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Can we reverse the effects of age related memory loss? Experts say yes
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 6.5 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s in 2022. That...
UW researchers bring first underwater messaging app to smartphones
For millions of people who participate in activities such as snorkeling and scuba diving each year, hand signals are the...
Time’s arrow
Imagine you could take a medicine that prevents the decline that come with age and keeps you healthy. Scientists are...
Keck Foundation awards $1.2M to KU, University of Chicago to transform understanding of RNA splicing
LAWRENCE, KANSAS — The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant to medicinal chemistry and computational biology researchers...
Full-dose anticoagulation treatment prevented blood clots in COVID-19 patients
A clinical trial of patients with COVID-19 led by investigators at the TIMI Study Group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital...
Food texture key to eating habits in children with Down syndrome
Children with Down syndrome prefer food with a crispy, oily mouthfeel and don’t like brittle or gooey foods. But those...
Spring forward: Changing climate’s early winter wakeup call is a buzz kill for bumblebees
New research from the University of Ottawa has found the earlier arrival of spring in parts of North America negatively...
Viruses rewire host cellular machinery to maximise viral production
The Molecular Virology Research Group at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), in collaboration with the Epitranscriptomics and RNA Dynamics group of...
IBS discussed collaboration with two renowned institutes in the U.S.
The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) recently visited the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and announced its collaboration with St....
New diagnostic option for rare eye disease
An estimated five to ten percent of blindness worldwide is caused by the rare inflammatory eye disease uveitis. Posterior uveitis...
Preventing dye aggregation with molten salts to improve solar cell performance
Solar cells are quickly becoming one of the main ways to produce clean electricity in many countries in the world....
New study from National Institutes of Health RECOVER initiative finds post-acute COVID-19 in children less common than in adults but more frequent than hospitalization rates for acute COVID-19
Aurora, Colo. (Aug. 29, 2022) – A new study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER Pediatric Electronic...
Inactivated protein complex linked to Parkinson-like symptoms
Inactivation of a particular protein complex that plays a key role in keeping genes switched off leads to nerve cells...
How scientists designed centered error entropy-based sigma-point Kalman Filter
A spacecraft attitude kinematics model, attitude measurement model, and filter algorithm are three important parts in spacecraft attitude determination, and...
Lithuanians developed a takeaway food package that does not contain a single gram of plastic
Takeaway food became an integral part of our lives. However, despite the convenience of such a service, frequent users have...
How do land sparing vs. land sharing interventions influence human wellbeing?
A recent study published in People and Nature focuses on how land use approaches impact human wellbeing. Credit: Rachel Carmenta A recent study published in People...
FAU, Israel scientists ‘team up’ to tackle Alzheimer’s-related mood disorders
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia affecting an estimated 6.3 million Americans age 65 and older....
TTUHSC scientist awarded U.S. patent to battle antibiotic resistance using novel nanoantibiotics
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2.8 million Americans contract antibiotic resistant bacterial infections each year,...
Behind the scenes of the $3.7 million hydrogen energy ‘earthshot’ at UVA
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that the University of Virginia will receive $3.7 million to pioneer clean energy...
New risk score predicts mortality for atrial fibrillation patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement
A large-scale international study led by Mount Sinai has yielded the first risk score that can help predict mortality for...
