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Widely-used kidney function tests underestimate scale of kidney disease in Africa
The findings suggest that methods developed in high-income settings to check kidney function are not accurate for many people in...
2022 RELX SDG Inspiration Day: Aspiring to make SDG-16 a reality
In 2015, the United Nations put forth 17 Sustainable Development Goals that aim to transform the world and envision a...
A world afire: Social–ecological processes in a time of change
In an era of ubiquitous human entanglement with the natural world, scientists are turning to social–ecological systems approaches as a...
Turning white blood cells into medicinal microrobots with light
Medicinal microrobots could help physicians better treat and prevent diseases. But most of these devices are made with synthetic materials...
Rats can learn to navigate by watching their friends, helping us learn more about our own ‘internal GPS’
Researchers are one step closer to understanding the ‘internal GPS’ of animals and humans, by investigating whether rats can learn...
Study examines pandemic’s impact on volunteer health care workers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Many medical professionals who volunteered for short-term deployment to a field hospital in New York during the...
Apgar scores discriminate the risk of infant mortality after birth less well in certain racial groups – including Black infants – than in White babies
In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Medicine: Credit: Solen...
Montana Bio Station researchers find nutrient imbalance in flathead lake
FLATHEAD LAKE – As any gardener or farmer can tell you, nitrogen and phosphorus are chemical elements found in soils...
Research links national-level greenhouse gas emissions, warming and resulting economic damage
A sound scientific basis exists for climate liability claims between individual countries, according to a Dartmouth study.Credit: Credit: Richard Clark/Dartmouth...
Protein folding in times of oxygen deficiency
Proteins often consist of hundreds or thousands of individual parts, the amino acids. These are connected like the links of...
Emotional patterns a factor in children’s food choices
Philadelphia, July 12, 2022 – The emotional context in which eating occurs has been thought to influence eating patterns and...
A proof of odd-parity superconductivity
Superconductivity is a fascinating state of matter in which an electrical current can flow without any resistance. Usually, it can...
Have Antillean manatees crossed the Panama Canal?
In the mid-sixties, almost 50 years after the creation of the artificial Gatun Lake for the operations of the Panama...
The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital announces a new Co-Director
HOUSTON (Jul. 12, 2022) - Dr. Joshua Shulman, Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named the new Co-Director...
Source of ancient Martian rocks found using Perth supercomputer
Five to ten million years ago an asteroid smashed into Mars. It created a massive crater and propelled a chunk...
Those with substance use disorder largely resilient during the pandemic, IU study finds
Stay-at-home orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted many facets of our lives and created many barriers, particularly for those...
From nuclei to neutron stars
How big is an atomic nucleus? How does the size of a nucleus relate to a neutron star? These tantalizing...
Habitat shifts affect brain structure in Amazonian butterflies, according to study
Habitat differences help determine changes in the nervous system of tropical butterflies, scientists at the University of Bristol have found.Credit:...
Rare deep-sea brine pools discovered in Red Sea
MIAMI—Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science recently discovered rare deep-sea brine pools...
UMD scientists identify mechanism responsible for fruit and seed development in flowering plants
With rising global temperatures and dwindling pollinator populations, food production has become increasingly difficult for the world’s growers.Credit: Zhongchi Liu...
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