Different general anesthetics affect consciousness and memory in different ways
Among typical anesthetics, only isoflurane results in undisrupted memory formation in miceCredit: Simon Wiegert, CC-BY Memory loss is common after ...
How brain cells repair their DNA reveals “hot spots” of aging and disease
Salk scientists reveal new insights into neurodegenerative disorders and potential for genetic therapiesCredit: Salk Institute/Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center LA JOLLA--(April ...
Two plant immune branches more intimately connected than previously believed
Credit: Dr. Kenichi Tsuda Plant inducible defense starts with the recognition of microbes, which leads to the activation of a ...
Increasing applied pesticide toxicity threatens plants and insects
Credit: Renja Bereswill A group of scientists from the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, has shown that for plants and insects ...
City of Hope, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein to advance cancer care in Latin America
City of Hope, a best-in-class comprehensive cancer center, extends its global reach to South America through a collaborative effort with ...
UCI-led team awarded $2.3 million as part of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine
Precision medicine used to study the impacts of adverse and unpredictable experiences on children's neurodevelopmentCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, ...
Undetected coronavirus variant was in at least 15 countries before its discovery
Credit: Illustration: Jenna Luecke/University of Texas at Austin. A highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant was unknowingly spreading for months in the ...
U of A team identifies protein that blocks body’s ability to clear bad cholesterol
Researchers are now looking to develop a drug that will boost existing statin drugs to prevent heart diseaseCredit: University of ...
Smart glass has a bright future
Light modulation via optical MEMS microshutter and micromirror arrays could provide huge energy savingsCredit: Hillmer et al. Buildings are responsible ...
Distant, spiralling stars give clues to the forces that bind sub-atomic particles
Space scientists have found a new way to probe the internal structure of neutron stars, giving clues about the makeup ...
New mechanism by which senescent cells turn on genes encoding for tumor-regulating factors
New insights into expression of the senescence-associated secretory phenotypeCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (April 1, 2021 -- Scientists at ...
NASA OSIRIS-REx’s final asteroid observation run
Credit: Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it ...
Away with the bad cliché: Bacterial complexity is often underestimated
Credit: Nina Lautenschlaeger The project is one of thirteen priority programs approved by the Senate of the German Research Foundation ...
UConn researcher develops successful Zika vaccine in preclinical studies
The vaccine is generated from a novel platform technologyCredit: UConn Photo UConn researcher Paulo Verardi, associate professor of pathobiology and ...
Finnish study detects lottery-like behavior in cryptocurrency market
Credit: Pexels.com Alisia Kozik (CC) Recent research from the University of Vaasa and the University of Jyväskyla shows that speculation ...
African elephants only occupy a fraction of their potential range
Elephants have plenty of habitat if spared from the ivory trade, new research showsCredit: David Giffin Many wildlife species are ...
Time to shift from ‘food security’ to ‘nutrition security’ to increase health and well-being
Tufts and Georgetown scientists, and humanitarian José Andrés, call for a new approach to address food and nutrition inequitiesCredit: Samantha ...
New scholarship to reduce barrier for most promising medical students
$1.1 million gift from philanthropist Ann Bedell Hunt establishes Bedell Family Endowed Medical Scholarship at UC San Diego School of ...
Researchers realize synthetic gauge fields in single optomechanical resonator
Credit: CHEN Yuan et al. The research team led by Prof. GUO Guangcan and Dr. DONG Chunhua from the University ...
Replacing what was lost: A novel cell therapy for type I diabetes mellitus
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Type I Diabetes Mellitus (T1D) is an autoimmune ...