How scientists are accelerating chemistry discoveries with automation
A new automated workflow developed by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has the potential to allow researchers to analyze the products of...
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Key to unlocking the secret of degenerative brain disorders found
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, along with stroke, are among the top three neurodegenerative disorders, characterized by the malfunction and progressive degeneration of neurons, the...
Stopping aspirin one month after coronary stenting procedures significantly reduces bleeding complications in heart attack patients
Withdrawing aspirin one month after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in high-risk heart patients and keeping them on ticagrelor alone safely improves outcomes and reduces major...
Successful “first in human” clinical trial of pioneering guidance for heart bypass surgery
A new approach to the guidance, planning and conduct of heart bypass surgery has been successfully tested on patients for the first time in a...
Inter-atrial shunts may benefit some heart failure patients while harming others
Inter-atrial shunts—investigational devices that create a small pathway for blood to pass from the left to the right side of the heart in order to...
A simple, inexpensive way to make carbon atoms bind together
LA JOLLA, CA—The active ingredient in many drugs is what’s known as a small molecule: bigger than water, much smaller than an antibody and mainly...
Dinosaur study challenges Bergmann’s rule
When you throw dinosaurs into the mix, sometimes you find that a rule simply isn’t.Credit: Art by James Havens When you throw dinosaurs into the...
Groundbreaking for new building named for former Sen. Roy Blunt held at Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center
A groundbreaking was held Friday, April 5, for the Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Laboratory at the University of Missouri’s Fisher Delta Research, Extension...
In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton — including the bones of the head, neck, back and ribs...
Human neuron model paves the way for new Alzheimer’s therapies
Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have developed an innovative human neuron model that robustly simulates the spread of tau protein aggregates in the brain—a process that...
nTIDE March 2024 Jobs Report: Despite recent declines, people with disabilities remain engaged in the labor market
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – April 5, 2024 – March job numbers showed minimal changes for people with disabilities, according to today’s...
Study: eDNA methods give a real-time look at coral reef health
Woods Hole, Mass– The human gut is full of microbes. Some microbes can make people sick, while others are responsible for balancing gut health. But...
Ocean waves propel PFAS back to land
A new study by researchers at the Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, published in Science Advances, reveals that PFAS re-emit into the air from...
Simulating magnetization in a Heisenberg quantum spin chain
The rapid progress of quantum simulators is now enabling them to study problems that before have been limited to the domain of theoretical physics and...
Utilizing palladium for addressing contact issues of buried oxide thin film transistors
A novel method that employs palladium to inject hydrogen into the deeply buried oxide-metal electrode contacts of amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) storage devices, which reduces...
