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Alarming rising trends in suicide by firearms in young Americans
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine and collaborators publish original research Deaths from suicide are rising in the United States. These...
Personalized soundscape could help people with dementia with time, place recognition
Acoustical environments can prevent, reduce behavioral and psychological symptoms MELVILLE, N.Y., June 9, 2021 -- Designing a soundscape to improve...
DNA methylation changes and characteristics in neurons of bipolar disorder patients
(Left) The number of hypermethylated DNA regions in both neuronal and non-neuronal cells is reduced in the bipolar patient group...
New study presents tip-induced nano-engineering of strain, bandgap, and exciton funneling in 2D semiconductors
A research team, led by Professor Kyoung-Duck Park in the Department of Physics at UNIST has succeeded in investigating and...
Novel compound reveals fundamental properties of smallest carbon nanotubes
Chemical rings of carbon and hydrogen atoms curve to form relatively stable structures capable of conducting electricity and more --...
Physicists achieve significant improvement in spotting neutrinos in a cosmic haystack
Ground-breaking image reconstruction and analysis algorithms developed for surface-based MicroBooNE detector filter out cosmic ray tracks to pinpoint elusive neutrino...
Microbial production of natural rainbow colorants
Integrated strategies of systems metabolic engineering and membrane engineering led to the production of natural rainbow colorants comprising seven natural...
Soil microbes metabolize the same polyphenols found in chocolate, wine
New insights into the role of polyphenols in the soil microbiome Fruits, vegetables, red wine and chocolate are all rich...
Sleep Number presents new data from its 360® Smart Beds at SLEEP 2021 Annual Meeting
Real-world data from Sleep Number® smart bed sleepers shows a potential model for predicting and tracking COVID-19 infection using sleep...
Civil engineering doctoral student earns National Science Foundation fellowship
Doctoral student who launched space rockets earns prestigious fellowship Kelly Patterson, a doctoral student in the Civil Engineering Department at...
Laptops, cell phones, e-games defied slump as COVID-19 dented 2020’s electronics sales: UN
Foreseen drop in 2020 sales-related e-waste: 4.9 million metric tonnes or ~6.4%; Pandemic intensified digital divide between high, middle and...
As novel sights become familiar, different brain rhythms, neurons take over
To focus on what's new, we disregard what's not. A new study by researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning...
Poll finds risky drinking patterns in older adults during pandemic
Those who drink to boost their mood, to relieve stress, boredom or pain may be more at risk in pandemic...
New defence against superbugs
Taking fish oil may reduce antibiotic resistance For the first time, Australian scientists have confirmed a link between the role...
Localized the gene for blue plum skin
Researchers from CRAG and IRTA find the gene that determines Japanese plum skin colour due to the presence or absence...
Mothers’ mental health may affect twins’ and singletons’ touch and movement during pregnancy
New research published in Acta Paediatrica suggests that a pregnant woman's mental health may impact the touch behavior of twins...
Speech droplets drive transmission of SARS-CoV-2
A new review published in the Journal of Internal Medicine indicates that unmasked speech in confined spaces poses the greatest...
Cholesterol metabolite induces production of cancer-promoting vesicles
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists working to understand the cellular processes linking high cholesterol to breast cancer recurrence and metastasis report...
Oncotarget: Anti-hormonal treatment eligibility in granulosa cell tumors of the ovary
Granulosa cell tumors are a well-defined ovarian cancer subtype, responsible for 2-5% of ovarian malignancies with an annual incidence of...
Developing the novel joint technique for copper alloy
This highly contributes to producing the efficient heat removal component for fusion reactor The oxide dispersion strengthened copper alloy (ODS-Cu)...
