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The link between severe headache disorders headaches and the body’s circadian clock in pain timing and thresholds will be studied with a $2.4 million grant...

Drugs acting on the MAPK pathway may be effective against ALS

ALS: Newly discovered subtypes and sex differences create new approaches for drugs

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS for short, is a mysterious neurodegenerative disease that is almost always fatal. A consortium of researchers led by the Technical University...

Students learned basic clinical skills including checking patient vital signs.

Giving pre-med students hands-on clinical training

A group of pre-medical students received valuable hands-on clinical training during a workshop in the new Smart Hospital at The University of Texas at Arlington.Credit: Photo...

Atul Malhotra, University of California San Diego

Study identifies first drug therapy for sleep apnea

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and international collaborators have led a worldwide, advanced study demonstrating the potential of tirzepatide, known...

Cooling ‘blood oranges’ could make them even healthier – a bonus for consumers

An orange teeming with antioxidants and other health benefits may be a shot in the arm for consumers and citrus growers, if the fruit is...

Salk scientist Jesse Dixon named 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar

LA JOLLA (June 18, 2024)—Salk Institute Assistant Professor Jesse Dixon has been named a 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar by The Pew Charitable Trusts. This honor...

LMU researchers film energy materials as they form

Shooting a movie in the lab requires special equipment. Especially when the actors are molecules – invisible to the naked eye – reacting with each...

Graph depicting projected premature deaths from PM2.5 (2020-2050) across different concentration scenarios

Study forecasts 110,000 premature deaths by 2050 due to PM2.5 and aging

A new study from the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) indicates that fine particulate matter, which is less than 2.5 µm in diameter...

Aninda Sinha (left) and Arnab Saha (right)

IISc physicists find a new way to represent ‘pi’

While investigating how string theory can be used to explain certain physical phenomena, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have stumbled upon on...

Insilico Medicine nominates the winner of documentary hackathon to raise awareness of AI drug discovery through scientific storytelling

After receiving more than 90 submissions from 14 countries with a wide range of perspectives and reviewing them in parallel with an internal working group...

Cosmic blast hunter SVOM to launch with optimal optics from Leicester

A satellite telescope designed to rapidly hunt down the universe’s biggest explosions will launch later this week, carrying technology developed at the University of Leicester.Credit:...

Study identifies a novel parathyroid hormone inducible target that suppresses bone formation

New study reveals promising drug target for treating osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a skeletal condition that leads to the weakening of bones, making them porous, fragile, and prone to breakage. A whopping 8.9 million fractures...

Large wildfires create weather that favors more fire

A new UC Riverside study shows soot from large wildfires in California traps sunlight, making days warmer and drier than they ought to be. Credit:...

Unveiling Telo-seq: A breakthrough in telomere research on aging and cancer

Credit: Salk Institute Journal Nature Communications DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-48917-7 Method of Research Experimental study Article Title High resolution long-read telomere sequencing reveals dynamic mechanisms in aging...

Sooty terns and other seabird species flying above a remote atoll island where rats are not present

Restored rat-free islands could support hundreds of thousands more breeding seabirds