Aged cell variations may control health and onset of age-related diseases
Credit: Professor Mitsuyoshi Nakao Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have proposed that cellular senescence variations during the aging process could...
A heart-breast cancer-on-a-chip monitoring system
Dual-organ system enables the measurement of cardiac toxicity arising from breast cancer chemotherapyCredit: Khademhosseini Laboratory (LOS ANGELES) - Breast cancer...
High-thermoresistant biopolyimides become water-soluble like starch
Credit: JAIST This is the first report for the syntheses of water-soluble polyimides which are Interestingly derived from bio-based resources,...
National campaign to capture stories of hope and transformation through living donation
The Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC) and the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, with support from Thermo Fisher Scientific,...
Robots help to answer age-old question of why fish school
Credit: Dr Liang Li, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) A fish school is a striking demonstration of synchronicity....
Research provides a new understanding of how a model insect species sees color
Credit: Camilla Sharkey Through an effort to characterize the color receptors in the eyes of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster,...
Single brain region links depression and anxiety, heart disease, and treatment sensitivity
The researchers used brain imaging to explore other brain regions affected by sgACC over-activity during threat. Over-activation of sgACC increased...
Improved survival after obesity operation in patients with previous myocardial infarction
Credit: Carin Wesström Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital in Sweden have studied the risk of additional myocardial infarctions...
Concrete structure’s lifespan extended by a carbon textile
Construction costs reduced by 40%, while improving fire resistanceCredit: Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) The Korea...
Cause of Alzheimer’s disease traced to mutation in common enzyme
Mutation to MARK4 makes proteins stickier and more likely to clump in brainCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers...
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. to publish Journal of Correctional Health Care
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 23, 2020--The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) (https://www.ncchc.org/)...
Exploring the source of stars and planets in a laboratory
Credit: Collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. A new method for verifying a widely held but unproven theoretical explanation...
Elkhorn coral actively fighting off diseases on reef, study finds
Findings showed coral has core immune response regardless of disease typeCredit: Photo: Margaret Miller, SECORE International MIAMI--As the world enters...
Fipronil, a common insecticide, disrupts aquatic communities in the U.S.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Janet Miller The presence of insecticides in streams is increasingly a global concern, yet information on...
U.S. Army to use Vizseek technology to locate critical data in engineering drawings
Credit: Purdue University/Matt Judge WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The VizSeek search technology from a Purdue University-affiliated company will play a...
Discovery of pH-dependent ‘switch’ in interaction between pair of protein molecules
Credit: FENG Yingang All biological processes are in some way pH-dependent. Our human bodies, and those of other organisms, need...
Stars and planets grow up together as siblings
ALMA shows rings around the still-growing proto-star IRS 63Credit: MPE/D. Segura-Cox, Herschel data from ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/PACS/D. Arzoumanian Astronomers have found compelling...
RUDN University chemist created a catalyst from orange peel for organic compounds production
Credit: RUDN University N-heterocycles are organic substances used in the chemical industry and medicine. To produce them, expensive catalysts made...
New imaging method reveals HIV’s sugary shield in unprecedented detail
The technique should help in the design of vaccines against HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses that cloak their outer proteins...
Seabird response to abrupt climate change 5,000 years ago transformed Falklands ecosystems
Credit: Photo by Dulcinea Groff Orono, Maine -- The Falkland Islands are a South Atlantic refuge for some of the...
