Microscopic inner ear structures reveal why major groups of bats echolocate differently
Lots of bats echolocate-- they emit high-pitched squeaks, and based on how those sound waves bounce off their surroundings, they're ...
Blood markers can predict depression in pregnancy
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 26, 2022) — Signs of inflammation in the blood reliably predict and identify severe depression in ...
Katerina Akassoglou elected lifetime AAAS Fellow
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—January 26, 2022—Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, senior investigator at Gladstone Institutes, has been elected into the American Association for ...
Louisville scientist receives $6.7 million to learn how metals cause lung cancer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For nearly three decades, John Pierce Wise Sr. has investigated the connection between exposure to metals and ...
New brain cancer guidelines to improve care, patient survival
New guidelines for treating cancers that have spread to the brain are poised to improve care for patients and help ...
Zoologist solves the 100-year-old mystery of the floating phantom midge
VANCOUVER—In spring 2018, Dr. Philip Matthews spent a typical afternoon capturing dragonflies in the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) experimental ...
New research strengthens link between glaciers and Earth’s ‘Great Unconformity’
HANOVER, N.H. – January 25, 2022 – New research provides further evidence that rocks representing up to a billion years ...
Scientists discover new avian immunological pathway
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A research team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has discovered a ...
Hungry yeast are tiny, living thermometers
Link to full release:Credit: Luther Davis/Alexey Merz/University of Washington Link to full release: https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/01/25/yeast-phase-separation/ FROM: James Urton University of Washington ...
Fat injections could treat common cause of foot pain
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25, 2021 – A novel technique that transplants a patient’s own fat into the sole of their foot ...
NIH study classifies vision loss and retinal changes in Stargardt disease
National Eye Institute researchers developed and validated an artificial-intelligence-based method to evaluate patients with Stargardt, an eye disease that can ...
Using the eye as a window into heart disease
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS PRESS RELEASE Credit: University of Leeds. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS PRESS RELEASE Under embargo until 16.00 (UK time)/11.00 (US ...
Simulation models exercise, age effects on plaque formation in arteries
WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 -- Plaque formation in the arteries carrying blood to the head and neck is a serious ...
‘Lefty’ tightens control of embryonic development
HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2021) – A protein known as Lefty pumps the brakes as human embryos begin to differentiate into the ...
An unexpected attraction of nucleic acids and fat
Lipids and RNA are two of the essential building blocks of cells. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a versatile molecule. On ...
Alzheimer’s disease: an alternative hypothesis based on synaptic alterations
New research published today in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association could explain why neurons fail to ...
Sediments a likely culprit in spread of deadly disease on Florida coral reefs, study finds
MIAMI—A new study found that seafloor sediments have the potential to transmit a deadly pathogen to local corals and hypothesizes ...
Study details changes in omicron’s spike protein
An international team of scientists has determined the precise structural changes in the spike protein of the omicron variant. Their ...
COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause infertility or harm pregnancy chances, Boston University research shows
Having a COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t impact a couple’s chances of becoming pregnant—but skipping the shots and landing a coronavirus infection ...
New study calls into question the importance of meat eating in shaping our evolution
WASHINGTON (Jan. 24, 2022) — Quintessential human traits such as large brains first appear in Homo erectus nearly 2 million ...
