Doctors discover many patients at UNC’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic screen positive for malnutrition
CHAPEL HILL, NC — Eating food and absorbing its nutrients is an everyday occurrence, but this normal activity can look...
When is an aurora not an aurora?
The shimmering green, red and purple curtains of the northern and southern lights — the auroras — may be the...
A dynamic picture of how we respond to high or low oxygen levels
SAN FRANCISCO—December 8, 2023—It only takes holding your breath for slightly too long to understand that too little oxygen is...
Evolving insights in blood-based liquid biopsies for prostate cancer interrogation
“In the United States, 288,300 new cases of prostate cancer are estimated for 2023 ”Credit: 2023 Bonfil and Al-Eyd. “In...
Milestones in Europe: First results in using new tools to tackle respiratory syncytial virus
Each year, an estimated 101,000 children below the age of 5 years die across the globe due to infections caused...
nTIDE November 2023 Jobs Report: People with disabilities buck cooling trend, reaching new employment highs
East Hanover, NJ – December 8, 2023 – People with disabilities reached new highs for both employment-to-population ratio and labor...
Engaging heterosexual men more effectively could slash HIV infections in Uganda
A study looking at 15 years of HIV transmission and suppression in Uganda reveals how closing gender gaps in treatment...
A fork in the rhod: Janelia researchers unveil comprehensive collection of rhodamine-based fluorescent dyes
When Senior Scientist Jonathan Grimm came to Janelia 13 years ago, he didn’t know much about fluorescence or fluorescent dyes. But...
Texas A&M Institute part of national effort to harness nuclear laser fusion for limitless energy
Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun, is the ultimate source of energy for all life on Earth. On...
T cells tackle new ‘Pirola’ SARS-CoV-2 variant
LA JOLLA, CA—In August, researchers detected a new SARS-CoV-2 "variant of concern" in patients in Israel and Denmark. Since then,...
40 years after the discovery of HIV, research raises hopes of remission
Nearly 39 million people worldwide are carriers of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and 1.3 million people contracted HIV in 2022....
Mothers need more “exclusive breastfeeding” support
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life is proven to protect both mother and child health. According to...
New source of stem cells in injury-affected brains of patients
Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the LMU have discovered that, in the case of brain injuries, specific cells in the...
The first European manifesto for more sustainable museums
Venice, Amsterdam, Paris, December 8, 2023 – Today, the Center for Cultural Heritage Technologies of the Italian Institute of Technology...
Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda is warmer and more acidic than ever, 40 years of observation show
Decade-long ocean warming which impacts ocean circulation, a decrease in oxygen levels that contributes to changes in salinification and nutrient...
Battle of the AIs in medical research: ChatGPT vs Elicit
Can AI save us from the arduous and time-consuming task of academic research collection? An international team of researchers investigated...
UTA to train interdisciplinary researchers in mathematics for human health
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded The University of Texas at Arlington a $1.1 million grant to train and...
Virtual reality simulations can help autistic people complete real-world tasks, MU study finds
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Many people associate virtual reality headsets with interactive video games, but a researcher at the University of...
Discrimination during pregnancy may alter circuits in infants’ brains
Racial discrimination and bias are painful realities and increasingly recognized as detrimental to the health of adults and children.Credit: Columbia...
JMIR Mental Health call for papers theme issue on Affective Computing for Mental Well-Being
JMIR Mental Health, a premier SCIE/PubMed/Scopus-indexed, peer-reviewed journal with a unique focus on digital mental health, is inviting submissions to...