The World Cultural Council (WCC) is pleased to announce the names of the 2024 Awards
SCIENCECredit: WCC SCIENCE Professor Eske Willerslev, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Copenhagen and Prince Philip Professor at the ...
Unlocking RNA functionality: A redox-responsive approach
National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have developed a strategy using disulfide-containing small molecules to facilitate the reversible control and ...
Researchers identify a key metabolic gene as target for improved cancer immunotherapy
Leuven, 06 June 2024 – Researchers at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology have identified a potential target for cancer ...
Severity of calls to US poison centers increases sharply for both adults, kids
America’s poison centers are fielding increasingly severe cases that are dramatically more likely to lead to severe harm or death ...
Balancing act between digestion and liver health through bile acids
Bile acids are essential molecules the liver produces that play a critical role in digestion. They help us absorb fat-soluble ...
Cleveland clinic-led study links sugar substitute to increased risk of heart attack and stroke
June 6, 2024, Cleveland: Cleveland Clinic researchers found higher amounts of the sugar alcohol xylitol are associated with increased risk of ...
Vigorous exercise may preserve cognition in high-risk patients with hypertension
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – June 6, 2024 – People with high blood pressure have a higher risk of cognitive impairment, including dementia, ...
Sanders-Brown study: Long-read RNA sequencing reveals key gene expressions in Alzheimer’s disease
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are working to develop a pre-symptomatic disease diagnostic ...
Ohio State develops searchable database for Alzheimer’s research
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A searchable database is now ready to help study Alzheimer’s disease.Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical ...
Drug used to treat eczema may provide relief for patients with intensely itchy skin diseases
A drug approved to treat eczema provided significant improvement in the symptoms of patients with severe itching diseases that currently ...
Antidepressants: new data on prevalence of discontinuation symptoms
Joint press release from Charité & University Hospital CologneCredit: © Charité | Romy Greiner Joint press release from Charité & ...
Virginia Tech researcher helps reach nutrition security goals
Food is many things.Credit: Photo by Max Esterhuizen for Virginia Tech. Food is many things. It nourishes our bodies, delights ...
The importance of the paradise fish in evolutionary and behavioural genetics research
In Hungary, ethological research is most often identified with tests on dogs, but novel methodological advances could bring another species, ...
William T. Grant Foundation announces funding for UT, Cherokee Health Systems for research-practice partnership
Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation and the Bezos Family Foundation have ...
Researchers led by UMass Amherst solve 2,000-year-old mystery of the shipworm
June 5, 2024Credit: Barry Goodell June 5, 2024 Researchers Led by UMass Amherst Solve 2,000-Year-Old Mystery of the Shipworm ...
UBC-developed oral insulin drops offer relief for diabetes patients
Diabetes rates continue to rise, with 11.7 million Canadians living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. At UBC, scientists have created a ...
Flapping frequency of birds, insects, bats and whales described by universal equation
A single universal equation can closely approximate the frequency of wingbeats and fin strokes made by birds, insects, bats and ...
Normal ageing might be associated with increased blood-brain barrier permeability in regions also vulnerable in Alzheimer’s Disease, in small study comparing healthy brains of the young and old
Normal ageing might be associated with increased blood-brain barrier permeability in regions also vulnerable in Alzheimer's Disease, in small study ...
Father’s diet before conception influences children’s health
Dr. Raffaele Teperino, head of the "Environmental Epigenetics" research group at Helmholtz Munich, along with his research team, has examined ...
Toward testing the quantum behavior of gravity: A photonic quantum simulation
In a groundbreaking development at the intersection of quantum mechanics and general relativity, researchers have made significant strides toward unraveling ...
