Eight Salk professors named among best and most highly cited researchers in the world
LA JOLLA—(November 15, 2022) Salk Professors Joseph Ecker, Ronald Evans, Rusty Gage, Satchidananda Panda, Reuben Shaw, and Kay Tye have ...
Mount Sinai appoints Michal A. Elovitz, MD, as dean for women’s health
Michal A. Elovitz, MD, a renowned leader in maternal-fetal medicine and expert in preterm birth, has been named Dean for ...
Unraveling the biology behind aggressive pediatric brain tumor reveals potential new treatment avenue
Nov. 15, 2022Credit: Castro/Lowenstein Lab Nov. 15, 2022 For more information, contact: Nicole Fawcett, [email protected] 734-764-2220 For immediate ...
Advanced light source upgrade approved to start construction
The Advanced Light Source (ALS), a scientific user facility at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), ...
Using quantum sensor technology to improve brain tumor operations
Removing a brain tumor presents surgeons with special challenges: They must remove the tumor without damaging healthy brain tissue. Among ...
Highlights from the journal CHEST®, November 2022
Glenview, Illinois – Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine ...
Gene plays important role in embryonic development
An international study led by the medical Faculty of the University of Bonn has identified a gene that plays an ...
Argonne researchers share leading-edge work in computing and AI at SC22 conference
Nearly 100 scientists share Argonne’s work in exascale, computing software, artificial intelligence methods and more.Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Nearly 100 ...
Nerve cell discovery may lead to better treatment for diseases of the nervous system
A discovery that may improve treatment options for patients with neurodegenerative diseases has been made by scientists at King’s College ...
Children learn more quickly than adults
If you’ve ever had the feeling that your elementary school kids were “smarter” than you—or at least capable of picking ...
‘Sound’ly segregated supramolecular helices
In 1848, Louis Pasteur successfully segregated two types of crystals of double sodium-ammonium salt of tartaric acid, which were mirror ...
PCORI approves $96 million for research on mental health, delirium, adolescent alcohol use among other conditions
WASHINGTON, DC – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $96 million to support 18 new ...
Aston University photonics expert elected as Fellow of Optica
A photonics expert at Aston University has been elected as a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics ...
CHOP researchers find financial strain due to COVID-19 pandemic took significant toll on adolescent mental health
Philadelphia, November 15, 2022—Financial stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic took a distinct toll on adolescent mental health and contributed ...
Beneficial and beautiful: Biodiversity of meadows and pastures can be an asset for nature, agriculture, and tourism
Where species-rich meadows provide habitat for bees and other insects, ecosystem services such as pollination or natural pest control offer ...
DocMapper.ca: New online tool finds a family doctor in your language in Ottawa and Renfrew County areas
The Chair in Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa and the Institut du Savoir Montfort is launching an online ...
Emphysema more common in marijuana smokers than cigarette smokers
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Airway inflammation and emphysema are more common in marijuana smokers than cigarette smokers, according to a ...
New critical period of embryonic sex determination in sea turtles identified
Unlike humans, turtles, lizards and other reptiles – such as crocodiles – do not have sex chromosomes. Their sex is ...
Data center research group earns additional NSF funding Editor Menumenu
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- A Binghamton University-led center that brings together academic and industry experts to reduce the energy consumed by data ...
Scientists find new variations among sperm cells
The behavior of sperm cells is due, in part, to the individual DNA make-up of these cells, rather than only ...