#MedEd: How doctors use social media to advance medicine
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Neural network helps design brand new proteins
WASHINGTON, August 29, 2023 – With their intricate arrangements and dynamic functionalities, proteins perform a plethora of biological tasks by employing unique arrangements of simple...
Quantum discovery offers glimpse into other-worldly realm
The field of quantum physics is rife with paths leading to tantalising new areas of study, but one rabbit hole offers a unique vantage point...
Underdiagnosis of autism in children with fragile X syndrome reveals need for better education, early screening
Autism spectrum disorder is a much more prevalent co-occurring condition in individuals with fragile X than previously realized, according to new research. It is also...
Dead stars cast long shadows: WVU astronomer hunts for the glowing ghosts of supernovas
A West Virginia University astronomer is searching the Milky Way for debris left behind by supernovas, the violent explosions that occur when massive stars die.Credit:...
Scientists develop novel base editors
In a study published in Nature Biotechnology on Aug. 28, GAO Caixia's group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese...
Glenn Weaver to advance childhood obesity research with two new grants
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has awarded two R01 grants – totaling $5.7 million – to Glenn Weaver to further his efforts...
Quantum computing: Benchmarking performance by random data
With increasing size and complexity, quantum computers become a sort of black box. Using methods from mathematical physics, a team has now succeeded in deriving...
Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of early animal evolution
A team from the University of Leicester, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology and the Institute of Palaeontology at Yunnan University, Chengjiang Fossil Museum, and the...
Molecule reduces inflammation in Alzheimer’s models
Though drug developers have achieved some progress in treating Alzheimer’s disease with medicines that reduce amyloid-beta protein, other problems of the disease including inflammation, continue...
Enhanced chemical weathering: A solution to the climate crisis?
The Earth is getting hotter and consequences have been made manifest this summer around the world. Looking back in geological history, global warming events are...
Scientists continue to push the boundaries of imaging techniques and reveal the mysterious world of molecules
Scientists from the IOCB Prague, the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Palacký University Olomouc, have once again successfully uncovered the...
We’re more likely to break conservation rules when we see others doing it too
Seeing other people break rules can make us act out in ways that we wouldn’t on our own. Applying this psychological concept to fields like...
Wildfire, soil emissions increasing air pollution in remote forests
Satellite data from across California’s landscapes reveal an increase in nitrogen dioxide levels in remote forest areas, and wildfire and soil emissions are likely the...
Produce prescription programs yield positive health benefits for participants, study finds
Around the country, non-profits and local governments are testing the idea of food as medicine through “produce prescription programs”—with promising results, according to researchers from...
