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...
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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...
CityU: world’s first university to manufacture next-generation, self-designed compact electron microscopes
An EM system composed of a pulsed electron source, a fast camera, a staged pumping vacuum system, and an aberration corrector has been developed by...
Fabrication and applications of van der Waals heterostructures
The explosion of two-dimensional layered materials (2DLMs) with various unique properties provides basic building blocks for van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs). The vdWHs integrated with...
Enhanced performance of oxygen vacancies on CO2 adsorption and activation over different phases of ZrO2
Excessive use of fossil energy causes global warming and other environmental problems. To reduce the greenhouse effect, two major greenhouse gases-CO2 and CH4 as the...
New smartphone app helps students with eating disorders at KU, with potential for broader reach
LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas are carrying out ongoing clinical trials of a promising new app that’s been shown already to help...
How to land on a planet safely
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023 – When a lander descends toward the moon – or a rocky planet, asteroid, or comet – the exhaust plume of...
