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Brain cells with the same “birthdate” are more likely to wire together into cooperative signaling circuits that carry out many ...

Dogs cry more when reunited with their owners

Dogs and humans clearly have a special bond. But do dogs, like humans, produce more tears at times when they ...

Pancreatic development in wild type mice vs. mice without PTF1A

Researchers show how mutations in ‘dark genome’ cause pancreatic malformations

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have identified a DNA sequence that is crucial for pancreatic differentiation and ...

Wastewater viral loads can provide advance warning of COVID-19 outbreaks

Scientists show that there is a close association between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in wastewater, with the ...

Image of uninjured mice spinal cord, with ependymal cells shown in red.

Untapped potential of stem cells could aid repair of spinal cord damage

Francis Crick Institute press releaseCredit: Bruno Frederico Francis Crick Institute press release Under strict embargo: 16:00hrs BST Monday 22 August ...

Autologous intestinal organoids of ulcerative colitis patients are delivered for transplantation by GI endoscopists

The Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) team succeeded with the world’s first Mini Organ transportation to a patient with “Ulcerative Colitis (UC)”

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) research team announced on July 7 that it has succeeded in the world’s first ...

Genes & Cancer | Using quantitative immunohistochemistry in patients at high risk for hepatocellular cancer

“A third of the global cancer deaths are attributed to primary liver cancer .”Credit: Zaidi et al. “A third of ...

Revealed missing step in lipid formation could enable detection of past climate

The missing step in the formation of a lipid molecule that allows certain single-celled organisms to survive the most extreme ...

Researchers call for more work to balance nitrogen cycle

More than 112 years ago, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch industrialized a process that could produce ammonia from nitrogen readily ...

High performance solid-state thermoelectric energy conversion via inorganic metal halide perovskites under tailored mechanical deformation

Solid-state thermoelectric energy conversion devices attract broad research interests because they show great promises in waste heat recycling, space power ...

SMART researchers validating assays for quantifying the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant from wastewater samples

SMART advances in the detection and quantification of viral pathogens in wastewater

Singapore, 22 August 2022 - Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research ...

Percentage of patients with each non-motor symptom who reported a decrease in quality of life (QoL)

Patients with ALS are not only troubled by muscle weakness and respiratory dysfunction

Non-motor symptoms such as pain, fatigue, and sleep disorders, are observed in patients with ALS and reduce their QoL. Many ...

HKU study by remote-sensing and geoscience scholars reveals imbalance in urban greenspace planning leads to severe inequalities in access to greenspace among cities

Greenspace is an important component of urban nature, providing vital ecosystem services to society and protecting human health. The United ...

Sensor could help patients stay on top of their meds

August 21, 2022

CHICAGO, Aug. 21, 2022 — Lithium can alleviate the symptoms of bipolar disorder and depression — if taken in just ...

Tweezers of sound lift objects stably and without contact.

Scientists fine-tune “tweezers of sound” for contactless manipulation of objects

August 20, 2022

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have successfully enhanced technology to lift small particles using sound waves. Their ...

A new predictive network model for belief change

Study: New model for predicting belief change

A new kind of predictive network model could help determine which people will change their minds about contentious scientific issues ...

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Global warming spawned the age of reptiles

Studying climate change-induced mass extinctions in the deep geological past allows researchers to explore the impact of environmental crises on ...

60 million years of climate change drove the evolution and diversity of reptiles

Just over 250 million years ago during the end of the Permian period and start of the Triassic, reptiles had ...

Researchers identify the target of immune attacks on liver cells in metabolic disorders

When fat accumulates in the liver, the immune system may assault the organ. A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine ...

Sanders-Brown director receives funding to advance work on potential drug