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Data from elephant seals reveal new features of marine heatwave ‘the Blob’
The North Pacific Blob, a marine heatwave that began in late 2013 and continued through 2015, was the largest and...
Researchers discover sophisticated mechanism that bacteria use to resist antibiotics
Researchers have discovered a significant and previously unknown mechanism that many bacteria use to resist antibiotics.Credit: McMaster University Researchers have...
Sprint then stop? Brain is wired for the math to make it happen
Your new apartment is just a couple of blocks down the street from the bus stop but today you are...
Study: Novel drug promotes nervous system repair in animal models of stroke
A new groundbreaking study from the University of Cincinnati shows promise that a new drug may help repair damage caused...
Organoid production breakthrough to help accelerate disease and drug development research
As the idea of growing tiny human organs in lab dishes has moved in recent years from futuristic science fiction...
High-tech imaging reveals details about rare eye disorder
Credit: Johnny Tam, National Eye Institute Method of Research Observational study Subject of Research People Article Title Photoreceptor and retinal...
Online chair yoga viable exercise for isolated older adults with dementia
Dementia doesn’t just involve cognitive decline, it also involves deteriorating physical function. This major cause of limitation in activities of...
Two studies look at female athletes’ mental, physical resilience
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Two new studies will examine female athletes’ mental and physical resilience via two newly funded grants,...
Dr. Jedd Wolchok appointed Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine
NEW YORK (July 28, 2022)—Dr. Jedd Wolchok, an internationally acclaimed medical oncologist whose innovations in immunotherapy have revolutionized melanoma treatment,...
Teaching an old drug new tricks
To treat some of the psychosis issues associated with Parkinson’s disease, physicians often prescribe pimavanserin, an antipsychotic drug that acts within...
COVID-19: New energy for flagging immune cells
When we fall ill, we often lose our appetite. This also has an effect on our metabolism: since it is...
Advanced MRI benefits patients with heart stiffening disease
An advanced form of cardiac MRI, developed by academics at UCL in collaboration with the Royal Free Hospital, has for...
Cell by cell, scientists are building a high-resolution map of brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease
If you compare the brain of someone who has died from neurodegenerative disease to that of a healthy person, you...
City life or farm life? When elephants adapt to different human development
The movement of elephants through wildlife corridors is directly impacted by differing forms of human pressures and development, new research...
AI performs as well as medical specialists in analyzing lung disease
A Nagoya University research group has developed an AI algorithm that accurately and quickly diagnoses idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung...
COVID vaccine patch fights variants better than needles
A needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as Omicron and Delta, than a traditional needle vaccine according...
Magnetic quantum material broadens platform for probing next-gen information technologies
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering to determine whether a specific material’s atomic...
What bats can teach us about stopping the next pandemic
Why are bats often linked to incubating coronaviruses such as those behind COVID-19, SARS and other highly contagious respiratory diseases? A...
UNC research reveals role of genetic variants on psychedelics’ therapeutic effects
CHAPEL HILL, NC – When all else fails, some patients trying to overcome alcoholism, severe depression or anxiety, and even...
Lactating mice pass along common antimicrobial to pups, initiating liver damage
In mouse studies, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that lactating mothers expose their feeding...
