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Call for Armed Forces personnel to share stories of transition to healthcare careers
To coincide with Armed Forces Day 2022 (Saturday 25 June), Leicester health professionals have launched a major new research project...
New recommendations for prenatal care delivery
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists partnered with the University of Michigan to convene a panel of maternity care...
Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone
Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through the burning of quarried limestone....
Population bottlenecks that reduced genetic diversity were common throughout human history
Human populations have waxed and waned over the millennia, with some cultures exploding and migrating to new areas or new...
Polluted land can be planted with flowers and tobacco
Zinnia (popular ornamental flowers) and tobacco adapt to copper in the soil. They accumulate heavy metal in the roots and...
Smart implants to monitor healing
Spinal fusion—fusing two vertebrae together—can treat a wide variety of spinal disorders. Often, surgeons will use a cage to provide...
COVID’s Catch-22: The paradox of masking and disease
Much research has been done on the effectiveness of masks to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases. However, standard infection...
Many human genomes shaped by past events that caused sharp dips in the population
The genomes of many human populations show evidence of founder events, which occur when a small number of initial members...
Secrets of aging revealed in largest study on longevity, aging in reptiles and amphibians
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — At 190 years old, Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise recently made news for being the “oldest...
Humans can’t, but turtles can: Reduce weakening and deterioration with age
All living organisms age and die – there is no way of escaping death. But not all organisms follow the...
Silence for thought: Special interneuron networks in the human brain
The analysis of the human brain is a central goal of neuroscience. However, for methodological reasons, research has largely focused...
Researchers continue study of COVID-19 vaccinations, pregnancy and postpartum
With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic ongoing, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with the American...
Lipid nanoparticles carry gene-editing cancer drugs past tumor defenses
As they grow, solid tumors surround themselves with a thick, hard-to-penetrate wall of molecular defenses. Getting drugs past that barricade...
Personal health trackers may include smart face mask, other wearables
For years, automotive companies have developed intelligent sensors to provide real-time monitoring of a vehicle’s health, including engine oil pressure,...
Artificial photosynthesis can produce food without sunshine
Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to turn water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight into...
Liquid biopsy detects DNA markers in advanced breast cancer within five hours
A novel, automated liquid biopsy test in development by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center can accurately detect...
Hair-raising research: Salk scientists find surprising link between immune system, hair growth
LA JOLLA—(June 23, 2022) Salk scientists have uncovered an unexpected molecular target of a common treatment for alopecia, a condition...
Researchers reveal oxygenate-based routes in syngas conversion over oxide-zeolite bifunctional catalysts
A research team led by Prof. HOU Guangjin and Prof. BAO Xinhe from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of...
It sucked to be the prey of ancient cephalopods
Grenoble, 23 June 2022 - The Jurassic cephalopod Vampyronassa rhodanica, thought to be the oldest known ancestor of the modern-day...
A fine-tuned gene editor
The molecular tool CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to treat inherited blood disorders, but this may cause unintended genetic alterations. A...
