A novel way to diagnose early-onset atopic dermatitis using sebum
Eczema is an inflammatory skin condition that often affects infants as young as one to two months. Among the various...
UMass Amherst epidemiologist updates and validates ‘gold standard’ of prenatal physical activity tools
A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has updated and validated the widely used Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ)...
Study unravels the mysteries of actin filament polarity
Actin filaments — protein structures critical to living movement from single cells to animals — have long been known to...
Researchers tune thermal conductivity of materials ‘on the fly’ for more energy-efficient devices
A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientists and engineers discovered a new method for tuning the thermal...
Topological phase protection reams to sub-symmetry
An international team led by researchers at Nankai University in China and at University of Zagreb in Croatia, along with...
Birmingham spinout to develop 20-minute test following surge in sexually transmitted infections
University of Birmingham spinout Linear Diagnostics has received funding to finesse a point-of-care test for rapid diagnosis of gonorrhoea and...
Bath Professor given international award recognizing lifetime research achievements
Professor Laurence Hurst, Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, has been recognised for his...
DNAmFitAge: Biological age indicator incorporating physical fitness
“We expect DNAmFitAge will be a useful biomarker for quantifying fitness benefits at an epigenetic level and can be used...
Despite major progress nationally, two mercury emissions hotspots remain
Missing from partisan political debates over regulations affecting the energy sector is the stunning success of the federal government’s signature...
Reproductive health counseling among women with congenital heart defects
A new study shows that among women with congenital heart defects (CHD), reproductive counseling, concerns, and experiences differ by disability...
New dinosaur species from Utah lived at a time of major transition
A new species of dinosaur from Utah sheds light on major North American ecological changes around 100 million years ago,...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher receives $599,663 to enable surgical robots treat disease by focusing energy on tissues
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Loris Fichera has been awarded $599,663 by the National Science Foundation for a five-year project that will enable a...
New study describes unique jet structure of brightest gamma-ray burst ever
WASHINGTON (June 7, 2023) - When scientists detected the gamma-ray burst known as GRB 221009A on October 9, 2022, they...
Detection dog can sniff out highly-endangered great crested newts
A trained detection dog was highly accurate at finding great crested newts underground or at a distance, which might aid...
Paris will host the 25th International Conference of the Redox Medicine Society with 61 communications this June in Paris
The 25th International Conference on Redox Medicine 2023 which will be held in Paris on June 1-2 will welcome 61...
Calculation shows why heavy quarks get caught up in the flow
UPTON, NY—Using some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, a group of theorists has produced a major advance in the...
Chat-GPT designs tomato picking robot in collaboration with researchers
With their ability to process vast amounts of text data, and to use this information to answer prompts, neural networks...
Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Curly hair does more than simply look good — it may explain how early humans stayed...
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute receives $78.4 million NIH grant
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has received a $78.4 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the NIH,...
In sync? Malaria parasite and human time clocks do align
Transmitted through infected mosquitos, the malaria parasite, once in the human bloodstream, synchronously ruptures red blood cells and rapidly infects...