How has Medicaid expansion impacted health disparities nationwide?
A study led by J. Tom Mueller, Ph.D., a research assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, will examine the impact of Medicaid expansion across...
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Octopuses caught on video throwing silt and shells around themselves and at each other
Octopuses appear to deliberately throw debris, sometimes directed at other octopuses, according to a study publishing November 9 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE led...
U.S. political partisanship affects first impressions of faces
In an experimental study, participants’ first impressions of photos of strangers’ faces were strongly influenced by disclosure of the stranger’s political partisanship. Brittany Cassidy of...
Globally, the number of pregnancies at risk from malaria infection fell between 2000 and 2020 – but in sub-Saharan Africa, it rose to 52.4 million despite control initiatives
Globally, the number of pregnancies at risk from malaria infection fell between 2000 and 2020 - but in sub-Saharan Africa, it rose to 52.4 million...
Truly chiral phonons observed in three-dimensional materials for the first time
Chirality is the breaking of reflection and inversion symmetries. Simply put, it is when an object’s mirror images cannot be superimposed over each other. A...
Urgent need to address climate-related losses and damages
With COP27 underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the subject of climate-related losses and damages is once again expected to take center stage. IIASA contributed...
The future of digital olfaction is today!
The 7th Annual Meeting of the Digital Olfaction Society (DOS) will take place on November 29-30 at Tokyo, Japan, and Online. This meeting is headed...
NTU Singapore scientists genetically engineer plants to yield more vegetable oil
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have successfully genetically modified a plant protein that is responsible for oil accumulation in plant seeds and...
Latest neural signals recorded with ABILITY brain-computer interface and new details of the system presented at Society for Neuroscience meeting
STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 09:00 PST / NOON EST / 18:00 CET WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2022Credit: ©Wyss Center STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 09:00 PST / NOON EST...
Inqaba Biotec / African BioGenome Project Genome Challenge 2022
The African BioGenome Project has partnered with Inqaba Biotechnical Industries to organise the Inqaba Biotec / African BioGenome Project Genome Challenge 2022. Credit: MSOMI Africa / Inqaba...
OHSU scientists identify molecule that could help treat Parkinson’s
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that the neurotransmitter adenosine effectively acts as a brake to dopamine, another well-known neurotransmitter involved in...
Ice loss from Northeastern Greenland significantly underestimated
Ice is continuously streaming off Greenland's melting glaciers at an accelerating rate, dramatically increasing global sea levels. New results published in Nature indicate that existing...
Tracking malaria parasites in space and time
Malaria is a devastating disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite. After an infected mosquitos’ bite, the parasites travel to the liver and infect liver cells. This phase...
The X chromosome is silenced in some male cancers
Cancer cells acquire genetic anomalies that allow them to grow and proliferate unchecked. Researchers have now found another difference between cancer cells and normal cells:...
Memory and novel object tests for monitoring the cognitive decline of old dogs
Understanding how active, healthy ageing can be achieved is one of the most relevant problems today. Dogs can be used as model animals for studying...
