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Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, named Director of Mount Sinai Heart
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, a top expert in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology, has been named Director of Mount...
Vegetation regulates energy exchange in the arctic
The heat waves that swept across Europe this summer made many people realize how important plants are when it comes...
Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control
A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those with the...
Inverted dancers have more acute visuomotor perception
Previous studies have determined that astronauts can judge inverted movements better than people on Earth due to the astronauts’ unique...
Cellular housekeeping process implicated in fatal neurological disorder
Huntington’s disease, a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative condition, is caused by a genetic error present at birth, though its symptoms often...
TMAC helps Texas company achieve cybersecurity certification
TMAC at The University of Texas at Arlington aided a Fort Worth-based aerospace supplier and manufacturing company become the first...
New tech aims to reduce racial disparities in blood measurements
A team led by a University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering professor and an Austin businessman has published key findings...
Identity theft the secret of the cat parasite’s success
The parasite Toxoplasma is carried by a large portion of the global human population. Now a study led by researchers...
Reward for cooperative behavior
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Plön show that reputation plays a key role in determining which rewarding policies...
The case of Latin America’s mysterious disappearing (and reappearing) white-lipped peccaries
A collaborative study published in PLOS ONE, documents the periodic disappearance (and reappearance) of white-lipped peccaries in nine countries in...
Looking to sea urchins for stronger ceramic foams
Ling Li, assistant professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Mechanical Engineering, has unlocked a mystery in the porous microstructures of...
Sticky cell fingers help keep breast tumors contained
Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, have identified that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia contribute to building...
The secret life of spores
Facing starvation and stress conditions, some bacteria enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Shutting down into a...
When tapas can cause harm: large listeriosis outbreak in Spain
Listeria bacteria are ubiquitous in the environment and consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes is one of the main...
New form of universal quantum computers
Quantum bits (qubits) in a quantum computer serve as a computing unit and memory at the same time. Because quantum...
Hybrid songbirds found more often in human-altered environments
Hybrids of two common North American songbirds, the black-capped and mountain chickadee, are more likely to be found in places...
Constructing charge transfer channels on photoanode surface by electrochemical treatment
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting presents a promising way to convert solar energy into storable and transportable hydrogen energy. Among investigated...
Anti-cancer drugs, olaparib and adavosertib, work best when given sequentially in patients with advanced tumours driven by DNA damage response mutations: results from Phase Ib STAR clinical trial
Barcelona, Spain: Patients with cancers that are driven by certain mutations occurring in response to DNA damage can be safely...
USC launches large-scale study of dementia and diabetes in adults with Hispanic ancestry
People who have type 2 diabetes face an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, but the cause of...
Pandemic-related stress linked with changes in menstrual cycle
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27, 2022 — Women with high stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic were twice as likely to experience...
