Scientists demonstrate severe muscle atrophy in postnatal mice lacking two critical myosins
Muscles are made up of proteins. Myosin, a fibrous protein, serves as a molecular motor and converts the chemical energy stored inside our body into...
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Increasing forest cover in the Eifel region 11,000 years ago resulted in the local loss of megafauna
Herds of megafauna, such as mammoth and bison, have roamed the prehistoric plains in what is today's Central Europe for several tens of thousands of...
Inhibiting imitation of others can increase understanding of others
Training individuals to inhibit imitation of others increases empathy and allows them to recognize facial expressions in others regardless of their situations.Credit: Masaki O. Abe...
New APHA Press book highlights the inside story of the race to save lives and end a pandemic
SARS-COV-2, or COVID-19 as we now know it, was first officially reported in December 2019. It would soon go on to become humanity’s worst pandemic...
Princeton Chemistry creates quantum dots at room temp using lab-designed protein
Nature uses 20 canonical amino acids as building blocks to make proteins, combining their sequences to create complex molecules that perform biological functions.Credit: Courtesy of...
Ultrasound device for pain gets ‘nod’ from Shark Tank and NIH funding
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine, in collaboration with Albany Medical College (AMC) in New York, are among seven institutions nationwide selected...
When combined, a novel LSD1 inhibitor and an existing therapy enhance each other’s anti-cancer effects
A Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) research team has developed novel compounds that show early promise at fighting the rare pediatric cancer neuroblastoma when...
Research into impacts of human occupation on the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest receives funding
An international team of researchers is preparing to explore how human occupation and land use over hundreds of years has affected the Brazilian Atlantic Forest...
Shedding light on photosynthesis at sea
Plants that live on land, such as spinach, grow by using sunlight to perform photosynthesis. How, then, do algae photosynthesize in the deep sea, an...
Exercise is medicine for cancer and every dose counts – even in late stages in the disease
It is well-known exercise has many benefits, but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has revealed just how critically important it can be – even...
Oncotarget | Combined epigenetic and immunotherapy for blastic and classical mantle cell lymphoma
“Here, we describe results using cladribine based combination epigenetic and immunotherapy in MCL .”Credit: 2022 LeBlanc et al. “Here, we describe results using cladribine based...
Global Brain Health Leader Awards to advance dementia-related projects
Today, the Alzheimer’s Association, Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), and the UK-based Alzheimer’s Society announced the latest recipients of the Pilot Awards for Global Brain...
Researchers using $2.1 million grant to identify differences in preschoolers’ math skills
University of Missouri researchers were awarded a four-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a Learning Disabilities Innovation Hub...
Particles of light may create fluid flow, data-theory comparison suggests
UPTON, NY—A new computational analysis by theorists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Wayne State University supports the idea that photons...
Mapping E. coli to overcome antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance, when infection-causing bacteria evolve so they are no longer affected by typical antibiotics, is a global concern. New research at the University of...
