Month: August 2022

Studying climate change-induced mass extinctions in the deep geological past allows researchers to explore the impact of environmental crises on ...

60 million years of climate change drove the evolution and diversity of reptiles

Just over 250 million years ago during the end of the Permian period and start of the Triassic, reptiles had ...

Researchers identify the target of immune attacks on liver cells in metabolic disorders

When fat accumulates in the liver, the immune system may assault the organ. A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine ...

Sanders-Brown director receives funding to advance work on potential drug

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2022) — Linda J. Van Eldik, Ph.D., director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is ...

Ultrathin dental camera inspired by insect-eye structure

Conventional dental photography technology has had a limitation in using inconvenient tools such as mirrors and cheek retractors. Dentists require ...

When Alzheimer’s degrades cells that cross hemispheres, visual memory suffers

A new MIT study finds that Alzheimer’s disease disrupts at least one form of visual memory by degrading a newly ...

Boosting neuron formation restores memory in mice with Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that increasing the production of new neurons in mice with Alzheimer’s ...

Sweet sap, savory ants

Many mammals have a sweet tooth, but birds lost their sweet receptor during evolution. Although hummingbirds and songbirds independently repurposed ...

Metabolism may be key to future treatment of kidney diseases

Can you eat your way out of a kidney disease? Perhaps you can – according to a new study from ...

Developmental biologists map multi-gene activity hotspots in developing embryos for the first time

Years of work by developmental biologists from Trinity College Dublin, working with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh’s MRC Human Genetics ...

Plasma-produced gas helps protect plants against pathogens, researchers find

The flash of lightning and the dance of auroras contain a fourth state of matter known as plasma, which researchers ...

Early blood tests predict death, severe disability for traumatic brain injury

A study finds that blood tests taken the day of a traumatic brain injury can predict which patients are likely ...

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: rebleeding rates and rebleeding predictors found

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is defined as gastrointestinal bleeding from a source that cannot be determined even after upper or ...

Novel hypotheses that answer key questions about the evolution of sexual reproduction

Two novel hypotheses have been proposed that address the “two-fold cost of sex”: one of the biggest enigmas in the ...

Medieval friars were ‘riddled with parasites’, study finds

A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the ...

A breakthrough in magnetic materials research could lead to novel ways to manipulate electron flow with much less energy loss

Newly discovered magnetic interactions in the Kagome layered topological magnet TbMn6Sn6 could be the key to customizing how electrons flow ...

Next generation patient avatars: Expanding the possibilities with MicroOrganospheres

(LOS ANGELES) – A team of scientists, led by Xiling Shen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, and Professor at the Terasaki ...

RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for the first time ever

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For the first time, RIPE researchers have proven that multigene bioengineering of photosynthesis increases the yield of ...

First in nation: UC San Diego health offers treatment for hereditary amyloidosis

UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to offer a new injectable medication to patients with nerve damage ...

Zhang and colleagues win an $11.2 million NIH program project grant