Resistance training improves sleep quality and reduces inflammation in older people with sarcopenia
Sarcopenia is the decline of skeletal muscle mass with age, leading to loss of muscle strength (to move objects, shake ...
Earlier take-off could lead to fewer bumblebees and less pollination
With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find ...
2023 GOLD Report proposes a new definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
New York, NY – March 02, 2023 – Despite COPD’s pervasiveness, it is generally assumed that the main instigator in ...
New podcast gives parents a “Pediatrician Next Door”
Imagine if harried parents could get the scientific and clinical expertise of a pediatrician just by walking only a few ...
Physicians should screen youth for cyberbullying, social media use
Most adolescents and young adults have experienced bullying in some form, with about one-third of them experiencing cyberbullying, contributing to ...
Using light to connect molecules
Molecular clusters are aggregates of molecules that are held together non-covalently, by relatively weak forces. When these clusters are excited, ...
Special Selection
A team of global experts has discovered new signals of natural selection in humans. Credit: Michael Gurven A team of global ...
“You throw up, then you cough, then you feel better or die”
Detailed images of illness, death and cancelled activities; these were some of the common themes of children’s drawings during the ...
Edible electronics: How a seaweed second skin could transform health and fitness sensor tech
Scientists at the University of Sussex have successfully trialed new biodegradable health sensors that could change the way we experience ...
New method can provide rapid detection of food adulteration
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri scientist Colleen Ray can now add the job of “food detective” to her resumé. ...
Helping construction material manufacturers reduce the energy consumption, carbon footprint of heating and cooling homes
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Heating and cooling homes carries a hefty economic and environmental price tag. The U.S. Energy Information ...
Vilcek Foundation announces open call for $150,000 in prizes to immigrant scientists
In 2024, the Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science of $50,000 each. The ...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteria produce a molecule that paralyzes immune system cells
Bacteria of the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa are antibiotic-resistant hospital germs that can enter blood, lungs and other tissues through wounds ...
Rare in modern science: A new snake family was identified – Micrelapidae
Researcher from Tel Aviv University took part in an extensive international study Credit: David David Researcher from Tel Aviv University ...
On a warming planet, these arctic geese rapidly found (and shared) a new migratory route
As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study reported in ...
NASA awards $680,000 to study evolution of chemical systems on Titan
Vincent Chevrier, an associate professor at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, has been awarded $680,000 ...
Ice Age survivors
The team analysed the genomes of 356 prehistoric hunter gatherers from different archaeological cultures – including new data sets of ...
Cleveland researchers reveal how oxygen is delivered to tissues, open door to new class of drugs
CLEVELAND—Cardiovascular medicine, hematology and pulmonary medicine may soon have the first-ever therapies to correct poor tissue oxygenation, a key driver ...
Quantum chemistry: Molecules caught tunneling
Tunneling reactions in chemistry are very difficult to predict. The quantum mechanically exact description of chemical reactions with more than ...
Metal ion plasma generation under strong magnetic field
OverviewCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview Professor Satoshi Fujii (Department of Electrical and Electronic Information ...
