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April 20, 2026

Smoking significantly increases the risk of depression

Most of us know that smoking is unhealthy. Credit: Mateo Avila Chinchilla Most of us know that smoking is unhealthy. Cigarette...

Inequities in cardiovascular care may put older women with atrial fibrillation at higher risk of stroke

Inequities in cardiovascular care are putting older female’s heart health at risk

Toronto, ON, August 30, 2023 – Higher stroke risk among females with atrial fibrillation may be related to sex-based disparities...

Artistic depiction of machine learning analysis of chemical mixture ratios

Surpassing the human eye: machine learning image analysis rapidly determines chemical mixture composition

Machine learning model provides quick method for determining the composition of solid chemical mixtures using only photographs of the sample.Credit:...

Boosting neuroscience training to help children flourish

Professionals working with children and young people will be offered training in brain science in an Australia-first initiative between The University...

Gestational weight gain increased in Louisiana during the pandemic

Louisiana women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic were 3 to 7 percent more likely to exceed the recommended...

Presenting non-traditional symptoms, women suffer worse heart disease outcomes than men

Media Contacts:Credit: UMass Lowell Media Contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations ...

Liver-targeting drug reverses obesity, lowers cholesterol in mice

A University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer has used a nanogel-based carrier designed in his lab to deliver a drug...

UC Davis MIND Institute Director Leonard Abbeduto, distinguished professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

MIND Institute director calls for new approach to equity in autism, fragile X research

UC Davis MIND Institute Director Leonard Abbeduto is calling for a major shift in the way research into autism and...

Magnesium deficiency is detrimental to plants

The importance of magnesium in plants and animals has long been known, but the details of its uptake and transport...

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Hemp helps to heal

A few days ago, the federal government took the controversial decision to make the acquisition and possession of small amounts...

Yeast studies show that diet in early life matters for lifelong health

Researchers at the Babraham Institute are proposing an alternative link between diet and ageing based on studies in yeast. Dr...

The novel bacteria, which the team proposes to name Poriferisphaera hetertotrophicis, observed using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Abbreviations: CM, outer membrane; Pi, cytoplasm; R, ribosome; N, nucleoid; ICM, cytoplasmic membrane; Py, peripla

New species of marine bacteria isolated from a deep-sea cold seep

Researchers have isolated a new strain of marine bacteria with unique characteristics from the ocean seabed. Credit: Rikuan Zheng Researchers have...

MU study shows how brucellosis — which can jump from animals to humans — impacts the brain

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Brucellosis is a disease, caused by the members of bacterial Brucella family, that mainly infects cattle, goats...

Sensors harnessing light give hope in rehabilitation

Recently, a Korean company donated a wearable robot, designed to aid patients with limited mobility during their rehabilitation, to a...

Study identifies geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette, firearm deaths in the US over two decades

Smoking and firearms are among the leading causes of avoidable premature death in the United States. In 2021, 480,000 deaths...

From lab to market: A look at graphene’s societal impact

For ten years, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has coordinated the EU's largest research project ever – the Graphene Flagship...

Ferrocene-Based Capsule with Unusual Charge-Transfer Interactions

A first for ferrocene: Organometallic capsule with unusual charge-transfer interactions

Ferrocene is an emergent organic-metal hybrid compound, and its accidental discovery has led to the rapid development of organometallic chemistry....

Methylcyclohexane dehydrogenation using solid oxide fuel cells for generating electricity

Direct power generation from methylcyclohexane using solid oxide fuel cells

Methylcyclohexane (MCH), a type of organic hydride, is expected to be an excellent hydrogen carrier because it remains liquid at...

John Ayers of the Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego

#MedEd: How doctors use social media to advance medicine

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 11:00 A.M. EDT ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2023Credit: Courtesy of the Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego....

Neural network helps design brand new proteins