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Origins of the Black Death identified
In 1347, plague first entered the Mediterranean via trade ships transporting goods from the territories of the Golden Horde in...
Implementation strategies underreported in studies of suicide prevention interventions
While recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of brief suicide prevention interventions delivered in health care settings, a new JAMA Psychiatry analysis shows that...
Mechanism of expanding bacteria revealed
A new study published in Nature today has identified a potential Achilles heel in the protective layers surrounding Gram-negative bacteria...
Ageism and health: Study shows close links
Nearly all older adults have experienced some form of ageism in their everyday lives, a new study finds -- whether...
Checking coral reef health one tile at a time
A blueprint for measuring calcium carbonate on the ocean floor could help marine scientists monitor coral reef health around the...
Benjamin Han, MD, MPH recognized with 2022 AFAR Terrie Fox Wetle Rising Star Award in Health Services and Aging Research
New York, NY – The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and...
Parasitic worms reveal new insights into the evolution of sex and sex chromosomes
Studying two highly divergent phyla of worms that contain numerous parasites that cause human and livestock diseases, the research group...
Mechanical transmission enables EMT cancer cells to drive epithelial cancer cell migration to guide tumor spheroid disaggregation
Recently, Dr. Feng Lin from College of Engineering, Peking University, published a research paper entitled "Mechanical transmission enables EMT cancer...
Opioid use disorder: Flexible treatment at home proves effective
Did you know that more than 26,500 Canadians died from opioid intoxication between January 2016 and September 2021? Or that...
IIT and INAIL: New prototype exoskeletons for workers in the future
Genova (Italy), 15th June 2022 – Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) and INAIL (Italian Worker’s Compensation...
Genetic discovery could spell mosquitoes’ death knell
A UC Riverside genetic discovery could turn disease-carrying mosquitoes into insect Peter Pans, preventing them from ever maturing or multiplying....
SNMMI Image of the Year: New biomarker predicts severity of cardiac remodeling after heart attack
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—Poor functional outcomes after a heart attack can be predicted with a new PET imaging agent, 68Ga-FAPI-46....
SNNMI Abstract of the Year: Targeted radionuclide treatment achieves high response rate, minimal toxicities for advanced-stage neuroendocrine tumors
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—A targeted radionuclide alpha therapy, 225Ac-DOTATATE, has been shown to have long-term anti-tumor effects in patients with...
Aiming to improve joint connection technologies for light-weight and high-strength structures
OverviewCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview The research team (led by Professor Yukihiro Matsumoto) formed...
Native bee key to social evolution
Studying the unusual social behaviour of an Australian native bee has enabled Flinders University researchers to obtain a clear understanding...
Novel radiopharmaceutical pair detects and treats melanoma; study shows potential for broad application in solid tumors
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — A newly developed small-molecular radiopharmaceutical pair has successfully visualized and treated melanoma in a preclinical study, according...
Moth wing-inspired sound absorbing wallpaper in sight after breakthrough
Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even...
Revolutionary technology shortens cardiac scan time, provides high-quality SPECT images
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — A cardiac SPECT imaging system performs scans 10 to 100 times faster than current SPECT systems,...
A weird star produced the fastest nova on record
Astronomers are buzzing after observing the fastest nova ever recorded. The unusual event drew scientists’ attention to an even more...
Title: Fighting vector-borne diseases with data
A WHO-sponsored series of articles describing biodiversity data relevant to vector-borne diseases has just been published in the journal GigaByte. This...
