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Black nursing home residents, those under age 65 more likely to have repeat transfers to hospital, MU study finds
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nursing homes transfer roughly 25% of their residents to the hospital at least once, at a cost...
Monkeypox virus on surfaces: no proof that contact can cause infection
During the currently evolving outbreak of monkeypox cases outside of known endemic areas, transmission is mainly driven by close physical...
Prestigious NSF funding will enable UTSA professor to further demystify body’s metabolic processes
Chemistry professor Aimin Liu has been awarded a three-year, $495,000 Accomplishment-Based Renewal (ABR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance his research...
When ASD occurs with intellectual disability, a convergent mechanism for two top-ranking risk genes may be the cause
BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a convergent mechanism that may be responsible for how two top-ranked...
Technologies boost potential for carbon dioxide conversion to useful products
The excessive emission of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, is rapidly raising the average global temperature. Capturing the carbon dioxide...
Scientists decipher, catalog the diverse origins of Earth’s minerals; will inform models of life’s history, help find new minerals, habitable planets, extraterrestrial life
Credit: ARKENSTONE/Rob Lavinsky Crushed, zapped, boiled, baked and more: Nature used 57 recipes to create Earth’s 10,500+ ‘mineral kinds’ Water...
Coral pathogen kills competitors in coral microbiota via prophage induction
Coral is a complicated holobiont, harboring an array of life forms at different scales, including coral cells, zooxanthellae, and associated...
Protecting the brain from dementia-inducing abnormal protein aggregates
In order to maintain cellular homeostasis (i.e., a state of equilibrium), cells undergo selective autophagy or self-degradation of unwanted proteins....
TTUHSC School of Nursing’s Ashcraft named Fellow for the Gerontological Society of America
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the driving force behind advancing innovation in aging awarded fellowstatus to Alyce S. Ashcraft, Ph.D., RN, professor and associate dean for research and scholarship at the Texas TechUniversity Health Sciences (TTUHSC) School of Nursing. Ashcraft was...
New antibody detection method for coronavirus that does not require a blood sample
Tokyo, Japan – Despite significant and stunning advances in vaccine technology, the COVID-19 global pandemic is not over. A key...
Plug-and-play test for keeping track of immunity to Sars-CoV-2 variants
The experts agree — the pandemic is not over. Infections are ticking up again, fueled by the new variants our...
Putting the brakes on a bacterium that is a major cause of GI distress
AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 1, 2022) – As we head outdoors this summer, scientists are working to clip the long, flexible appendages...
Hearing better with skin than ears
“Hey, Siri, how’s the weather today?” Voice recognition technology is increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, from asking trivial questions,...
The formation process of unstable unknown radical states visualized clearly for the first time!
□ DGIST (President: Kuk Yang) announced on the 26th that Professor Park Jin-hee’s team at the Department of Physics and...
Capturing the onset of galaxy rotation in the early universe
As telescopes have become more advanced and powerful, astronomers have been able to detect more and more distant galaxies. These...
Whales learn songs from each other in a cultural ‘deep dive’
A University of Queensland-led study has found humpback whales can learn incredibly complex songs from whales from other regions.Credit: The...
Study shows HIV speeds up body’s aging processes soon after infection
HIV has an “early and substantial” impact on aging in infected people, accelerating biological changes in the body associated with...
Birds warned of food shortages by neighbor birds change physiology and behavior to prepare
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Songbirds learning from nearby birds that food supplies might be growing short respond by changing their physiology...
Aging-US | Time makes histone H3 modifications drift in mouse liver
BUFFALO, NY- June 30, 2022 – A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on the cover of Volume...
When medicine is not enough for schizophrenia and psychosis
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) is hosting a free webinar, “When Medicine is Not Enough for Schizophrenia and...
