Oldest bat skeletons ever found described from Wyoming fossils
Scientists have described a new species of bat based on the oldest bat skeletons ever recovered. The study on the extinct bat, which lived in...
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5,500 people diagnosed with rare genetic diseases in major research study
Around 5,500 people with severe developmental disorders now know the genetic cause of their condition, thanks to a major nationwide study which will help improve...
New technique allows researchers to dig into molecular causes of pediatric bipolar disorder
It’s extremely difficult to study the biological basis of psychiatric disorders, in part because researchers can’t easily collect brain cells from living people to study...
International team of scientists preparing to study Turkey’s East Anatolian fault in the aftermath of February’s major earthquakes
COLUMBIA, Mo. — In February, the countries of Turkey and Syria were devastated by a pair of high-magnitude earthquakes occurring nine hours apart. The two...
Selenium as a predictor of metabolic syndrome in middle age women
“Recently, optimizing selenium intake in the population to prevent diseases has been an important issue in modern health care worldwide.”Credit: Impact Journals “Recently, optimizing selenium...
A new vision for soybean meal: designer tempeh
In a novel effort to create the next generation of plant-based, protein-rich environmentally sustainable and savory alternatives to animal meat, a University of Massachusetts Amherst...
Google Trends reveal how the spread of chickenpox may have been suppressed during the COVID-19 pandemic
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283465Credit: Sabale et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283465 Article Title: Impact assessment of immunization and the COVID-19 pandemic...
New 52 million-year-old bat species discovered in Wyoming, US, is the oldest bat skeleton known
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283505Credit: Rietbergen et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283505 Article Title: The oldest known bat skeletons and their implications for...
Decoding Insomnia: Machine learning model predicts sleep disorders from patient records
A machine learning model can effectively predict a patient’s risk for a sleep disorder using demographic and lifestyle data, physical exam results and laboratory values,...
The stripes of the Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus are as unique as our own fingerprints, enabling scientists to track individuals as they grow
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265292Credit: Saumitra Kelkar, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265292 Article Title: Individually unique, fixed stripe configurations of Octopus chierchiae allow for photoidentification in...
Industry veteran Pablo Velez, RN, Ph.D., named CEO of El Centro Regional Medical Center
In coordination with the El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) Board of Trustees, UC San Diego Health today announced that Pablo Velez, RN, PhD, has...
Henry Ford Health cardiologists first in US to successfully implant novel tricuspid LuX valve
DETROIT (April 12, 2023) – Henry Ford Hospital structural heart interventional cardiologists Pedro Villablanca, M.D., and Brian O’Neill, M.D., are the first in the U.S....
Optically controlled metasurfaces for dynamic dual-mode modulation
Dynamic control of terahertz (THz) waves at-will with an ultracompact device is important for THz technologies in biomedical imaging, telecommunications, detection, and beyond. However, tunable...
Oral barrier is similar in ceramide composition to skin barrier
Acylceramides and protein-bound ceramides are vital for the formation of the oral barrier in mice, similar to their role in skin, protecting from infection.Credit: Takayuki...
Scientists sequence genome of little skate, the stingray’s cousin
Rutgers geneticists, working with an international team of scientists, have conducted the most comprehensive sequencing yet of the complete DNA sequence of the little skate...
