North American birds not fully adjusting to changing climate
Climate change poses a number of challenges to plants and animals. For example, as the climate changes, appropriate climatic conditions ...
Month: July 2022
Rensselaer researchers learn to control electron spin at room temperature to make devices more efficient and faster
TROY, N.Y. — As our devices become smaller, faster, more energy efficient, and capable of holding larger amounts of data, ...
DTC genetics company Nucleus Genomics raises $18 million in funding in one year
New York City, NY, July 14, 2022 – Nucleus Genomics, a next-generation consumer genetic testing and analysis company, has raised ...
A brain network for social attraction
Humans are famously social animals. But they are not alone in their tendency to team up with other individuals of ...
Europe supports Jena’s energy storage research
Jena, Germany (14.07.2022) The energy turnaround can only succeed if the electricity, which is produced in an ecological way, is ...
Waves in the maze of no return
A bad wireless reception, the noise in the radio signal or poor visibility in the fog – all these annoyances ...
Take the burn out of sunscreen testing: Experts
Exposing humans to ultraviolet radiation to test sunscreen effectiveness should be phased out, according to scientists and cancer experts. The ...
Breaking up is hard to do – but many men find healthy ways to cope
The popular stereotype that men don’t want support during a breakup, separation or divorce is simply not true, according to ...
New research from Dignity Health on improving quality of life for LVAD patients
Sacramento, Calif. (July 14, 2022) – A study at Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital showed that use of a special ...
Not enough men in their 40s are getting screened for diabetes: Study
Not enough men in Alberta, Canada — especially those in their 40s — are getting tested for diabetes, putting them ...
Shockwave caused by Tonga underwater eruption may help scientists predict future tsunami
Using data from the eruption of the underwater volcano near Tonga in 2022, a research group at Nagoya University in ...
Consumer product-related traumatic brain injury in children has increased significantly since 2000
Ann Arbor, July 14, 2022 – A major public health concern, traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death ...
‘Maths’ genes used by fish to count may help us treat human neurodevelopmental diseases
Fish are helping researchers track down the origins of how brains compute maths, reports a review in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. ...
How an internal body clock keeps roundworms free from constipation
A team co-led by a City University of Hong Kong (CityU) neuroscientist has identified a key mechanism of a biological ...
Genetic discovery to improve lung cancer treatment
Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer, accounting for an estimated 1.8 million deaths worldwide. Credit: Edith Cowan University Lung ...
Inaugural co-directors appointed to Aotearoa’s Infectious Diseases Research Platform
A key initiative aimed at boosting Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 response and preparing for future disease outbreaks has taken a ...
Virtual Reality App trial shown to reduce common phobias
Results from a University of Otago, Christchurch trial suggest fresh hope for the estimated one-in-twelve people worldwide suffering from a ...
Hidden Consciousness Detected with EEG Predicts Recovery of Unresponsive Patients
NEW YORK, NY (July 13, 2022)--A new study finds that signs of covert consciousness--subtle brainwaves detectable with EEG--are the strongest ...
Scientists pinpoint reason why women may not respond to depression treatments the same as men
Although treatments for depression exist, sometimes these treatments don’t work for many who use them. Furthermore, women experience higher rates ...
SARS-Arena reveals hidden hooks in virus
HOUSTON – (July 13, 2022) – Vaccines may need to dig a little deeper to stop SARS-CoV-2. Rice University researchers are ...
