Insights on disparities in dementia from the UK Biobank study
“The present study is among few to examine racial/ethnic disparities in dementia risk and their related pathways . It is the first to do so...
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Evolutionary secrets of ‘Old Tom’ and the killer whales of Eden revealed by genetic study
Evolutionary biologists have for the first time decoded the genetic lineage of a famous killer whale and a pod that once worked alongside whale hunters...
A step towards AI-based precision medicine
Artificial intelligence, AI, which finds patterns in complex biological data could eventually contribute to the development of individually tailored healthcare. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden,...
Absorption of light by molecules has applications in microscopy, medicine and data storage
Absorption spectroscopy is an analytical chemistry tool that can determine if a particular substance is present in a sample by measuring the intensity of the...
Novel biomaterial delivers medication directly to fish gut
A novel biomaterial developed at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil can help solve two problems at once. As a bioparticle, it...
Roundup ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic kidney disease
DURHAM, N.C. – For the past couple of decades, tens of thousands of people living in rural Sri Lanka have been devastated by kidney failure...
“farmer wants a wife” is more real than you think, a study finds
The main reason for an unbalanced sex ratio in most countries is gender-selective migration. Without sex-selective international migration, country-level sex ratios for young adults would...
Study clearly identifies nutrients as a driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Woods Hole, Mass. (Oct. 11, 2023) -- Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of types of organisms. However, the...
SwRI’s Dr. Nicholas Mueschke named AIAA Associate Fellow
SAN ANTONIO — October 11, 2023 —Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Nicholas Mueschke has been named an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and...
Cleaner air brings a wetter high mountain Asia
High Mountain Asia (HMA), encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalayan ranges, harbors the world's third-largest amount of glacial ice....
Doubling down on known protein families
Imagine researchers exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When it comes to microbial...
Cover crops reduce carbon loss in the soil of Mediterranean olive groves by more than 75%
Agricultural soils sustain life by producing food, but they also play an essential role in climate change, functioning as carbon sinks, storing large quantities of...
Journal honors pioneering scientist with new series
While scientific advances are made daily, foundational breakthroughs are rare and require exceptional researchers with unique points of view and questions, plus the necessary means...
Gene discoveries could help prevent deadly coronary artery disease
An international team of scientists has identified nearly a dozen genes that contribute to calcium buildup in our coronary arteries that can lead to life-threatening coronary...
Scientists raised key questions of solar wind–moon interaction
As the nearest celestial body to Earth, Moon’s space environment is distinctive to Earth’s mainly because of lack of a significant atmosphere/ionosphere and a global...
