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Linking genes and brain circuitry in anxiety disorders
Kyoto, Japan – December 2023Credit: credit: Kalyani B. Karunakaran/WPI-ASHBi Kyoto, Japan – December 2023 Anxiety disorders (ADs) affect more...
Ali Khademhosseini named as 2023 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
(LOS ANGELES) – December 18, 2023 - The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D., Director and...
AI in medical research: promise and challenges
In an editorial, Monica M. Bertagnolli assesses the promise of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to study and improve...
A blueprint for equitable, ethical AI research
Artificial intelligence (AI) has huge potential to advance the field of health and medicine, but the nation must be prepared...
Chilean researchers pledge for transformative change to tackle climate action
Addressing climate change has become a central issue in Chile’s public policy. As part of that debate, Dr. Maisa Rojas,...
New strategy reveals ‘full chemical complexity’ of quantum decoherence
In quantum mechanics, particles can exist in multiple states at the same time, defying the logic of everyday experiences. This...
Team led by UMASS Amherst discovers how to sabotage antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” that can defeat efforts to kill them are an urgent public health crisis, and according to the Centers...
First observation of how water molecules move near a metal electrode
A collaborative team of experimental and computational physical chemists from South Korea and the United States have made an important...
Scientists might be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change
EMBARGO LIFTS DEC. 18, 2023, AT 3:00 PM U.S. EASTERN TIMECredit: Daniel Perret EMBARGO LIFTS DEC. 18, 2023, AT 3:00...
Melatonin and carcinogenesis in mice: The 50th anniversary of relationships
“ murine models proved to be valuable and, in some cases, indispensable for advancing melatonin applications in oncology .”Credit: 2023...
Nidhi Sahni receives TAMEST Mary Beth Maddox Award for research in molecular pathways of cancer progression
HOUSTON ― Nidhi Sahni, Ph.D., associate professor of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has...
For this emergent class of materials, ‘solutions are the problem’
HOUSTON – (Dec. 18, 2023) – Rice University materials scientists developed a fast, low-cost, scalable method to make covalent organic...
Understanding the relationship between the performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and hydrogen partial pressure
In a new study, researchers have made significant strides in understanding the relationship between hydrogen partial pressure and the performance...
Production of marmoset eggs and embryos from xenotransplanted ovary tissues
Niigata and Toyama, Japan - Marmosets are now used in medical and pharmacological research as a model animal of non-human...
Atmospheric pollutants in São Paulo exceeded recommended levels even at the height of the pandemic
People who live in São Paulo city in Brazil certainly recall an event that occurred on August 19, 2019, when...
The antibiotic resistance war (video)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2023 — There’s a microscopic battle happening right before our eyes, involving the critical issue of antibiotic...
Scientists construct a synthetic yeast genome
It all begins in the chromosomes.Credit: NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine It all begins in the chromosomes. Chromosomes...
Toronto study identifies new concepts for GLP-1 action in the brain, the 2023 Science magazine breakthrough of the year
Research pioneer Dr. Daniel Drucker has much to be proud of, as the GLP-1-based diabetes drugs hailing from his early research are...
15th annual horizon scan identifies 15 most pressing issues for conservation, including invertebrate decline and changing marine ecosystems
Since 2009, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative has coordinated an annual horizon scan, a well-established method for predicting which threats, changes,...
Ecosystem benefits to humanity expected to decline by 9% by 2100
As climate change redistributes terrestrial ecosystems across the globe, the world’s natural capital is expected to decrease, causing a 9%...
