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Study reveals genes associated with heavy drinking and alcoholism
Collaborative, Penn-led study finds unique genetic variants may inform future treatments for each alcohol disorder PHILADELPHIA - A large genomic...
Combine data to improve malaria tracking, say scientists
New studies suggest combining data around parasite genetics and human movement can improve malaria transmission mapping, and help with efforts...
Scientists capture live, atomic-level detail of nanoparticle formation
Credit: US Department of Energy Ames Laboratory Scientists at the Sensitive Instrument Facility of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames...
Parasitology: Exotic signaling mechanism in pathogens
The unicellular parasite that causes sleeping sickness differs from other eukaryotes in the mode of regulation of an essential cellular...
Three easy measures to predict metabolic syndrome in elderly
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 2, 2019--A new study found a surprisingly high rate of...
Optimizing proton beam therapy with mathematical models
New model improves our understanding of energy transfer in radiotherapy treatment plans by replacing 50-year-old parameters with more complex ones...
Prebiotic chemistry: Stable majorities
How could prebiotic information-bearing DNA sequences survive in the face of competition from a vast excess of shorter molecules with...
Researchers developing early detection, home monitoring tests for lupus nephritis
Transformative research empowering patients to monitor themselvesCredit: University of Houston With $5 million in grants from the National Institutes of...
European Geosciences Union meeting: ExoMars press conference, live streams, on-site registration
EGU 2019 media advisory 4 Next week (7-12 April), some 14,000 scientists will gather in Vienna for the 2019 General...
President Bruce Stillman wins prestigious Gairdner Award
Credit: ©Gina Motisi, 2018/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Dr. Bruce Stillman, President and CEO of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory...
Sun, moon and sea as part of a ‘seismic probe’
Tides and surf can be used for non-destructive analysis of subsurface; study highlighted by American Physical SocietyCredit: C. Sens-Schönfelder, GFZ...
App enables smallholder farmers to be community influencers and citizen scientists
The GeoFarmer app allows community workers and smallholders to easily collect and share information on climate-related agricultural interventions. Development agencies...
Can delayed/extended-release methylphenidate allow for once daily evening dosing in ADHD?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 2, 2019--A new three-part study showed that a delayed-release, extended-release...
Turbulences theory closer high-energy physics than previously thought
Many scientists have been disappointed that no new elementary particles have been discovered at CERN's Large Hadron Collider since the...
Should I stay or should I go?
Kyoto University sheds light on social drivers of animal dispersalCredit: Kyoto University/Andreia Martins Why would boys and girls choose different...
Brain imaging associated with change in management of patients with dementia, cognitive impairment
Bottom Line: Amyloid (abnormal protein) plaques in the brain are a feature of Alzheimer disease and imaging the brain with...
Understanding stock market returns: Which models fits best?
Understanding stock market returns hinges on understanding their volatility. Two simple but competing models have been dominant for decades: the...
New machine learning model describes dynamics of cell development
In order to address this problem, researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Massachusetts use pseudodynamics, a...
More children for the high educated: Broadband Internet creates a digital fertility divide
When broadband comes to town, flexible work is boosted and work-life balance improves for educated women, who can choose to...
Slight decline in hepatitis C diagnoses in Europe
European surveillance data for 2017 show high level of diagnosesCredit: ECDC European surveillance data show a 10% decrease in newly...
