Over the lips, through the gums, look out gamers, here it comes — or so it seems
Lips are famously sensual but, together with the gums and tongue, they are also surprisingly sensitive, second only to the fingertips in nerve density. Researchers...
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Lighting the tunnel of plant evolution: Scientists explore importance of two-pore channels in plants
Two-pore channels (TPCs) are ancient ion channels present in the cells of both animals and plants. In animals, including humans, these ion channels play important...
ARRS Annual Meeting: Cancer screening accessibility among American Indian, Alaskan native tribes
New Orleans, LA | Leesburg, VA | May 2, 2022—A Scientific E-Poster presented during the 2022 ARRS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA noted how...
Study finds children with vegetarian diet have similar growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat
A study of nearly 9,000 children found those who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to children who eat...
Does autism begin in the womb?
An international research group led by Professor Toru Takumi (Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) and Researcher Chia-wen Lin at Kobe University...
Gary J. Whitman named 122nd President of American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
New Orleans, LA | Leesburg, VA | May 1, 2022—Gary J. Whitman, MD of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been appointed...
ARRS Annual Meeting: COVID-19 Impact on Lung Cancer Screening in the Bronx
New Orleans, LA | Leesburg, VA | May 1, 2022—A Scientific E-Poster presented during the 2022 ARRS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA illustrated how...
A ‘beyond-quantum’ equivalence principle for superposition and entanglement
The physics of the microrealm involves two famous and bizarre concepts: The first is that prior to observation, it is impossible to know with certainty...
New cardiac defibrillator much safer for patients: Study
Hamilton, ON (April 30, 2022) – High-risk patients who need defibrillators to prevent cardiac arrest can experience fewer complications with a type of device implanted...
Breakthrough in treatment for Dupuytren’s disease
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford, led by Professor Jagdeep Nanchahal have demonstrated the efficacy of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab for patients with...
How a soil microbe could rev up artificial photosynthesis
Plants rely on a process called carbon fixation – turning carbon dioxide from the air into carbon-rich biomolecules – for their very existence. That’s the...
New technique shows in detail where drug molecules hit their targets in the body
LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at Scripps Research have invented a way to image, across different tissues and with higher precision than ever before, where drugs bind...
New model for antibacterial mechanism
UPTON, NY—Biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators have discovered an aberrant protein that’s deadly to bacteria. In a...
A novel therapy ameliorates obesity and Type 2 diabetes in mice fed a high-fat diet
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A novel therapy developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ameliorates obesity and Type 2 diabetes in mice fed a high-fat...
Controlling mirror images
Chirality, while not a rarity in the world of molecules, is nevertheless a special property. If a molecule is chiral (from the Greek word chiros...
