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OU-MRU: High levels of television exposure affect visual acuity in children
Okayama University Medical Research Updates (OU-MRU) Vol.90Credit: 2021 Okayama University It is ingrained in parents to curtail the hours their...
Making the invisible visible
International research team including University of Jena (Germany) develops new method for studying atomic structures in material surfacesCredit: Jens Meyer/University...
Solid-state batteries line up for better performance
Credit: Graphic courtesy Beniamin Zahiri and Paul Braun CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Solid-state batteries pack a lot of energy into a...
Targeting abnormal cell metabolism shows promise for treating pediatric brain tumors
Credit: Khoa Pham, M.D. Two experimental drug approaches that target vulnerabilities in cancer cell metabolism may extend survival and enhance...
Cardioids — heartbeat, heartbreak and recovery in a dish
Credit: ©Mendjan/IMBA Self-organizing heart organoids developed at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences -...
Stress from 2016 US presidential election associated with increase in cardiac events
A first of its kind study showed a 77% increase in the risk of cardiac arrhythmias leading up to and...
Influence of anesthetics of neonatal rat brain
A neurobiological study by young scientists of KFU appeared in Scientific ReportsCredit: Kazan Federal University Study lead, Research Associate of...
Science moves closer to diet that improves metabolic health without sharp cuts in calories
Credit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - A diet that improves the biomarkers of metabolic health, and that...
Chandra discoveries in 3D available on new platform
Credit: NASA/CXC/Brown Univ./A. Dupuis et al. A collection of the 3D objects from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is now available...
Epigenetic mechanism can explain how chemicals in plastic may cause lower IQ levels
Credit: Jacob Nordström The chemical bisphenol F (found in plastics) can induce changes in a gene that is vital for...
Not all theories can explain the black hole M87*
Scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration use data which produced the first image of a...
New NUS technology completes vital class of industrial reactions five times faster
The research team used oscillating electric potentials to increase the rate of hydrogenation on typical commercial catalystsCredit: National University of...
Solving a natural riddle of water filtration
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin/Cockrell School of Engineering. For many engineers and scientists, nature is the world's greatest...
New study presents evaporation-driven transport-control of small molecules along nanoslits
Credit: UNIST Microfluidic chips hold great promise for unparalleled applications in pathogen detection and cancer diagnosis. Such devices often require...
E-scooters as a new micro-mobility service
SMART researchers found that e-scooters are not only a last-mile solution to complement transit services, but also provide a mobility...
Blocking a protein in liver cells protects against insulin resistance, fatty liver disease
Credit: Mayuko Segawa, Liesa lab at UCLA Health FINDINGS A new multi-institution study led by a team of researchers at...
New findings help in protecting divertor without degrading core plasma
Credit: YANG Zhongshi The high-power and long-pulse operation of tokamak will cause excessive particle flux and heat load on the...
A peptide that allows cannabis-derived drugs to relieve pain without side effects
Scientists from the Proteomics and Protein Chemistry Research Group and the Neuropharmacology-Neurophar Laboratory have developed a peptide which is an...
Yellowstone National Park is hotter than ever
New tree ring method highlights climatic changes over the last 1,250 yearsCredit: Grant L. Harley WASHINGTON--Yellowstone National Park is famous...
Alterations in the 3D genome structure and effects on fertility revealed
Credit: Covadonga Vara and Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, UAB. The genome is tightly organised (packaged) within the cell nuclei. This three-dimensional (3D)...
