Chimpanzee stone tool diversity
During fieldwork aimed at documenting the stone tool use of a group of wild chimpanzees in the Taï Forest in ...
Month: September 2022
Aston University academics made fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Credit: Aston University Professor Sergei Turitsyn and Dawn Bonfield MBE to be made fellows Fellows are nominated by their ...
Statin use not justified for healthy people with high cholesterol
TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 20, 2022) – About 40 million adults in the United States regularly take statins to lower their ...
Cancer in adolescent and young adult women before pregnancy does not increase risk for stillborn births, according to UTHealth Houston research
Adolescent and young adult women who were diagnosed with cancer and received chemotherapy treatment prior to pregnancy did not have ...
NSF awards more than $1 million to interdisciplinary research team to study chronic low back pain
La Jolla, CA — A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at UC San Diego has received $1.2 million from the ...
Discovery illuminates how Parkinson’s disease spreads in the brain
Aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein spread in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease through a cellular waste-ejection process, suggests ...
Fundamental research improves understanding of new optical materials
Research into the synthesis of new materials could lead to more sustainable and environmentally friendly items such as solar panels ...
Epigenetic treatment in mice improves spinal cord regeneration after injury
Currently, spinal cord injury does not have any effective treatments; physical rehabilitation can help patients regain some mobility, but for ...
Drumming in woodpeckers is neurologically similar to singing in songbirds
Researchers led by Matthew Fuxjager at Brown University, U.S. and Eric Schuppe at Wake Forest University, U.S. have found regions ...
WVU engineers aim to improve safety with autonomous robotic inspection system for coal waste storage facilities
Two West Virginia University engineers are developing new technologies for coal waste storage facilities that will detect and prevent potential failures like ...
Researchers test hybrid, soft/hard nanocarriers to deliver drugs to the brain
AMES, Iowa – Rizia Bardhan made a fist with one hand then covered it with her other hand, like a ...
Women facing food insecurity could be at high risk for addiction to highly processed food
Philadelphia, September 20, 2022 – A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, published by ...
Radical new treatment system lights up cancer therapy
Tokyo, Japan – One approach to treating cancer is photodynamic therapy using photo-uncaging systems, in which light is used to ...
Advanced imaging sheds light on immune escape of shape-shifting fungus
Fungal pathogens have a major global impact upon human health – they are often difficult to diagnose and treat, and ...
Gel treats gum disease by fighting inflammation
A topical gel that blocks the receptor for a metabolic byproduct called succinate treats gum disease by suppressing inflammation and ...
Nerves on the spot
Tokyo, Japan – Our skin forms the physical boundary between us and the outside world, yet it still holds a ...
Telehealth makes hearing health care more equitable
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2022 – According to the World Health Organization, 1.6 billion people across the globe are living with ...
The legal framework for restructuring distressed companies in Asia needs local adaptation
A well-functioning corporate insolvency law that allows economically viable companies to restructure is critical for financial markets, especially in times ...
Nurturing developing neurons: How microglia, the main immune cells of the brain contribute to brain development by interacting with newborn neurons
BUDAPEST (September 20, 2022)— The Laboratory of Neuroimmunology of the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest (IEM), Hungary, led by Ádám ...
Scientists unearth another brain-shrinking mammal
In the depths of winter, European moles face an existential problem. Their metabolisms – close to the upper limit of ...
