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New research examines links between religion and parental support from non-family members
Credit: University of Otago "Be fruitful and multiply" says the Bible, and worldwide religious people tend to have more children...
Science fiction becomes fact — Teleportation helps to create live musical performance
Credit: University of Plymouth Teleportation is most commonly the stuff of science fiction and, for many, would conjure up the...
Understanding the circadian clocks of individual cells
Two new studies suggest cellular rhythms are guided both by heritable and nonheritable componentsCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS -...
New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer
"Natural gene transfer" into a multicellular cyanobacterium: Phormidium lacuna lends itself to fun-damental research and biotechnical applicationsCredit: Photo: Amadeus Bramsiepe,...
Cause of abnormal groundwater rise after large earthquake
How a mountain aquifer affected the local hydrological environment after a large earthquakePrior to the earthquake, Kumamoto City area groundwater...
The COVID-19 Kidney / Transplant Listening & Resource Center
New call center to answer questions, educate, and support the dialysis and transplant community.Credit: Coral Von Zumwalt The Transplant Research...
Thermophones offer new route to radically simplify array design, research shows
Credit: David Tatnell Scientists have pioneered a new technique to produce arrays of sound produced entirely by heat. The team...
Fluorine enables separation-free ‘chiral chromatographic analysis’
Credit: ZHAO Yanchun Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a...
In the Arctic, spring snowmelt triggers fresh CO2 production
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world and snowmelt is speeding it up with rapid soil...
Global e-waste surging: Up 21% in 5 years
A record 53.6 million tons (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350 cruise ships the...
The protein that stands between us and autoimmunity
Researchers from Osaka University identify the proteins Tet2 and Tet3 as key regulators of B cell activity and autoimmunityCredit: Osaka...
Sleep apnea is a public health threat — Researchers developed android app to recognize it
Diagnosing sleep apnea is laborious and expensive, so easy-to-use methods for screening and long-term follow-up are neededCredit: Aalto University/ Matti...
How old is your dog in human years? Scientists develop better method than ‘multiply by 7’
By mapping molecular changes in the genome over time, UC San Diego researchers developed a formula to more accurately compare...
New platform gauges effects of plastic nanoparticles on human development and health
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Plastic pollution is a critical environmental issue facing the world today, yet the impact...
CNIO team develop a technology to improve effectiveness of stem cells in regenerative medicine
By introducing a molecule, microRNA 203, this new protocol enhances in vitro and in vivo the potential of stem cells...
Mini-‘Marsquakes’ measured by InSight lander show effects of sun and wind
Kyushu University research based on NASA InSight Martian lander seismometer data reveals different sources of different types and frequencies of...
American Cancer Society awards Research Scholar Grant to Brooke Emerling
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that the American...
New method reveals how the Parkinson’s disease protein damages cell membranes
Credit: Fredrik Höök/Chalmers University of Technology In sufferers of Parkinson's disease, clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as the 'Parkinson's...
Putting zinc on bread wheat leaves
Credit: Photo courtesy of Reza Keshavarz An estimated 17.3% of people worldwide are at risk of inadequate zinc intake; zinc...
Individuals physically distanced before state mandates, slowing COVID-19 spread
Association between mobility patterns and COVID-19 transmission in US: a mathematical modeling studyCredit: Johns Hopkins University Residents in all 25...
