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Study reveals 82 percent of the core ecological processes are now affected by climate change
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Most studies of global climate change attempt to predict what might happen to the...
Insilico Medicine launches a deep learned biomarker of aging, Aging.AI 2.0 for testing
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, November 14, 2016, Baltimore, MD - Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a company applying latest advances in...
Oxidative stress induces senescence in cultured RPE cell
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of worldwide blindness in the elderly. It is a bilateral ocular condition...
Long-term use of opioid patches common among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Approximately seven per cent of persons with Alzheimer's disease use strong pain medicines, opioids, for non-cancer pain for a period...
Endocrine cells in the brain influence the optimization of behavior
A person exposed to stress can usually rapidly adapt the own behavior to the specific situation. Biochemical messenger substances in...
Solid-phase extraction of ibuprofen from pharmaceuticals
Credit: Dr. Michal Klivický et al., Bentham Science Publishers The content of active ingredients in pharmaceuticals is mostly assessed by...
Enrollment completed for RE-DUAL PCI study of 2,700 atrial fibrillation patients
(WHITECOAT STRATEGIES, LLC) The Baim Institute announces that patient enrollment into the international Phase IIIb RE-DUAL PCI study is complete....
$1.8 million grant funds digestive disease research in El Paso
Credit: Photo by Brian Wancho EL PASO, Texas -- Co-principal investigators Richard McCallum, M.D., and Irene Sarosiek, M.D., have received...
Insect vector feeding recognized by machine learning
Credit: PROMark Yokoyama / Flickr (CCBY) Scientists have used machine learning algorithms to teach computers to recognize the insect feeding...
When fish come to school, kids get hooked on science
Credit: David Schmelick and Deirdre Hammer/JHU A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology...
Production of seedless fruits an underestimated tool for improving food security
Production of seedless fruits an under-estimated tool for improving food security, research shows The opportunity to produce bountiful levels of...
Meteorites reveal lasting drought on Mars
(University of Stirling) The lack of liquid water on the surface of Mars today has been demonstrated by new evidence...
Energy storage system of tomorrow tested for the first time in Lake Constance
After several years' research work, the StEnSea project (Stored Energy in the Sea) funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic...
‘Back to the Future’ inspires solar nanotech-powered clothing
Credit: UCF Marty McFly's self-lacing Nikes in Back to the Future Part II inspired a UCF scientist who has developed...
First observations of tongue deformation of plasma based upon the Artsimovich Prediction
Loading video... Credit: Katsumi Ida Aiming for the achievement of fusion energy, research on confining a high temperature, high density...
Green-screen keying method cuts time, boosts quality in film compositing
Filming an actor in front of a green screen and then superimposing the actor over another background is commonplace in...
America’s top reporters on aging chosen for fellowship program
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) have selected 16 distinguished reporters for the next cohort...
Plant’s POEM: ‘No need to fertilize, for increase in seed size’
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University, have made a key discovery that the contents in pollen...
First patient enrolled in the INNODIA European sample collection effort
Just one year after the Kick-off of INNODIA the IMI-supported European consortium has accomplished its first major milestone. INNODIA aims...
13-country precision trial looks at cardiovascular effects of anti-inflammatory drug use
WASHINGTON -- A 10-year trial involving osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis patients in 13 countries reveals new insights on the cardiovascular...
