery development for electric vehicles
Credit: Cube3D Battery performance can make or break the electric vehicle experience, from driving range to charging time to the ...
AIBS recognizes science policy leadership
Michigan State University and Mississippi State University graduate students receive 2020 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership AwardsCredit: Andy Feliciotti Washington, ...
Scientists develop more accurate stem-cell model of early developing mouse embryo
Credit: Núria Taberner, ©Hubrecht Institute Scientists from the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) and the University of Cambridge (UK) have managed to ...
Controversy swirls around adipose-derived cell therapies for reparative medicine
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 19, 2020--Challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's current approach ...
Eliminating viruses in our food with cranberries and citrus fruit
A team of Canadian researchers is developing a treatment combining fruit extracts and irradiation to prevent outbreaks of foodborne infectionsCredit: ...
Altered potassium levels in neurons may cause mood swings in bipolar disorder
Salk researchers also find additional differences between the neurons of people with bipolar disorder who respond to lithium and those ...
Spanish modified Story Memory Technique efficacious for Mexicans with multiple sclerosis
A team of researchers piloted a Spanish version of an evidence-based English-language cognitive intervention developed at Kessler Foundation, signaling an ...
Veggie-loving fish could be the new white meat
UCI discovery points to aquaculture potential of the monkeyface pricklebackCredit: NOAA/MBARI / Public domain Irvine, Calif., Feb. 19, 2020 -- ...
New study results consistent with dog domestication during ice age
A research team performed dental microwear analysis on canid fossils from a Paleolithic site in the Czech RepublicCredit: Peter Ungar ...
Lensless on-chip microscopy platform shows slides in full view
UConn researchers develop low-cost, high resolution technology for improved optical imagingCredit: Sean Flynn/UConn Photo When you look through a microscope, ...
New test identifies poisonous mushrooms
Credit: Candace Bever, ARS-USDA ALBANY, CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2020--A simple, portable test that can detect the deadliest of the mushroom ...
Global relationships that determine bird diversity on islands uncovered
Credit: Christophe Thebaud The study, a collection of molecular data from bird species found across 41 oceanic archipelagos, reveals how ...
MRI findings predict shoulder stiffness for rotator cuff tears
Joint capsule edema and thickness at the axillary recess prove useful in predicting stiff shoulder in patients with small to ...
Researchers discover new mechanism for the coexistence of species
Credit: AMOLF Researchers from AMOLF (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Harvard University (USA) show how the ability of organisms to move ...
‘Flapping wings’ powered by the sun (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society In ancient Greek mythology, Icarus' wax wings melted when he dared to fly too close to ...
Different tick, same repellents: Study shows how to avoid Asian longhorned tick
New CDC research shows DEET and other EPA-approved repellents are effective against the invasive speciesCredit: James Gathany, CDC Public Health ...
A new model of the worm C. elegans to progress in the study of a rare disease
The IDIBELL Neurometabolic Diseases group, with international collaboration, has identified a model of chromosome X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (x-ALD) in the earthworm ...
Research identifies barriers to development of seawater electrolysis technologies
Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers at the University Of Liverpool, in collaboration with NUI Galway and TU Berlin, have identified ...
A new way to assess male fertility
Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05183 Current tests for male fertility include measuring the concentration and motility of ...
