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Deadline for climate action
(European Geosciences Union) If governments don't act decisively by 2035 to fight climate change, humanity could cross a point of...
Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants
Berkeley -- University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created a new way to remove contaminants from storm water, potentially addressing...
New method for hydroboration of alkynes: Radicals induce unusual selectivity
Credit: Kanazawa University Organoboron compounds have been widely used to create new organic molecules since Prof. Suzuki, a 2010 Nobel...
Selling access to human specimens: Survey reveals public attitudes
The almost 5 million people who paid to get their DNA analyzed by the company 23andMe recently found out that...
Model can more naturally detect depression in conversations
To diagnose depression, clinicians interview patients, asking specific questions -- about, say, past mental illnesses, lifestyle, and mood -- and...
Insilico to present on human aging biomarker development at the BSRA Scientific Meeting
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, the 30th of September, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the...
Guiding flight: The fruit fly’s celestial compass
Credit: Dickinson laboratory What do ancient seafaring explorers and fruit flies have in common? Caltech researchers have discovered that, similar...
How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of providing support to others
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental...
Heteractis magnifica sea anemones can help fight the Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Neville Wootton Heteractis magnifica sea anemones contain neuroprotective peptides that slow down the inflammation process and the deterioration of...
Whitlatch earns GSA’s 2018 M. Powell Lawton Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Presence of new or worsened bedsores tied to poorer outcomes in inpatient rehab facilities
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new study from the University at Buffalo has shown that the presence...
Study provides an early recipe for rewiring spinal cords
Credit: Sofroniew lab For many years, researchers have thought that the scar that forms after a spinal cord injury actively...
Infurna earns GSA’s 2018 Baltes Foundation Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
A master switch controls aggressive breast cancer
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 30, 2018) A team at the Salk Institute has identified a master switch that appears...
Stigmatizing views and myths about psoriasis are pervasive in the United States
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The stigma associated with the autoimmune disease psoriasis may lead people to avoid patients who...
Whitfield earns GSA’s 2018 Robert W. Kleemeier Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
African armed conflict kills more children indirectly than in actual fighting, study finds
More children die from the indirect impact of armed conflicts in Africa than by weapons used in those conflicts, according...
Obstructive sleep apnea linked with higher risk of gout
New research reveals that people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a higher risk of developing gout, even beyond the...
Lipsitz earns GSA’s 2018 Donald P. Kent Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
HPTN 074 demonstrates significant benefits among people living with HIV who inject drugs
DURHAM, NC - Investigators from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) today announced The Lancet has published key results from...
