Study finds association between lifetime experiences of discrimination and incidence of dementia
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Feb. 28, 2023 – According to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, people who experience...
St. Jude approach prevents drug resistance and toxicity
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – February 27, 2023) Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have demonstrated how drug makers can avoid two...
Activation of peroxymonosulfate and photothermal for removal of phenolic organic pollutants and lignin derivatives
At present, the traditional ways to deal with the above two kinds of pollutants are mainly physical adsorption and biodegradation....
Defect engineering for advanced electrocatalytic conversion of nitrogen-containing molecules
This study is led by Prof. Shuangyin Wang (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University) and Prof. Chen Chen...
A motion freezer for many particles
Using lasers to slow down atoms is a technique that has been used for a long time already: If one...
In the end, it’s the individual advantage that counts
In a lake or river, between one and 10 million bacteria live in just 1 ml of water. Such a...
Pulmonary and primary care experts share clinician toolkit on Rare Disease Day to raise awareness for interstitial lung disease
Glenview, IL, February 28, 2023 – The expert steering committee for Bridging Specialties™: Timely Diagnosis for ILD is encouraging primary...
Super-fast insect urination powered by the physics of superpropulsion
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology Saad Bhamla was in his backyard when he noticed something he had never seen...
Jurassic shark – Shark from the Jurassic period was already highly evolved
Cartilaginous fish have changed much more in the course of their evolutionary history than previously believed. Evidence for this thesis...
Digital twin opens way to effective treatment of inflammatory diseases
Inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis have complex disease mechanisms that can differ from patient to patient with the same diagnosis....
Your gut’s microbiome, on a chip
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2023 – The gut is one of the most complex organs in the body. Inside, it teems...
From anti-antibiotics to extinction therapy: how evolutionary thinking can transform medicine
The word ‘evolution’ may bring to mind dusty dinosaur bones, but it impacts our health every day. For example, even...
How to predict city traffic
A new machine learning model can predict traffic activity in different zones of cities. To do so, a Complexity Science...
Australia’s rarest bird of prey disappearing at alarming rate
Australia’s rarest bird of prey - the red goshawk - is facing extinction, with Cape York Peninsula now the only...
Local leaders announce plan to strengthen health services in Imperial County
Representatives from the City of El Centro, El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC), and UC San Diego Health today announced...
Forgoing one food treats eosinophilic esophagitis as well as excluding six
Eliminating animal milk alone from the diet of adults with eosinophilic esophagitis, or EoE, is as effective at treating the...
Study examines COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on Black, Latina women’s mental health
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Concerns about job disruptions and loss of income were associated with increased depressive and anxiety symptoms in...
National study seeks patients with ATP1A3 mutations to better understand these disorders and discover potential treatments
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Imagine waking up one day and finding that you are suddenly having difficulty swallowing, walking and talking....
New testing approach diagnoses COVID-19 with near-perfect accuracy
By inspecting the body’s immune response at a molecular level, a research team has developed a new way to test...
Gun violence spills into new neighborhoods as gentrification displaces drug crime, according to WVU study
Gentrification doesn’t erase drug crime and gun violence. Instead, research from West Virginia University economist Zachary Porreca shows that when...
