A human liver cell atlas
Scientists discover previously unknown subtypes of liver cells in health and diseaseCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Grün The...
Study: New cars are safer, but women most likely to suffer injury
Credit: UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics Cars built in the last decade have been shown to be safer than older...
How the mosquito immune system fights off the malaria parasite
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A new study from Iowa State University entomologists describes how mosquitoes...
Robot-ants that can jump, communicate with each other and work together
Credit: EPFL Individually, ants have only so much strength and intelligence. However, as a colony, they can use complex strategies...
Impaired learning linked to family history of Alzheimer’s
A large internet-based study suggests that adults with a close relative with Alzheimer's disease have learning impairments that may be...
Repair of aged tissue can be enhanced by inhibiting signals from neighbouring cells
Credit: Nalle Pentinmikko Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered how regenerative capacity of intestinal epithelium declines when we...
Funding for new semiconductor research centre announced
Swansea University to get new Centre for Integrative Semiconductor MaterialsCredit: Stride Treglown A new state-of-the-art facility that will bring together...
July/August 2019 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Diabetes Patients Experiencing Empathy From Primary Care Practitioners Have Lower Risk of Mortality A United Kingdom study designed to examine...
Origin of life insight: peptides can form without amino acids
Peptides, one of the fundamental building blocks of life, can be formed from the primitive precursors of amino acids under...
Astronomers expand cosmic ‘cheat sheet’ in hunt for life
ITHACA, N.Y. - Using nature's color palette from early Earth, Cornell University astronomers have created a cosmic "cheat sheet" in...
Designer proteins form wires and lattices on mineral surface
Findings lay foundation for engineered nano-scale circuits, sensors and filtersCredit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. July 11, 2019 - The goal of...
QMUL and Paragraf awarded £500,000 to explore using Graphene to replace rare metal Indium
Queen Mary University of London and the graphene-device company Paragraf have been awarded £500,000 by Innovate UK to explore using...
Study finds subclinical cardiovascular disease associated with higher fall risk
Findings informative for clinical discussions around primary prevention of CVD and fall interventions in older adults BOSTON - Each year,...
Using artificial intelligence to detect discrimination
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.--A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool for detecting unfair discrimination--such as on the basis of race or gender--has...
Getting to zero malaria cases in zanzibar
Targeting men, seasonal workers could be key to tackling residual cases, study suggests New research led by the Johns Hopkins...
Three USDA scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 10 -- Three USDA scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been named recipients of the...
Study finds ACOs need a balance of PCPs and specialists to best reduce health care costs
UMass Amherst researchers examined Medicare data from accountable care organizationsCredit: UMass Amherst Accountable care organizations (ACOs), the health care delivery...
Unprecedented display of concern towards unknown monkey offers hope for endangered species
A wild group of endangered Barbary macaques have been observed, for the first time, "consoling" and adopting an injured juvenile...
Researchers identify cancer killing capability of lesser-known immune cells
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have identified, for the first time in oesophageal cancer, the cancer killing capability of a...
Heat, salt, drought: This barley can withstand the challenges of climate change
Credit: MLU / Nadja Sonntag Research for the benefit of food security: A new line of barley achieves good crop...
