Human Brain Project study offers insights into neuroreceptor organization
A key challenge in neuroscience is to understand how the brain can adapt to a changing world, even with a relatively static anatomy. The way...
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These long-necked reptiles were decapitated by their predators, fossil evidence confirms
In the age of dinosaurs, many marine reptiles had extremely long necks compared to reptiles today. While it was clearly a successful evolutionary strategy, paleontologists...
Extreme DNA resolution: Researchers slow down and scan multiple times individual DNA molecules
Aleksandra Radenovic, head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology in the School of Engineering, has worked for years to improve nanopore technology, which involves passing a molecule...
De facto decriminalization of drug possession reduces the overall arrest toll on the Black community, although racial disparities persist
Ann Arbor, June 19, 2023 – De facto decriminalization of drug possession may be a good first step in addressing the disproportionate impact of an...
ACQUIRE therapy framework shows results for intensive pediatric rehabilitation
Virginia Tech researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have demonstrated that children with a wide range of diagnoses that affect their motor...
New research shows HIV can lie dormant in the brain
As a part of its life cycle, the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) inserts a copy of its DNA into human immune cells. Some of these...
Wider search needed to improve outcomes for eosinophilic food allergy
The good news: a monoclonal antibody treatment called benralizumab proved quite effective in a clinical trial at depleting the number of eosinophils found in the...
Disorient the malaria parasite to prevent it from causing harm
With almost 250 million cases a year, 621,000 of them fatal, malaria remains a major public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is a parasitic...
Chemistry without detours: TUD researchers introduce a two-step process for producing phosphorus-containing chemicals
Phosphorus and its compounds are essential components of life and indispensable in our daily lives. In the human body, this element plays a crucial role...
Gases from bacteria and plankton affect the climate – new research center seeks to calculate by how much
We need to find out how much gasses plants, soil, fungi and bacteria emit into the atmosphere. The gases they release influence the planet’s climate,...
USTC develops catalyst synthesis strategy to optimize hydrogen production from water electrolysis
A team, led by Academician YU Shuhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), delivered...
Creating a sound basis for future healthcare in Europe
What could healthcare look like in 10, 20, or 30 years? What will be the future of healthcare? Will medical professionals make diagnoses with the...
New technologies reveal the impact of circular economy on threatened species such as the Egyptian vulture
If urban landfills disappear under the new European regulation, some endangered birds such as the Egyptian vulture will need alternatives to their feeding patterns in...
Study finds combustion from gas stoves can raise indoor levels of chemical linked to a higher risk of blood cell cancers
A chemical linked to a higher risk of leukemia and other blood cell cancers creeps into millions of homes whenever residents light their gas stoves....
Rice University chemist leverages heterogeneity for insight into catalysis, cancer initiation
HOUSTON – (June 16, 2023) – Rice University chemist Anatoly Kolomeisky has won an award from the National Science Foundation to investigate how heterogeneity affects chemical and...
