African penguins: climate refugees from a distant past?
Imagine the view from the western coastline of southern Africa during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) over twenty thousand years ago: in the distance you...
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Trim the sugar: New HIV vaccine design improves immune response
LA JOLLA, CA— A new HIV vaccine from Scripps Research has shown a significantly improved ability to neutralize the virus in preclinical tests, and it...
Researchers develop new lower cost, dual-modality imaging technique to facilitate earlier disease detection
Diagnostic imaging is indispensable in healthcare, as it allows clinicians to detect and diagnose a variety of medical conditions. Despite significant advances to imaging technology,...
Fighting a national nursing faculty shortage
Last year, nursing schools across the country were forced to turn away more than 90,000 qualified applicants. The reason: a lack of faculty members to...
New cause identified for metabolic disease that strikes Native Americans
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke Health researchers have identified the cause of an inherited metabolic disease common among people with Lumbee and other Native American heritage,...
Scientists identify 2022 sea urchin killer
TAMPA, Fla. (APRIL 19, 2023) – The search for the 2022 killer that decimated the long-spined sea urchin population in the Caribbean and along Florida’s...
Newfound link between Alzheimer’s and iron could lead to new medical interventions
There is a growing body of evidence that iron in the brain may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Lending weight to that idea, a...
Wellbeing-related factors linked with EU economic growth
A new study shows that certain factors related to wellbeing—including household income, internet access, and air pollution levels—are associated with economic growth in European Union...
Fish and bottlenose dolphins react differently to life in noisy shipping corridor of Charleston Harbor Estuary, with fish calls and choruses decreasing with anthropogenic noise, and dolphins ramping up vocalizations
Fish and bottlenose dolphins react differently to life in noisy shipping corridor of Charleston Harbor Estuary, with fish calls and choruses decreasing with anthropogenic noise,...
Organic beekeeping rivals conventional methods for bee health, productivity
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Honey bee colonies managed using organic methods were as healthy and productive as those managed in conventional systems, while avoiding the...
Serine racemase upregulation improves learning and synaptic function
“The results from this study support the beneficial effects of the D-serine pathway involvement in NMDAR-mediated transmission and cognitive function ”Credit: 2023 Yegla et al....
David Papworth honored with ACM Breakthrough in Computing Award for pioneering contributions to microprocessors
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that David B. Papworth, formerly of Intel (retired), is the recipient of the ACM Charles P. “Chuck”...
Why this bird flu is different: scientists say new avian influenza requires urgent coordinated response
A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been spreading in the U.S., making headlines as the price of eggs soared at the start of the year...
Mind-body connection is built into brain, study suggests
Calm body, calm mind, say the practitioners of mindfulness. A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that...
Image generation AI for predicting the deformation of splashing drops
The impact of a drop on a solid surface is an important phenomenon that has various implications and applications. Especially when the drop splashes, it...
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