Humans have influenced the growth of blue-green algae in lakes for thousands of years
In recent years, there have been increasing reports of toxic blue-green algae blooms in summer, even in German lakes, caused by climate warming and increased...
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More steps, moderate physical activity cuts dementia, cognitive impairment risk
Senior women were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they did more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, according to a...
Adding just a small handful of walnuts can have dietary benefits for the whole family
A new study1 from researchers at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington has found that adding one ounce of walnuts (or one handful) to the diet...
How proteins on influenza viruses tilt, ‘breathe’ (video)
The potential “tripledemic” of influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infection continues to be a concern. Vaccines remain the best defense against COVID-19 and...
Artificial photosynthesis uses sunlight to make biodegradable plastic
Osaka, Japan – In recent years, environmental problems caused by global warming have become more apparent due to greenhouse gases such as CO2. In natural...
How regulatory T cells halt aberrant, self-reactive T cells
New research findings show in detail how self-reactive T cells -- white blood cells that mistakenly attack healthy instead of infected cells, thereby causing an...
Recyclable mobile phone batteries a step closer with rust-busting invention
Mobile phone batteries with a lifetime up to three times longer than today’s technology could be a reality thanks to an innovation led by engineers...
Stowers scientists use cavefish to learn more about metabolism and the evolutionary basis of being a couch potato
KANSAS CITY, MO—January 24, 2023—Stay-at-home orders issued at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ushered the hoarding of food and surges in digital entertainment subscriptions...
It isn’t what you know, it’s what you think you know
Why do people hold highly variable attitudes towards well-evidenced science? For many years researchers focused on what people know about science, thinking that “to know...
Abnormal 12-hour cyclic gene activity found in schizophrenic brains
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, U.S. present the first evidence of 12-hour cycles of gene activity in the human brain. Publishing...
Humans can recognize and understand chimpanzee and bonobo gestures
Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, even though we no longer use them ourselves, according to a study by Kirsty...
IVF-conceived children show no developmental or educational disadvantage at primary school age compared to spontaneously conceived peers, as per data on over 400,000 Australian kids
In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Medicine: Credit: Note Thanun, Unsplash (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) In...
Biomedical institutions agree on a set of open science practices to monitor
Eighty stakeholders from twenty major biomedical research institutions across the globe have agreed upon a list of 19 open science practices to be implemented and...
TB vaccination could be overall cost-effective in 73 of 105 LMICs (70%) and produce economic benefits of US $474 billion by 2050, per modelling study by researchers at Harvard, LSHTM, the WHO and IAVI
In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Medicine: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004155Credit: Portnoy A, et al., 2023, PLOS...
Study shows missed nursing care is a key factor in adverse outcomes for very low birthweight infants
PHILADELPHIA (January 24, 2023) – Sometimes hospital staff nurses cannot provide required care due to time constraints. This reality can contribute to potentially dire outcomes...
