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Researchers uncover gene that regulates fat accumulation and obesity
As obesity continues to be the leading cause of deaths world-wide, researchers are working to understand what role genetics play...
StataCorp LLC and Code Ocean partner to accelerate reproducible research with code
StataCorp and Code Ocean announce a partnership enabling researchers to share Stata software code on Code Ocean, a computational reproducibility...
Magnetic pumping pushes plasma particles to high energies
PORTLAND, Ore.--As you walk away from a campfire on a cool autumn night, you quickly feel colder. The same thing...
Peak performance: new stellarator experiments show promising results
Credit: (Image credit - Bernhard Ludewig, Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics) PORTLAND, Ore.--Imagine building a machine so advanced and...
New epilepsy warning device could save thousands of lives
Credit: LivAssured A new high-tech bracelet, developed by scientists from the Netherlands detects 85 percent of all severe night-time epilepsy...
A step closer of making the modern digital world to extend human healthspan
Credit: Estonian Research Council/Reimo Rehkli The research group of Thomas Johann Seebeck Department of Electronics of Tallinn University of Technology...
Recreating the sound of the Islamic past of the Mosque of Cordoba
Credit: University of Seville How did words or the rain sound inside the Mosque of Cordoba in the time of...
Scientists propose panel to guide gene-editing decisions regarding conservation
An Oregon State University environmental ethicist and scientists from nine other universities say an international oversight panel is needed to...
Saber-toothed cats with oral injuries ate softer foods
Credit: (Copyright, Larisa DeSantis, free to use.) Saber-toothed cats with oral injuries ate softer foods than their uninjured counterparts, who...
Breakthrough for treatment of fibrotic diseases
Scientists have discovered a drug combination that could halt the progression of fibrosis - a condition believed to be responsible...
Is foraging behaviour regulated the same way in humans and worms?
Credit: A. Bergs, A. Gottschalk. Finding food and staying at a food source are crucial survival strategies in the animal...
Air pollution linked to autism: study
The study of children in Shanghai, from birth to three years, found that exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) from vehicle...
The reasons for hemispheric dominance in the brain
The left and the right hemispheres specialise in different tasks. However, it has not yet been fully understood how one...
Arima Genomics completes early access program and launches the Arima-HiC platform
Credit: Arima Genomics, Inc. SAN DIEGO-- Arima Genomics, Inc., a biotechnology company empowering researchers to apply long-range genetic sequence and...
New NYU Abu Dhabi research suggests corals produce molecules that can help resist disease
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Alexandray Mystikou and Prof. Shady Amin. Fast facts: Recent research shows that corals' resistance to disease...
New material cleans and splits water
Credit: Alina-Stavroula Kampouri/EPFL Some of the most useful and versatile materials today are the metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are a...
Among college students, mental health diagnosis and treatment are up, stigma is down
Washington, D.C. -- Mental health diagnoses and treatment of college students increased substantially between 2007 and 2017. More than one-third...
Ohio University study aims to help military regain full strength
ATHENS, Ohio (Nov. 5, 2018) - A study proposed to better help military personnel fully recovery from knee injuries has...
Resiliency in NICU parents may be linked to lower depression and anxiety
Credit: Children's National Health System ORLANDO, Fla.-(Nov. 5, 2018)-Parents of vulnerable newborns in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) who feel...
Tethered antibodies present a potential new approach to prevent influenza virus infections
LA JOLLA, CA - Nov. 5, 2018 - As co-leaders of an international collaboration, scientists at Scripps Research have discovered...
