Study: Individualized eating program helps dieters lose weight, keep it off
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An individualized diet program that empowers users to create their own plan based on targeted levels of protein and fiber shows promise...
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‘Life-like’ lasers can self-organise, adapt their structure, and cooperate
By mimicking features of living systems, self-organising lasers could lead to new materials for sensing, computing, light sources and displays.Credit: Imperial College London By mimicking...
Hebrew University scientists find the most primitive blueprint for embryo cell creation
A groundbreaking study, led by Professors Yossi Buganim at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) Faculty of Medicine’s Institute for Medical Research and Tommy Kaplan...
A type of ‘step therapy’ is an effective strategy for diabetic eye disease
Clinical trial results from the DRCR Retina Network suggest that a specific step strategy, in which patients with diabetic macular edema start with a less...
DNA from ancient population in Southern China suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots
For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China. The data, published July 14...
Woodpeckers’ heads act more like stiff hammers than safety helmets
Scientists had long wondered how woodpeckers can repeatedly pound their beaks against tree trunks without doing damage to their brains. This led to the notion...
Eco-friendly sound absorbers from seaweed
From airplanes to apartments, most spaces are now designed with sound-absorbing materials that help dampen the droning, echoing and murmuring sounds of everyday life. But...
North American birds not fully adjusting to changing climate
Climate change poses a number of challenges to plants and animals. For example, as the climate changes, appropriate climatic conditions for many species are changing,...
Rensselaer researchers learn to control electron spin at room temperature to make devices more efficient and faster
TROY, N.Y. — As our devices become smaller, faster, more energy efficient, and capable of holding larger amounts of data, spintronics may continue that trajectory....
DTC genetics company Nucleus Genomics raises $18 million in funding in one year
New York City, NY, July 14, 2022 – Nucleus Genomics, a next-generation consumer genetic testing and analysis company, has raised $14 million in a new...
A brain network for social attraction
Humans are famously social animals. But they are not alone in their tendency to team up with other individuals of the same species (conspecifics) to...
Europe supports Jena’s energy storage research
Jena, Germany (14.07.2022) The energy turnaround can only succeed if the electricity, which is produced in an ecological way, is also available at any time...
Waves in the maze of no return
A bad wireless reception, the noise in the radio signal or poor visibility in the fog – all these annoyances have to do with the...
Take the burn out of sunscreen testing: Experts
Exposing humans to ultraviolet radiation to test sunscreen effectiveness should be phased out, according to scientists and cancer experts. The recommendation from the Australian Radiation...
Breaking up is hard to do – but many men find healthy ways to cope
The popular stereotype that men don’t want support during a breakup, separation or divorce is simply not true, according to a new paper by researchers...
