Mount Sinai launches Neural Epigenomics Research Center
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched a new research center devoted to understanding how epigenomics influences ...
Foreign fishing fleets and trade are taking fish nutrients away from malnourished people
Foreign fishing fleets, as well as international seafood trade, are diverting vital micronutrients away from malnourished populations, a new study ...
Rice bioengineers are shining light on bacterial stress
HOUSTON – (May 23, 2022) – Rice University synthetic biologists and bioengineers are preparing to interrogate some single-celled survivalists to ...
Dr. Roger Härtl named AANS Humanitarian of the Year
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) honored Dr. Roger Härtl, co-director of Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian and director of Weill ...
‘I don’t even remember what I read’: People enter a ‘dissociative state’ when using social media
Sometimes when we are reading a good book, it's like we are transported into another world and we stop paying ...
Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Life-Threatening Bacterial Disease in Dogs
Leptospirosis, a disease that dogs can get from drinking water contaminated with Leptospira bacteria, can cause kidney failure, liver disease and severe ...
Physical consequences improve motor learning
Actions have consequences, and the physical consequence of slipping improves motor learning, according to research recently published in eNeuro.Credit: Bakkum ...
Acoustic sensors pinpoint shooters in urban setting #ASA182
DENVER, May 23, 2022 – During a gunshot, two sound events occur: the muzzle blast and the supersonic shock wave. ...
DeepSqueak tool identifies marine mammal calls #ASA182
DENVER, May 23, 2022 – Lurking beneath the ocean's surface, marine mammals use sound for navigation, prey detection, and a ...
Microparticles with feeling
The surface of a coral is rugged. Its hard skeleton is populated by polyps that stretch their tentacles into the ...
The limits of vision: Seeing shadows in the dark
Mice use a specific neural pathway to detect shadows, and it can detect just about the dimmest shadows possible, according ...
‘Democracy’ governs mass jackdaw take-offs
Jackdaws use a "democratic" process to decide when to leave their roosts en masse, new research shows.Credit: Alex Thornton Jackdaws ...
Noisy jackdaw birds reach “consensus” before taking off
On cold, dark winter mornings, small black crows known as jackdaws can be heard calling loudly to one another from ...
AI helps diagnose post-COVID lung problems
A new computer-aided diagnostic tool developed by KAUST scientists could help overcome some of the challenges of monitoring lung health ...
Skydiving salamanders live in world’s tallest trees
Salamanders that live their entire lives in the crowns of the world's tallest trees, California's coast redwoods, have evolved a ...
Reducing water usage in concentrated solar power plants with radiative cooling and cold storage
To deal with the current climate and energy crisis, the world is moving towards a sustainable energy economy. Concentrated solar ...
Custom ‘headphones’ boost atomic radio reception 100-fold
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have boosted the sensitivity of their atomic radio receiver a ...
New discovery of missing Victorian dinosaurs at world’s first Jurassic Park
Evidence for numerous missing models at the world-famous Crystal Palace Dinosaurs and re-identification of a sculpture as one of the ...
A subtle genetic change gives new clues about epilepsy
Sometimes, even the alteration of a single nucleotide in a gene can cause serious disease. In a young boy with ...
Identification of Osteogenetic Oligodeoxynucleotide that promotes bone differentiation
Bone tissue homeostasis is maintained by a balance between bone formation by osteoblasts and bone resorption by osteoclasts. However, when ...