Study proposes changes to simplify legislation on Atlantic Rainforest biome and enhance conservation
A group of researchers supported by FAPESP has found that the key criteria according to which areas of Atlantic Rainforest ...
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New junior professorship in Earth System Science at Mainz University sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has established a new junior professorship in the field of Earth System Science, supported by ...
OU enters data science collaboration agreement with South Korean university
The University of Oklahoma, through its Data Institute for Societal Challenges has signed a memorandum of understanding with the College ...
Brain’s support cells contribute to Alzheimer’s disease by producing toxic peptide
Oligodendrocytes are an important source of amyloid beta (Aβ) and play a key role in promoting neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer’s ...
NIH findings shed light on risks and benefits of integrating AI into medical decision-making
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that an artificial intelligence (AI) model solved medical quiz questions—designed to ...
Study of urban moss raises concerns about lead levels in older Portland neighborhoods
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Lead levels in moss are as much as 600 times higher in older Portland, Oregon, neighborhoods where ...
HIV vaccines tested in PrEPVacc fail to reduce infections
The results of the PrEPVacc HIV vaccine trial conducted in Eastern and Southern Africa, which ran between 2020 and 2024, ...
Staying hip to orthopedic advances: Comparing traditional and new hip replacement stems
Osaka, Japan — Needing a hip replacement is unfortunate, but even more unfortunate is to need to do it again.Credit: ...
Quantitative Biology journal features groundbreaking perspectives on large cellular models
In a landmark move to advance the frontiers of artificial intelligence, the Quantitative Biology (QB) journal has published a comprehensive commentary ...
Could smart guide RNAs usher in an era of personalized medicine?
Guides typically assist tourists with directions, but the experience could be greatly enhanced if they offered personalized services tailored to ...
Pandemic lockdown exacerbated ongoing declines in continuity of care within English general practices
Background and Goal: Longitudinal continuity of care is the repeated contact between an individual and the same general practitioner (GP). ...
July/August Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
Original ResearchCredit: Annals of Family Medicine Original Research Structural Racism and Inconsistent Hospital Policies Result in Health Care Professionals Disproportionately ...
Structural racism and inconsistent hospital policies result in health care professionals disproportionately testing black newborns for prenatal drug exposure
Background and Goal: Black birthing parents and their newborns disproportionately experience newborn drug testing for prenatal substance exposure by health ...
Using forest resources strengthens food security, study finds
Forests can reduce hunger in rural households while also capturing carbon and advancing sustainability goals for low- and middle-income countries, ...
Astrophysicists uncover supermassive blackhole/dark matter connection in solving the ‘final parsec problem’
Researchers have found a link between some of the largest and smallest objects in the cosmos: supermassive black holes and ...
Less productive yet more stable
Grassland is one of the most important and most widespread ecosystems on earth. Such open landscapes with grasses and herbs ...
Revealing the beauty of ciliated eukaryotes: A simple and versatile method for tubulin staining with outstanding performance
Ciliates, a group of single-celled ciliated eukaryotes, have been studied since the dawn of light microscopy, with over 10,000 species ...
Researchers develop ‘organ on a chip’ for better drug testing
Improving human quality of life with drug treatments is a complicated issue. Drug certification, including drug safety and reliability, entails ...
Tropical plant species are as threatened by climate change as widely feared, study confirms
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University biologists who set out to better understand the effects of climate change on plant species ...
Can we predict who will develop migraine headaches?
A migraine is not just a bad headache. It is a much-dreaded part of a neurologic disorder that has an ...