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Behavioral disorders in kids with autism linked to reduced brain connectivity
More than a quarter of children with autism spectrum disorder are also diagnosed with disruptive behavior disorders. For the first...
New book traces expeditions to test Einstein’s theory of relativity
University of Arkansas physics professor Daniel Kennefick writes about the 1919 eclipse, which provided the data to confirm the revolutionary...
In distinguished company
Four UC Santa Barbara professors join the 2019 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences UC Santa Barbara...
Research provides important insight on the brain-body connection
A U of A study finds a surprising division of labor among motor cortex neurons, which could lead to insight...
Can science writing be automated?
A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The work of a science...
Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center announces $200K Challenge winners
Pitch contest showcases cutting-edge products, technologies from around the world BOSTON -- Entrepreneurs developing new technologies to treat blood clots,...
Asian nations in early tobacco epidemic: study
Credit: Photo by Susan Urmy Asian countries are in the early stages of a tobacco smoking epidemic with habits mirroring...
A mother lode of protection
Maternal vaccine effectively protects against HSV-1, HSV-2 in mouse offspring Between 60 and 95 percent of adults worldwide are infected...
New variety of zebra chip disease threatens potato production in southwestern Oregon
Credit: K. D. Swisher Grimm and S. F. Garczynski St. Paul, MN (April 2019)--Named after the dark stripes that form...
Project Sidewalk helps users map accessibility around Seattle and other cities
Credit: University of Washington About 3.6 million adults in the United States use a wheelchair to get around, according to...
New book on next-generation sequencing in medicine from CSHL Press
Credit: Artwork credited to vector artist whiteMocca and reprinted with permission from Shutterstock (ID: 663251594). Cold Spring Harbor, NY --...
New immune pathway involved in resistance to parasite worms found in undercooked pork
Credit: John Worthington Scientists from Lancaster University in the UK have discovered that immune responses originally found to prevent fungal...
How the hepatitis B virus establishes persistent infection
Credit: Yang F, Yu X, Zhou C, Mao R, Zhu M, Zhu H, et al. (2019) New research sheds light...
Data mining digs up hidden clues to major California earthquake triggers
Comprehensive new earthquake catalog includes 10 times more quakes than previously identified, with a more detailed picture of stresses and...
Preliminary study suggests mercury not a risk in dog foods
Study looked at methylmercury levels in 24 dog diets Researchers at the University of California, Davis, recently investigated levels of...
Scientists identify almost 2 million previously ‘hidden’ earthquakes
A closer look at seismic data from 2008-17 expands Southern California's earthquake catalog by a factor of 10Credit: Caltech Pouring...
Fish under threat release chemicals to warn others of danger
Credit: Katherine Fedoroff. Fish warn each other about danger by releasing chemicals into the water as a signal, research by...
Mount Sinai researchers discover that diabetes drug may reverse heart failure
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have demonstrated that the recently developed antidiabetic drug empagliflozin can...
Giant tortoises migrate unpredictably in the face of climate change
Unlike many migratory species, Galapagos giant tortoises do not use current environmental conditions to time their seasonal migrationCredit: Photo courtesy...
General anesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out
After 170 years, nobody was quite sure where anesthesia worked on the brainCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The discovery...
