The declining diet of Japan’s youth
Researchers from the University of Tokyo performed the first study to quantify highly processed food consumption and to investigate its association with diet quality among...
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New “smart bandages” hold potential for revolutionizing the treatment of chronic wounds
Chronic wounds, which include diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, pressure injuries, and other problems, are deadlier than many people realize. Patients with chronic wounds have a...
American diets have a long way to go to achieve health equity
Poor diet continues to take a toll on American adults. It’s a major risk factor for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers,...
To get images of this fast-acting brain protein, scientists had to slow it down
NEW YORK, NY--New groundbreaking images of one of the brain’s fastest-acting proteins are providing critical clues that may lead to the development of targeted therapies...
Scientists develop 3D printed vacuum system that aims to trap dark matter
Using a specially designed 3D printed vacuum system, scientists have developed a way to ‘trap’ dark matter with the aim of detecting domain walls, this...
Golden ball mills as green catalysts
Aldehydes are essential compounds in the chemical industry and are used in the manufacture of medications, vitamins, and fragrances. The selective oxidation of alcohols into...
Previously uncharacterized parasite uncovered in fish worldwide
Using genome reconstruction, scientists unveiled a once “invisible” fish parasite present in many marine fish world-wide that belongs to the apicomplexans, one of the most...
Research identifies possible new pathway to treatment of colorectal cancer
Research led by Irving Coy Allen in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has unlocked a pathway to possible future treatments for colorectal cancer in...
A new way to measure ageing and disease risk with the protein aggregation clock
-- JOINT PRESS RELEASE OF THE INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (IMB) AND JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY MAINZ --Credit: ill./©: Nike Heinss / JGU -- JOINT PRESS RELEASE OF...
Molecular sponge for the electronics of the future
Porous covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a class of highly ordered, porous materials consisting of organic molecules that are linked by covalent bonds to form...
Leading academics call for extending and reframing Sustainable Development Goals
A group of leading academics are calling for the UN Sustainable Development Goals to be extended past their 2030 target date and updated with consideration...
Repurposed drug may help stabilize vision in rare disease
Roughly 50 families scattered across the world share ultra-rare variants in a particular gene. Silent for years, the inherited mutations make themselves known when patients...
USTC proposes new constraints on exotic spin-spin-velocity-dependent interactions between electron spins
A research team led by academician DU Jiangfeng and Prof. RONG Xing from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of Chinese Academy of...
Custom-made molecules designed to be invisible while absorbing near-infrared light
Osaka, Japan – Getting a molecule to do what you want it to do is not always easy. As an example, an organic molecule will...
A million light years and still going
CLEVELAND—In a breakthrough discovery that challenges the conventional understanding of cosmology, scientists at Case Western Reserve University have unearthed new evidence that could reshape our...
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