Purdue researchers explore non-invasive method for sampling drug response
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Harnessing a pervasive type of cellular messenger shows early experimental promise as a routine way of sampling and monitoring the body’s...
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Restoration of degraded areas in semi-arid region contributes to ‘return’ of soil microorganisms, study shows
Strategies deployed for the restoration of degraded land have had promising results in Brazil’s semi-arid region, improving the microbial properties of the soil and contributing...
Microalgae with unusual cell biology
What are the molecular processes in a unicellular marine algae species that can cause harmful algal blooms? A research team led by microbiologist Prof. Dr....
Fossil named “Attenborough’s strange bird” was the first in its kind without teeth
No birds alive today have teeth. But that wasn’t always the case-- many early fossil birds had beaks full of sharp, tiny teeth. In a...
Vaginal ring and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis found safe for HIV prevention throughout pregnancy
WHAT: The monthly dapivirine vaginal ring and daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine were each found to be safe for...
A call for standardization of controls in lifespan studies
“ we posit that the majority of results in biology of aging may be irrelevant to the fundamental aim of this field and must be...
Rice’s Wiess School launches Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences
The Wiess School of Natural Sciences at Rice University has launched the Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences to improve the capture, analysis and interpretation of...
Michelson Medical Research Foundation and Human Immunome Project announce 2023 Michelson Prize Laureates
Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) and Human Immunome Project (HIP) have awarded Dr. Siyuan Ding (Washington University in St. Louis), Dr. Claire Otero (Weill Cornell...
Rice’s Nai-Hui Chia wins NSF CAREER Award
HOUSTON – (March 5, 2024) – Nai-Hui Chia, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to...
Researchers show that menopause does not always impact mental health
A new review paper from authors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and collaborators concludes that menopause does not uniformly elevate the risk of depression and...
Painting a molecular portrait of the brain with mass spectrometry and deep learning
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology researchers Jonathan Sweedler, a professor of chemistry, and Fan Lam, a professor of bioengineering, outlined how spatial omics technologies can...
Semaglutide reduces severity of common liver disease in people with HIV
WHAT: A weekly injection of semaglutide was safe and reduced the amount of fat in the liver by 31% in people with HIV and metabolic...
Prestigious 2024 Brain Prize awarded to Hebrew University’s Prof. Haim Sompolinsky by Lundbeck Foundation
Prof. Haim Sompolinsky of the Hebrew University and Harvard University has been awarded the Brain Prize for 2024, the largest and most prestigious international prize...
Research suggests new tool-making timeline for East Asian hominins
A new study from the Nihewan basin of China has revealed that hominins who possessed advanced knapping abilities equivalent to Mode 2 technological features occupied...
Scientists train a bank of AI models to identify patterns of brain activity that signal memory formation
The study of brain oscillations has advanced our understanding of brain function. Ripples are a type of fast oscillations underlying the organization of memories. They...
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