A mutated eye offers a glimpse of a key protein for preventing cancer
Around 15 years ago, a group of researchers discovered mutant zebrafish. The eyes of these zebrafish did not develop correctly, resulting in them being significantly...
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Japan-Africa Science Innovation Week on the occasion of the TICAD VIII
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) will host two online side events for the research cooperation between Japan and Africa during Japan-Africa Science Innovation...
Scientists issue plan for rewilding the American West
As the effects of climate change mount, ecosystem restoration in the US West has garnered significant public attention, bolstered by President Joe Biden's America the...
Most older adults ready to roll up sleeves this fall for updated COVID-19 boosters
Within weeks, updated COVID-19 vaccines could become available across the United States, offering protection against new variants of coronavirus that are making hundreds of thousands...
Vancouver researchers suggest air pollution be included as risk factor for patients with lung cancer and have never smoked
(Vienna—August 9, 2022, 10:10 a.m. CEST)-- Researchers from Vancouver, British Columbia examine the effect of duration of past exposure to air pollution with lung cancer...
Future medical applications in drug design
Morphogens are molecules that travel from biological cell to cell to pattern tissues in the embryo. These molecules are important not only for the embryo...
Robot helps reveal how ants pass on knowledge
Scientists have developed a small robot to understand how ants teach one another.Credit: Norasmah Basari and Nigel R Franks Scientists have developed a small robot...
The walk of Japanese children develops differently from children in other countries
Researchers have discovered that the manner of walking, or gait, of Japanese children develops differently from that of children in other countries.  Credit: Tadashi Ito, Reiko...
Aldosterone linked to increased risk of chronic kidney disease progression and end-stage kidney disease
A steroid hormone called aldosterone is linked to an increased risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study...
Artificial intelligence tools predict DNA’s regulatory role and 3D structure
Newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) programs accurately predicted the role of DNA’s regulatory elements and three-dimensional (3D) structure based solely on its raw sequence, according...
In simulation of how water freezes, artificial intelligence breaks the ice
A team based at Princeton University has accurately simulated the initial steps of ice formation by applying artificial intelligence (AI) to solving equations that govern...
WVU and citizen scientists go fishing for answers on blotchy bass syndrome
West Virginia University researchers will have a chance to better understand a condition affecting bass to an unknown extent with data collected by citizens through a...
Prevalence of gender-diverse youth in rural Appalachia exceeds previous estimates, WVU study shows
Gender-diverse youth are at an increased risk of suicide and depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the prevalence of gender diversity...
Robotic motion in curved space defies standard laws of physics
When humans, animals, and machines move throughout the world, they always push against something, whether it’s the ground, air, or water. Until recently, physicists believed...
UTSA chemistry researcher to study production of vitamin B2
Audrey Lamb, professor and chair of the UTSA Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a $486,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to advance her...
