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Viewers actually ‘binge-watch’ TV with a lot of self-control
If viewers sometimes feel guilty about binge-watching television programing, they really shouldn’t. Though its name implies impulsive behavior, binge-watching TV...
What marsupials can teach us about brain development
Credit: Adobe Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI 10.1073/pnas.2208654120 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research...
Open fully funded PhD positions at McGill Nanofactory, McGill University
Credit: By Changhong Cao.
Grant funds study of cannabis effects on HIV-infected brain tissue
Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $11.6 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National...
Sexing chicken eggs by scent
Fertilized chicken eggs can be sexed by “sniffing” volatile chemicals emitted through the shell, according to new work by researchers...
IOS Press honors outgoing Editors-in-Chief I. Ralph Edwards and Marie Lindquist for their distinguished service to the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine
Amsterdam, May 22, 2023 – The International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine (JRSM) would like to announce that...
Flexing crystalline structures provide path to a solid energy future
A team of researchers at Duke University and their collaborators have uncovered the atomic mechanisms that make a class of...
How a drought affects trees depends on what’s been holding them back
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Droughts can be good for trees. Certain trees, that is. Contrary to expectation, sometimes a record-breaking...
Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine discover metabolic sensor may play role in Alzheimer’s disease
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 22, 2023 – It’s well-known that people with Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of...
Study points out errors in illustrations of one of the most famous scientific experiments
Illustrations of scientific experiments play a fundamental role in both science education and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the...
New book eyes Earth’s excavators, from microbes to elephants and dinosaurs
The ordinary person looks at Georgia’s Stone Mountain and sees a solid, unmovable monolith. Emory University paleontologist Anthony Martin, who...
GPR141 regulates breast cancer progression via oncogenic mediators and the p-mTOR/p53 axis
“This research uncovers GPR141 as a stimulator of breast tumorigenesis and metastasis, making it a candidate target for breast cancer...
Study may explain why high-sugar diets can worsen IBD
Excess sugar hampers cells that renew the colon’s lining in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to...
WVU researchers see need to strengthen mental health programs for first responders
Controlling traumatic situations is synonymous with the daily duties of first responders, yet many mental health programs to combat the...
Breaking through bacterial barriers in chronic treatment-resistant wounds
Chronic wounds are open sores or injured tissue that fail to heal properly. These types of wounds are notoriously challenging...
‘Lost’ immune cells partly to blame for reduced vaccine response in older people
Understanding the ways our immune response changes as we age holds the key to designing better vaccines and boosting protection...
Team led by NCKU researcher performs cosmological modeling to shed light on the nature of dark energy
In the late 20th century, the observation of a type one-A supernova led to the discovery of accelerating expansion of...
Corals mark friendly algae for ingestion—revealing possible conservation target
Baltimore, MD—New research led by Carnegie’s Yixian Zhen and Minjie Hu reveals how coral cells tag friendly algae before ingesting...
Uncovering new mechanisms for wheat rust resistance
Researchers have cloned the wheat rust resistance genes Lr9 and Sr43 and identified that they encode unusual kinase fusion proteins. Their research will enable...
ToCoTronics extended
Topological materials are intensively investigated in the world. This boom started at Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg, where the physics professor Laurens...
