AI may predict the next virus to jump from animals to humans
Most emerging infectious diseases of humans (like COVID-19) are zoonotic – caused by viruses originating from other animal species. Identifying ...
Month: September 2021
Living retina achieves sensitivity and efficiency engineers can only dream about
DURHAM, N.C. – If you wanted to design the most perfect, low-energy, light-detecting device for a future camera or a ...
Oncotarget: Treating unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Oncotarget published "Safety and initial efficacy of ablative radioembolization for the treatment of unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma" which reported that to investigate ...
Unbreakable glass inspired by seashells
Scientists from McGill University develop stronger and tougher glass, inspired by the inner layer of mollusk shells. Instead of shattering ...
Tracking muscle activity with clothes on your back
WASHINGTON, September 28, 2021 -- Bioelectrical sensors on the skin can be used to measure electrical signals in the body, ...
Whole-heart computational modeling provides insights for individualized treatment
WASHINGTON, September 28, 2021 -- Whole-heart ventricular modeling has come a long way in recent years and is currently witnessing ...
Memetics and neural models of conspiracy theories
Multitude of conspiracy theories people believe in all over the world is astonishing. They actually accompany each significant event: a ...
Looking to lose weight? Diet drinks might not be the sweet spot, according to new USC study
A synthetic aftertaste might not be the only side effect of switching to diet soda, especially if you’re trying to ...
Nanoparticles to protect animals from skin parasites
An international researcher team of Louisiana Tech University, Gubkin University and Kazan Federal University reported the fabrication of nanoscale insecticidal ...
New BiCIKL project to build a freeway between pieces of biodiversity knowledge
In a recently started Horizon 2020-funded project, 14 European institutions from 10 countries, representing both the continent’s and global key ...
Quantifying change on barrier islands highlights the value of storms
Researchers have developed a methodology for quantifying landscape changes on barrier islands and, in doing so, have found the storms ...
How high-fat diets allow cancer cells to go unnoticed
A high-fat diet increases the incidence of colorectal cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow Semir Beyaz and collaborators from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts ...
Researchers report on new way to deliver healing stem cells to kidney injury patients
Durham, NC – Scientists are reporting promising results in the early stages of a clinical trial designed to gauge the ...
Bird poop reveals that when birds migrate, their gut bacteria change
The trillions of bacteria living in our guts play a crucial role in our ability to digest food and fight ...
“They do not care about us. They have forgotten us.” New research shows disability organisations were ‘unsung heroes’ of the COVID-19 pandemic
Three new publications by Inclusive Futures have revealed how people with disabilities were not only disproportionately and ‘catastrophically’ excluded from ...
Creating order by mechanical deformation in dense active matter
Living or biological systems cannot be easily understood using the standard laws of physics, such as thermodynamics, as scientists would ...
Indigenous people and tropical forests: Lessons from the anthropocene
Tropical forests are some of the most threatened ecosystems on Earth, largely due to recent human activities. To better understand ...
Experimental drug development approach points to better targeted therapies for treatment-resistant leukemia
New research from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators shows why some drugs in clinical trials for treating a form of acute ...
Dinosaurs’ ascent driven by volcanoes powering climate change
The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over 230 million years ago, a new ...
Male giraffes are more socially connected than females
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Although female giraffes have closer “friends” than male giraffes, male giraffes have more “acquaintances” than females, according ...
