Diverse landscapes help insects cope with heat stress
Leipzig/Jena/Bad Lauchstädt. Global warming is affecting terrestrial insects in multiple ways. In response to increasingly frequent heat extremes, they have to either reduce their activity...
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Hanging on for dear life
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify a novel mechanism by which cells adhere more strongly to their surrounding matrix in response to...
New chemistry can extract virgin-grade materials from wind turbine blades in one process
The new chemical process is not limited to wind turbine blades but works on many different so-called fibre-reinforced epoxy composites, including some materials that are...
Water pollution complaints decline during COVID 19 outbreak
The written word is said to reflect one’s emotions and attitude. By analyzing text, we can make educated guesses about an author's feelings. People who...
Speaking a tonal language could boost your melodic ability, but at the cost of rhythm
Your native language could impact your musical ability. A global study that compared the melodic and rhythmic abilities of almost half a million people speaking...
Alarming rates of teen suicide continue to increase in the US
In the United States suicide has become the second leading cause of premature death among those ages 10 to 24; it is the leading cause...
The hidden power of Japanese food ― inhibiting the development of liver fibrosis
Japanese food is popular worldwide and has been registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. There is a scoring system named “the 12-component modified Japanese...
Characterization of the HDAC/PI3K inhibitor CUDC-907 as a novel senolytic
“The mechanisms of induction of senescent cell death by CUDC-907 remain to be fully elucidated.”Credit: 2023 Al-Mansour et al. “The mechanisms of induction of senescent...
BioOne presents 2023 BioOne Ambassador Award to five early career scientists
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25, 2023 – BioOne proudly announces the 2023 recipients of the BioOne Ambassador Award. Now in its sixth year, this prestigious award recognizes...
New iPad app lets doctors assess components of cognition in five minutes or less
CHICAGO --- An iPad app developed at Northwestern Medicine that helps measure specific aspects of cognitive, motor, sensory and emotional function in five minutes or less is now available for...
Relatives discovered: Membrane proteins of cyanobacteria and higher organisms are structurally highly similar
-- JOINT PRESS RELEASE OF FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH AND JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY MAINZ --Credit: ill./©: Lucas Gewehr, Dirk Schneider -- JOINT PRESS RELEASE OF FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH AND JOHANNES...
Study identifies a new building block in the navigation system of fish; boundary vector cells in central telencephalon of goldfish enable unique encoding of position, documented here for the first time in the largest group of vertebrates
Study identifies a new building block in the navigation system of fish; boundary vector cells in central telencephalon of goldfish enable unique encoding of position,...
A simple paper test could offer early cancer diagnosis
CAMBRIDGE, MA — MIT engineers have designed a new nanoparticle sensor that could enable early diagnosis of cancer with a simple urine test. The sensors, which can detect...
Say ‘ahhh’: This ecofriendly tongue depressor checks vitals
Doctors often use tongue depressors when peering in a patient’s mouth and throat. But what if that flat wooden spatula could actively evaluate the patient’s...
UNC Charlotte faculty member receives NASA Exobiology grant
For the first time in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s nearly 80-year history, a faculty member has won a NASA Exobiology grant. Assistant...
