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Membrane raft redox signaling contributes to visfatin-induced inflammation and kidney damage
“ the exact mechanism of how obesity increases the advancement of chronic kidney disease is still uncertain.”Credit: 2023 Koka et...
Pregnant women are missing vital nutrients needed for them and their babies – and situation could worsen with plant-based foods
Pregnant women are not getting the essential nutrients they and their babies need from modern diets say scientists, who have...
Why regional differences in global warming are critical
Scientists use climate models to simulate past climate, in order to determine how and why it has changed. As a...
Marshall School of Medicine dean recognized on 2023 Highly Cited Researchers List
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – David Gozal, M.D., M.B.A., Ph.D. (Hon), vice president of health affairs and dean of the Joan C....
WVU research helps power plants recycle water using wastewater from oil and gas mining
Simulations from West Virginia University researchers demonstrate their use of two kinds of industrial wastewater to decontaminate each other has...
ECNU review of education highlights network ethnography in researching global education policy
The word “mobility” conjures up images and ideas of the movement of people, capital, and things from one place to...
Harvesting water from air with solar power
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2023 – More than 2.2 billion people currently live in water-stressed countries, and the United Nations estimates...
Florida wildflowers and pollinators get a boost with two grants
The Daniels Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History was recently awarded two grants to help support pollinators in...
Novel mineral piezocatalysts offer innovative approaches for soil remediation
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) removal in the soil environment is of great significance for repairing the long-term damaged ecosystem. However, the...
Reliable research and evidence-based recommendations scarce for women who exercise according to menstrual cycle
Hamilton, ON, December 5, 2023 – There is no shortage of advice for women on what to eat, how to train, or...
New Alzheimer Europe publication highlights continuing inequalities in access to dementia care and treatment across Europe
Brussels, 5 December 2023 – In a report launched today at a lunch debate hosted by Deirdre Clune MEP (Ireland),...
Exposure to soft robots decreases human fears about working with them
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people’s anxiety about working with...
Wearable ultrasound monitor can aid rehabilitation from injury #Acoustics23
SYDNEY, Dec. 5, 2023 – Millions suffer from musculoskeletal injuries every year, and the recovery process can often be long...
Bird feeding may give humans something to chirp about
Ashley Dayer hopes to peck away at the notion that bird feeding is simply for the birds.Credit: Photo courtesy of...
American Eel as an emerging consumer target
Research led by Hiromi Shiraishi, researcher at Chuo University, indicated a steep rise in the importation of American Eel (Anguilla...
Powerful financial giants could play vital role in preventing the next pandemic
Many emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, especially zoonotic diseases such as ebola or new coronaviruses, emerge as the result of...
Wildfires have erased two decades’ worth of air quality gains in western United States
You need only to remember last summer’s wildfires in the United States and Canada, which fouled the air from coast...
A farsighted approach to tackle nearsightedness #Acoustics23
SYDNEY, Dec. 5, 2023 – Modern living may be contributing to an epidemic of nearsighted vision and related blindness. By...
ORNL engineer Karen White honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Karen White, who works in ORNL’s Neutron Science Directorate, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement...
Strange burn: new research identifies unique patterns in Utah wildfires
For a century fire ecologists have worked to decipher a complex question — what does a “normal'' wildfire year look...
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