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Vilcek Foundation allocates $150,000 for 2023 prizes to immigrant scientists
The Vilcek Foundation has announced that in 2023 it will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science....
What explains our lower back pain? Anthropologists turn to Neandertals for answers
Examining the spines of Neandertals, an extinct human relative, may explain back-related ailments experienced by humans today, a team of...
An oral medication shows benefits treating Type 1 diabetes for at least two years after diagnosis
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Use of the drug verapamil to treat Type 1 diabetes continues to show benefits lasting at least...
Mummification in Europe may be older than previously known
Mummification of the dead probably was more common in prehistory than previously known. This discovery is made at the hunter-gatherer...
Better assessment of risk from heart surgery results in better patient outcomes
Better assessment of risk from heart surgery results in better patient outcomesCredit: Hamilton Health Sciences Better assessment of risk from...
The physics of fire ant rafts could help engineers design swarming robots
Noah rode out his flood in an ark. Winnie-the-Pooh had an upside-down umbrella. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), meanwhile, form floating...
UMass Amherst nurse innovator receives $750,000 grant for research to prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia
A University of Massachusetts Amherst nurse innovator and a research partner have received a $750,000 grant from Illinois-based Delta Dental Foundation to test an...
University of Minnesota study details how some fish cope with parasites, with implications for human health
They thrive everywhere from bustling cities to remote rainforests — even in our own backyards. Pervasive and unapologetic mooches, parasites...
From ‘boops’ to ‘unks,’ how scientists are using fish sounds to conserve underwater ecosystems
Cows moo. Wolves howl. Birds tweet. And fish, it turns out, make all sorts of ruckus.Credit: Photo credit: Kieran Cox...
National Athletic Trainers’ Association position statement: Reducing intentional head-first contact behavior in American football players published in Journal of Athletic Training
DALLAS, TX – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) published its position statement, “Reducing Intentional Head-first Contact Behavior in American...
Native American shell ring villages may have been occupied then abandoned because of climate change
Mollusk shells at 4,000-year-old Native American shell ring villages indicate that environmental change may have driven the formation and abandonment...
Vision scientists discover new angle on path of light through photoreceptors
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye’s photoreceptor cells, called mitochondria, function...
In one cleft surgery NGO mission trip in Morocco, an all-female healthcare team empowered volunteers to seek further mentorship as well as to mentor others
In one cleft surgery NGO mission trip in Morocco, an all-female healthcare team empowered volunteers to seek further mentorship as...
Cerebrospinal fluid may be able to indentify aggressive brain tumors in children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Allyn DiVito FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It may be possible to identify the presence of an aggressive brain...
Capturing the many facets of evolvability
All life evolves: microorganisms can become resistant to drugs, viruses evade our vaccines, and species may adapt to climate change....
A new molecular family tree of grasses
The evolutionary relationships among grasses—including important crop plants like wheat, rice, corn, and sugarcane—have been clarified in new molecular study...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-led study explores effects of noise on marine life
Woods Hole, MA (March 2, 2022) – New research shows turtles can experience temporary hearing loss from an excess of...
Scaffolding tumor formation sets the stage for better immunotherapies
The discrepancy between preclinical advances in breast cancer immunotherapy and poor patient outcomes is rooted in the limitations of current...
Gene Editing gets safer thanks to redesigned Cas9 protein
One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes...
We should be eating more insects and using their waste to grow crops, says plant ecologist
Marcel Dicke (@DickeMarcel) already knew that insects are an excellent source of protein for humans, but he didn’t expect to...
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