Center for BrainHealth publishes new model to predict improvement in brain health
As part of its ongoing quest to advance better brain health and performance, new research led by Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas...
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New study uses genetic data to support use of thiazide diuretics for kidney stone prevention
Kidney stones affect nearly 10% of the global population. For more than three decades, thiazide diuretics, a common medication used for high blood pressure, have...
Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
Researchers at Tufts University and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have created tiny biological robots that they call Anthrobots from human tracheal cells that can move...
Early rhythm control, lifestyle modification and more tailored stroke risk assessment are top goals in managing atrial fibrillation
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), along with several other leading medical associations, have issued a new guideline for...
EU/EEA: HIV diagnoses rise for the first time in a decade
Across the 30 countries of the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), 22,995 new HIV diagnoses were reported in 2022. Almost every second new...
George Demetri, MD, of Dana-Farber earns Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine from Stanford University School of Medicine
Boston – George Demetri, MD, director of the Sarcoma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is being awarded the prestigious J.E. Wallace Sterling Lifetime Achievement Award...
Scarborough researchers discover the waxy surface protecting plants might hold the key to developing stronger crops
A team of U of T Scarborough researchers have discovered that the waxy protective barrier around plants might play a role in sending chemical signals...
Straining memory leads to new computing possibilities
By strategically straining materials that are as thin as a single layer of atoms, University of Rochester scientists have developed a new form of computing memory that...
Rare ant species rediscovered in North Carolina trees
There’s a species of ant that is so rare, only a handful of records exist from across the entire eastern United States. North Carolina State...
Odette Tomescu-Hatto appointed Institut Pasteur Executive Vice-President, International Affairs
Dr. Odette Tomescu-Hatto has been appointed Executive Vice-President, International Affairs at the Institut Pasteur, with effect from January 2024.Credit: © Institut Pasteur – François Gardy...
ROP signaling: Origin at dawn of multicellular plant life
Plants regulate their development with a distinct group of molecular players. ROP proteins, a group of plant-specific proteins, are known to control plant tissue formation....
Early body contact develops premature babies’ social skills
Skin-to-skin contact between parent and infant during the first hours after a very premature birth helps develop the child's social skills. This is according to...
Researchers show an old law still holds for quirky quantum materials
Long before researchers discovered the electron and its role in generating electrical current, they knew about electricity and were exploring its potential. One thing they...
Researchers profile pollutants present in an important river basin in São Paulo state, Brazil
The Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí (PCJ) River Basin comprises 76 municipalities in São Paulo state, Brazil, with more than 5.8 million inhabitants and a drainage...
Dishing the dirt on human evolution: Why scientific techniques matter in archaeology
Scientists should seek answers hidden in the dirt using proven and state-of-the-art archaeological science techniques to support new discoveries about human evolution following recent controversies...
