Team develops smartphone app to enhance midwifery care in Tanzania
An international research team from Tanzania and Japan created a smartphone app and conducted a pilot study of how the app might be used to...
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Webb telescope detects universe’s most distant organic molecules
An international team of astronomers has detected complex organic molecules in the most distant galaxy to date using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.Credit: J. Spilker /...
Renowned sociologist and Black Voices Quintet set to dazzle at HDR UK’s Black Internship Programme Opening Ceremony 2023
Contact: Clare Leahy [email protected] 07748016062Credit: HDR UK Contact: Clare Leahy [email protected] 07748016062 Event registration for press: https://bit.ly/45rIQBr Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) is launching its Health Data Science Black Internship Programme for...
Sleep societies announce 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award recipient
DARIEN, IL – Sleep researcher Dayna A. Johnson is the recipient of the 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award from the Associated Professional Sleep...
Healthy vascular fat during menopause may stave off dementia later in life
The research, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, is further evidence that the menopause transition is a particularly important time for women and their...
A simple blood test can now diagnose De Vivo disease
Glut1 deficiency syndrome is a rare and disabling neurological disease still relatively unknown to the medical community. A mutation in the SLC2A1 gene in affected...
CRISPR/Cas9 reveals a key gene involved in the evolution of coral skeleton formation
Baltimore, MD—New work led by Carnegie’s Phillip Cleves uses cutting-edge CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools to reveal a gene that’s critical to stony corals’ ability to...
The other side of the story: How evolution impacts the environment
KINGSTON, R.I. — June 5, 2023 — The story of the peppered moths is a textbook evolutionary tale. As coal smoke darkened tree bark near...
Cure Mito Foundation launches resource on Leigh syndrome
McKinney, TX., June 5, 2023 - The Cure Mito Foundation, a parent-led organization dedicated to advancing research and treatments for Leigh syndrome, has launched the...
Direct air capture technology licensed to Knoxville-based Holocene
An innovative and sustainable chemistry developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory for capturing carbon dioxide from air has been licensed to Holocene,...
CAREER award benefits UH chemist’s research into brain cells and degenerative diseases
For years, researchers have sought answers to the causes of degenerative diseases affecting the brain such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Tai-Yen Chen, assistant professor...
Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study reveals
Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study revealsCredit: University of Sheffield Fungi...
UC San Diego Health recognized for leadership in environmental sustainability
In recognition for its achievement and innovation in health care sustainability efforts, UC San Diego Health has received multiple awards from Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s...
African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) Open Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop 2023
WHAT IS IT ABOUTCredit: AfricaBP Open Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics and Southern Africa workshop partners and sponsors WHAT IS IT ABOUT This five-day workshop...
Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer
As Earth’s climate continues to warm due to the emission of greenhouse gasses, extreme and anomalous weather events are becoming more common. But predicting and...
