New test enables rapid detection of mild cognitive impairment as well as dementia
Researchers from Kanazawa University develop a new efficient way to screen for mild cognitive impairment and dementiaCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, ...
Light in concert with force reveals how materials become harder when illuminated
When indented by a probe in darkness, wafers of some semiconductors are putty-like. When illuminated by light whose wavelength matches ...
Taking 2D materials for a spin
Scientists at the University of Tsukuba and the Institute of High Pressure Physics fabricate a novel molybdenum disulfide transistor and ...
‘Falling insect’ season length impacts river ecosystems
Credit: Takuya Sato Insects that fall from the surrounding forest provide seasonal food for fish in streams. Researchers at Kobe ...
BCAS3-C16orf70 complex is a new actor on the mammalian autophagic machinery
Credit: TMIMS Autophagy is an intracellular degradation process of cytosolic materials and damaged organelles. Researchers at Ubiquitin Project of TMIMS ...
New study shows Transcendental Meditation reduces teacher burnout and improves resilience
Credit: © Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education Teachers who participated in a meditation-based teacher development program utilizing the ...
Decreases in exercise closely linked with higher rates of depression during the pandemic
Study of college students showed that the disruption to physical activity is a leading risk factor for depression during this ...
Study shows combined liver-cytokine humanization rescues circulating red blood cells
Credit: Yale Cancer Center In a new study by the Yale Department of Immunobiology and Yale Cancer Center, researchers report ...
HSC transplants in embryos: Opening the door for hematopoiesis research
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have described, for the first time, a new technique for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ...
Food security: Irradiation and essential oil vapors for cereal treatment
A combined treatment of irradiation and essential oil vapors could effectively eliminate insects, bacteria and mold in stored grainsCredit: Christian ...
Chimpanzees without borders
A new large-scale study uncovers recent genetic connectivity between chimpanzee subspecies despite past isolation eventsCredit: © PanAf Researchers from the ...
RCSI researchers discover new way to halt excessive inflammation
Credit: Patrick Bolger DUBLIN, Friday, 5 March 2021: RCSI researchers have discovered a new way to 'put the brakes' on ...
Retinal implants can give artificial vision to the blind
Credit: Alain Herzog / 2021 EPFL Being able to make blind people see again sounds like the stuff of miracles ...
New quantum theory heats up thermodynamic research
Credit: Beth Morris, University of Nottingham Maths PhD Researchers have developed a new quantum version of a 150-year-old thermodynamical thought ...
New Corona test developed
Researchers develop a low-cost and fast method to detect a COVID-19 infection from a pool of gargle lavage samplesCredit: MPI ...
Tracking proteins in the heart of cells
For the first time, a UNIGE team has been able to follow precisely the path taken by a protein within ...
The collapse of Northern California kelp forests will be hard to reverse
Most of Northern California's kelp forest ecosystem is gone, replaced by widespread 'urchin barrens' that may persist long into the ...
Beauty is in the brain: AI reads brain data, generates personally attractive images
Researchers have succeeded in making an AI understand our subjective notions of what makes faces attractiveCredit: Cognitive computing research group ...
Int’l Women’s Day: Fathima Wakeel to present at Women in Data Science Conference
Wakeel, from Lehigh University's College of Health, will discuss how to frame population health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic using ...
Team of bioethicists and scientists suggests revisiting 14-day limit on human embryo
Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND (March 5, 2021)--An international team of bioethicists and scientists, led by a researcher at ...