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Clean and green synthesis of isothioureas made possible via electrochemical three-component reaction
In agriculture and medicine, isothiourea plays an important role as an important synthetic intermediate. As well as being potent inhibitors...
Theory of σ bond resonance in flat boron materials
Recently, two-dimensional (2D) boron sheets, namely borophenes, have drawn great interests of materials scientists because of their analogy to graphene....
CityU establishes the first UNESCO Regional Training and Research Centre on coastal contaminant monitoring in Hong Kong for the Western Pacific region
The State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP) of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) received approval from the UNESCO...
James Fast selected as Jefferson Lab EIC project manager
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and DOE’s Brookhaven National...
Sounds from nature: A soothing remedy for gambling addiction
Gambling addiction, also called “pathological gambling” and “gambling disorder (GD),” is known to have severe economic, social, mental, and physical...
Record ammonia production achieved with inexpensive cobalt catalyst at low temperatures
Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the world, with a production of over 187 million...
German researchers figure out how lager first developed in Bavaria
A new paper in FEMS Yeast Research, published by Oxford University Press, reveals the possible origin story of lager beers....
Effect of deferoxamine and ferrostatin-1 on salivary gland dysfunction in ovariectomized rats
“ this study is expected to be helpful in developing a treatment for postmenopausal dry mouth.”Credit: 2023 Cheon et al....
Roadmap to fair AI: revealing biases in AI models for medical imaging
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies are constantly finding new applications across several disciplines. Medicine is no exception, with...
Ingestible electroceutical capsule shows promise for treating gastrointestinal conditions
The non-invasive FLASH system, inspired by lizard skin, electronically stimulates key hunger hormoneCredit: Giancarlo Traverso (GT Reel Productions) The non-invasive...
Physical activity might help people with substance use disorders to reduce or cease their usage, with 75% of studies that evaluated it showing a relationship
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283861Credit: cottonbro studio, Pexels, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283861 Article Title: Characteristics and impact of physical activity interventions...
ERK activity is a molecular switch between tissue regeneration and scarring
Why do some animals regenerate lost tissues after injury while others don’t? Researchers from the lab of Kerstin Bartscherer (Osnabrück...
Links between pet ownership, stress, and loneliness during COVID-19 explored
A new analysis suggests that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, US dog and cat owners became closer to their pets, and...
Brain aging expert Ashley Webb, Ph.D. joins faculty at Buck Institute for Research on Aging
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging announces that Ashley Webb, PhD, will join its faculty as an associate professor...
Immune system sculpts rat brains during development
Researchers have established that biological sex plays a role in determining an individual’s risk of brain disorders. For example, boys...
One Health surveillance in Viet Nam highlights hotspots for viral disease emergence and calls for One Health action
HA NOI, Viet Nam (April 26, 2023) – A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) identified a...
Prehistoric poo reveals ‘waves’ of extinction in Colombia
Fungal spores found in dung have revealed that large animals went extinct in two “waves” in the Colombian Andes.Credit: J....
LincRNA paints a target on diseased tissues
Our genetic code includes over 15,000 specific sections that can be made into molecules called lincRNAs. Some of these sections...
From oral structure to molecular evidence: new insights into the evolutionary phylogeny of the ciliate order Sessilida (Protista, Ciliophora), with the establishment of two new families and new contributions to the poorly studied family Vaginicolidae
This study is led by Dr. Ying Yan (Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China). Ciliated protists...
Existing drugs prevent Alzheimer’s disease-related cognitive impairment in mice, new research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University shows
(Philadelphia, PA) – Changes in blood vessels in the brain linked to the build-up of a sticky protein known as...
