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Wisdom and warfare – Athena sets sail at NPS to solve fleet operational problems
Following years of discussion, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is launching an ambitious initiative that will help keep NPS, and...
New recommendations aim to ease patient access to lung cancer clinical trials
A clinical trial is only as powerful as its participants. For years, researchers have struggled to fill clinical trials and...
nTIDE July 2022 Jobs Report: Employment remains high for people with disabilities despite July dip
East Hanover, NJ – August 5, 2022 – Employment remained high in July for people with disabilities, despite a dip...
Immune boosting benefits of tuberculosis vaccine seen in infants more than a year after vaccination
The immune boosting benefits of a tuberculosis vaccine can be seen in infants more than one year after vaccination, according...
Extending the shelf life of vaccines
Nearly half of all vaccines go to waste. This is due to the logistical obstacles involved in transporting them to...
Reinvigorating ‘lost cause’ exhausted T cells could improve cancer immunotherapy
During a battle with cancer, T cells can become exhausted and are no longer able to function properly. The early...
New at-home, saliva-based COVID test as effective as PCR in preliminary analysis
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — PCR tests, also called molecular tests or nucleic acid tests, are considered the gold standard in...
New research on the emergence of the first complex cells challenges orthodoxy
In the beginning, there was boredom. Following the emergence of cellular life on earth, some 3.5 billion years ago, simple...
New study explores cell receptor crucial for cardiovascular health
Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of death around the world. A primary contributor to these afflictions is high blood...
Study that investigated whether three smoking cessation drugs could reduce alcohol intake yields unexpected finding
A clinical trial to test whether three proven smoking cessation treatments could also reduce alcohol intake found no differences between...
HKUMed reveals the mechanism of how coronaviruses exploit the host antiviral defense mechanisms for efficient replication
Researchers from Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong...
When a task adds more steps, this circuit helps you notice
Life is full of processes to learn and then relearn when they become more elaborate. One day you log in...
No trace of dark matter halos
Dwarf galaxies are small, faint galaxies that can usually be found in galaxy clusters or near larger galaxies. Because of...
Exploring arcobacter risk to the food industry and human health
The increase in the discovery of Arcobacter in food samples of all types raises public health concerns, as very little...
How bat brains listen out for incoming signals during echolocation
Bats famously have an ultrasonic navigation system: they use their extremely sensitive hearing to orient themselves by emitting ultrasonic sounds...
Fancy a side of 3D printed carrots and crickets with your meal?
As the global population continues to age and grow, the demand for protein-rich food is also expected to increase concurrently....
A new biosynthesis method has been developed to produce antibiotics from natural substances
Active drug agents have been chemically modified with fluorine for decades, owing to its numerous therapeutic effects: Fluorine can strengthen...
Children’s headaches and mental health worsened during pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (August 5, 2022) Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many pediatric patients who suffer from headaches...
A brain mechanism underlying the evolution of anxiety
Monoamine neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine play important roles in our cognitive and emotional functions. Their evolutionary origins date...
B vitamins can potentially be used to treat advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Duke-NUS
SINGAPORE, 5 August 2022 – Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have uncovered a mechanism that leads to an advanced...
