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Sperm are masters of Tetris packing
If you are moaning once again about your suitcase being far too small as your vacation approaches, you should take...
Blacks found twice as likely to have atherosclerosis as Hispanics in young adult populations in underserved communities
A unique Mount Sinai study focused on a multi-ethnic, underserved community in New York City shows that young Black adults...
NIH launches clinical trial of mRNA Nipah virus vaccine
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched an early-stage...
How preschoolers’ brains develop self-control
As their brain regions linked to self-control mature, preschoolers improve in their ability to stop themselves from doing something, according...
Proof that Mendel discovered the laws of inheritance decades ahead of his time
Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk, was indeed “decades ahead of his time and truly deserves the title of ‘founder of...
Hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher
Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids,...
Kessler Foundation scientist explores biomarker to improve dual diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord and brain injury
East Hanover, NJ – July 11, 2022 – Silvana Costa, PhD, of Kessler Foundation received a two-year $199,800 grant from...
Influential barriers
It’s important to be well organized. And this is especially true for the genome – the entirety of an organism’s...
Preterm birth more likely with exposure to phthalates
Pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk of preterm birth, according to new...
Study provides novel evolutionary insights into unisexual reproductive success
Unisexual reproduction lacks meiotic recombination, resulting in the accumulation of deleterious mutations and hindering the creation of genetic diversity. Thus,...
Sources of transmission of monkeypox in Madrid and in Berlin: from private encounters to larger gatherings
A multi-country outbreak of monkeypox outside endemic areas has been ongoing worldwide since the beginning of May with Europe as...
Stronger overturning circulation in the Pacific during the last glacial period
Located between Australia and New Zealand, the Tasman Sea is an important but so far neglected component of the global...
Molecular pathway by which stress affects lupus discovered
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that affects all the organ systems of the body. This chronic disease...
Sub-femtometer-resolution absolute spectroscopy based on dual electro-optic frequency comb
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.210023 considers sub-femtometer-resolution absolute spectroscopy based on dual electro-optic frequency comb.Credit: OEA A...
Breakthrough in study of how epithelial cells become cancerous
Osaka, Japan – Epithelial cells, which line the surfaces and organs of the body, can protect themselves against cancer by...
Nanoparticles can save historic buildings
Many historical buildings were built of limestone, such as Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral. Limestone is easy to work with, but...
Undead planets: The unusual conditions of the first exoplanet detection
The first ever exoplanets were discovered 30 years ago around a rapidly rotating star, called a pulsar. Now, astronomers have...
New Cambridge institute to house largest concentration of heart and lung researchers in Europe
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester will today officially open the Heart and Lung Research Institute (HLRI), a major new addition...
Adding salt to your food at the table is linked to higher risk of premature death
People who add extra salt to their food at the table are at higher risk of dying prematurely from any...
Spot the difference: Brain changes that enable fine visual discrimination learning
Our visual perception of the world is often thought of as relatively stable. However, like all of our cognitive functions,...
