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Scripps, UCLA chemists achieve “molecular editing” feat
LA JOLLA, CA—Chemists from Scripps Research and the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed methods for the precise, flexible...
New model can predict best drug combinations for osteoporosis
The model, described today in eLife, may help improve outcomes for patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis and reduce the risks of...
Ultrasound could save racehorses from bucked shins
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2022 – When racehorses enter training at about 2 years old, they can develop tiny stress fractures...
Human-machine interfaces work underwater, generate their own power
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2022 – Wearable human-machine interface devices, HMIs, can be used to control machines, computers, music players, and...
Study finds genetic method for identifying hundreds of disease agents ‘promising’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using public domain images. Salmonella image courtesy of the...
UNH awarded $2.8 million to develop robots to care for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia
DURHAM, N.H.—Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will receive a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institutes...
New online resource can help users ‘bee’ friendly when it comes to planting for pollinators
An online database developed at the University of Sussex which documents pollinator-plant interactions, could help the public understand how to...
New drug screening tool to fight the next pandemic
Following two years of severe restrictions, everyone is eager to be done with the coronavirus pandemic. It’s tempting to think...
The speed at which spinosaurid dinosaur teeth were replaced accounts for their overabundance in Cretaceous sites
This has been confirmed in the article 'New contributions to the skull anatomy of spinosaurid theropods: Baryonychinae maxilla from the...
A mutated eye offers a glimpse of a key protein for preventing cancer
Around 15 years ago, a group of researchers discovered mutant zebrafish. The eyes of these zebrafish did not develop correctly,...
Japan-Africa Science Innovation Week on the occasion of the TICAD VIII
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) will host two online side events for the research cooperation between Japan and...
Scientists issue plan for rewilding the American West
As the effects of climate change mount, ecosystem restoration in the US West has garnered significant public attention, bolstered by...
Most older adults ready to roll up sleeves this fall for updated COVID-19 boosters
Within weeks, updated COVID-19 vaccines could become available across the United States, offering protection against new variants of coronavirus that...
Vancouver researchers suggest air pollution be included as risk factor for patients with lung cancer and have never smoked
(Vienna—August 9, 2022, 10:10 a.m. CEST)-- Researchers from Vancouver, British Columbia examine the effect of duration of past exposure to...
Future medical applications in drug design
Morphogens are molecules that travel from biological cell to cell to pattern tissues in the embryo. These molecules are important...
Robot helps reveal how ants pass on knowledge
Scientists have developed a small robot to understand how ants teach one another.Credit: Norasmah Basari and Nigel R Franks Scientists...
The walk of Japanese children develops differently from children in other countries
Researchers have discovered that the manner of walking, or gait, of Japanese children develops differently from that of children in...
Aldosterone linked to increased risk of chronic kidney disease progression and end-stage kidney disease
A steroid hormone called aldosterone is linked to an increased risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease...
Artificial intelligence tools predict DNA’s regulatory role and 3D structure
Newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) programs accurately predicted the role of DNA’s regulatory elements and three-dimensional (3D) structure based solely...
In simulation of how water freezes, artificial intelligence breaks the ice
A team based at Princeton University has accurately simulated the initial steps of ice formation by applying artificial intelligence (AI)...
