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Researchers awarded $2.85 million NIH grant to study new technique assessing cerebrospinal fluid in babies with hydrocephalus
A five-year, $2.85 million grant to use novel technology to study babies with hydrocephalus has been awarded to a team...
Airport malaria: Rare but with possible serious implications
Malaria is mainly a travel-associated infection in Belgium where between 2016 and 2019, 327 to 420 cases were reported annually...
New research harnesses the power of movement
Harvesting energy from the day-to-day movements of the human body and turning it into useful electrical energy, is the focus...
Study: Economic burden of PTSD `staggering’
A new study finds that the national economic burden of PTSD goes beyond direct health care expenses and exceeds the...
Meat consumption must fall by at least 75 percent
Every EU citizen consumes around 80 kilograms of meat per year. But every juicy steak, every delicious sausage has a...
First-of-its-kind study compares domestic violence programs, finds promising results
AMES, IA – A new study from Iowa State University found men convicted of domestic violence were charged with significantly...
An easier way to teach robots new skills
With e-commerce orders pouring in, a warehouse robot picks mugs off a shelf and places them into boxes for shipping....
Zircons (and the secrets they hold) are forever
Scientists have long understood that plate tectonics, the drift of separate, rigid plates that make up the Earth’s crust, formed...
These male spiders catapult at impressive speeds to flee their mates before they get eaten
After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with a female, they quickly launch themselves away, researchers report on...
An international consortium, led by IRB Barcelona and the biotechnology company Merus, reports the discovery of MCLA-158, the first clinical candidate screened in organoids targeting cancer stem cells of solid tumors
Barcelona, 25 April 2022- Scientists from an international consortium led by Dr. Eduard Batlle, head of the Colorectal Cancer laboratory...
A new era of mitochondrial genome editing has begun
Researchers from the Center for Genome Engineering within the Institute for Basic Science developed a new gene-editing platform called transcription...
Omicron prompted spike in COVID cases in pregnant women, but fewer hospitalizations
Women who were pregnant during the recent Omicron surge were diagnosed with COVID-19 at a much higher rate than during...
Scientists have discovered how bloodworms make their unique copper teeth
Bloodworms are known for their unusual fang-like jaws, which are made of protein, melanin, and concentrations of copper not found...
Hydrothermal catering
Hydrothermal vents in the deep sea are well-known oases of life. Many living creatures thrive there, benefiting from the nutrient-rich...
Can rude behavior mask sexism? UTD professor’s study says yes
Being rude to everyone can hide sexism, according to a recent analysis from a researcher at The University of Texas...
“I know this song!” Evolutionary keys to musical perception
How do we perceive music and sounds? This question is the basis of the research by the Language and Comparative...
New study examining women’s breast density knowledge suggests opportunities for improvement
LEBANON, NH – Breast density is one factor in assessing a person’s risk of developing breast cancer. Existing state breast...
How scientists summarized the progress of the cathode materials towards bromine-based flow batteries?
The increasingly severe energy crisis and environmental problems lead to the rapid development of renewable energies and their higher proportion...
2022 IVI-SK bioscience Park MahnHoon Award Ceremony honors Dr. Tore Godal, Profs. Drew Weissman & Katalin Karikó
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) hosted the 2022 Award Ceremony of the IVI-SK bioscience Park MahnHoon Award today, honoring Dr....
Where the mind is without fear: Scientists discover mechanism behind the chemically induced suppression of fearful memories
Tragic events like wars, famines, earthquakes, and accidents create fearful memories in our brain. These memories continue to haunt us...
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