Nanochannels light the way towards new medicine
To develop new drugs and vaccines, detailed knowledge about nature’s smallest biological building blocks – the biomolecules – is required. Researchers at Chalmers University of...
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Shedding light on linguistic diversity and its evolution
Is it true that many languages in the world use words similar to “mama” and “papa” for “mother” and “father”? If a language uses only...
Dead star’s cannibalism of its planetary system is most far-reaching ever witnessed
The violent death throes of a nearby star so thoroughly disrupted its planetary system that the dead star left behind — known as a white...
Miniature frogs set record as the first vertebrates to lose the ability to balance
Amphibians are exceptionaly goo at being small. There are salamanders the size of your thumb nail, pygmy newts that live in moss patches and feast...
Astronomers find evidence for most powerful pulsar in distant galaxy
Astronomers analyzing data from the VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) have discovered one of the youngest known neutron stars -- the superdense remnant of a massive...
In people with HIV, treating precancerous anal lesions cuts risk of anal cancer by more than half
A large clinical trial of people living with HIV has found that treating anal precancerous growths known as high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, or HSIL, reduces...
Aging-US | DDIT4 identified as candidate target of HDAC4-associated skin aging
BUFFALO, NY- June 15, 2022 – A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on the cover of Volume 14, Issue 11, entitled, “Histone...
Institutional racism linked to worse asthma outcomes for Black Pittsburghers
PITTSBURGH, June 16, 2022 – Redlining – a discriminatory mortgage lending practice instituted in the 1930s – resulted in health impacts that reverberate today, contributing...
Diffuse optics for medical diagnostics: progress toward standardization
Among the various optics-based tools used in diagnostics, diffuse optics (DO) is rapidly emerging as one of the most attractive technologies. The technique is based...
Brightest-known solid materials awarded $1.8 million from NSF
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A federal grant program created to spur the United States' global competitiveness by speeding the manufacture of high-tech materials has awarded $1.8...
Co-existing mangrove-coral habitats have a new global classification system
On any given day between 2016 and 2019, Heather Stewart could be found snorkeling in between mangroves in the Bocas del Toro archipelago along Panama’s...
Fecal transplants show promise for protecting newborns receiving antibiotics
Antibiotics are among the most powerful superheroes of medicine. From the introduction of penicillin in the 1930s to the dramatic rescues that occur today when...
Even teachers who want to counteract gender stereotypes in the classroom may end up reinforcing them, according to observations of 34 classes of Polish teens
Even teachers who want to counteract gender stereotypes in the classroom may end up reinforcing them, according to observations of 34 classes of Polish teensCredit:...
Dog-assisted interventions lead to lower stress levels in children
Dog-assisted interventions can lead to significantly lower stress in children both with and without special needs, according to a new study using salivary cortisol levels...
Physical activity could boost your immune response to the flu jab, according to new systematic review and meta-analysis
Physical activity could boost your immune response to the flu jab, according to new systematic review and meta-analysisCredit: Anupam Mahapatra, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Physical activity...
