New Alzheimer’s biomarker may facilitate rapid diagnosis
Although symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s disease are well known, diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages requires careful cognitive testing by neurologists. Credit: © 2022...
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Genetic breakthrough offers novel approach to controlling Africa’s East Coast fever, which kills a million cattle a year
NAIROBI, Kenya, 21 April 2022__ A serendipitous discovery has led researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya and the Roslin Institute at...
Fungal meningitis spreads by blocking and bursting blood vessels
New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain, helping scientists better understand how meningitis...
Dividing walls: How immune cells enter tissue
Imagine a stone wall in the countryside. Tightly packed, one stone sits on top of the other filling the tiniest gaps. A seemingly unbreachable obstacle....
Skin bacteria may boost immune response of mice infected with smallpox vaccine
The global eradication of smallpox in the 1980s was achieved by intradermal vaccination with vaccinia virus. A study published in PLOS Pathogens by Evgeniya V....
Mason scientists develop COVID-19 antibody measurement technology to rapidly assess virus blocking efficacy
Do a person’s antibodies work to block the COVID-19 virus from infecting one’s system? Are these antibodies also capable of blocking emerging variants such as the...
Some autism spectrum disorder symptoms linked to astrocytes
Abnormalities in a type of brain cell called astrocytes may play a pivotal role in causing some behavioral symptoms of autism spectrum disorders, according to...
Wullschleger receives Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award
Stan Wullschleger, associate laboratory director for biological and environmental systems science at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is the recipient of the...
Real-time flood sensors, urban farms, autonomous cars, dancing drones and more at NYU Tandon’s Research Excellence Exhibit
BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, April 21, 2022 – The NYU Tandon School of Engineering will showcase over 40 innovative and future-forward research projects by faculty...
Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in 3.8-billion-year-old crystal
WASHINGTON — A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of plate tectonics, according...
Key to improved green tech efficiency found in simple acid treatment
The development of new, more efficient electrochemical cells could provide a good option for carbon-free hydrogen and chemical production along with large-scale electricity generation and...
Deepest sediment core collected in the Atlantic Ocean
Woods Hole, MA (April 21, 2022) – A team of scientists, engineers, and ship’s crew on the research vessel Neil Armstrong operated by the Woods...
Circuit that focuses attention brings in wide array of inputs
In a new brain-wide circuit tracing study, scientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory focused selective attention on a circuit that governs, fittingly...
Researchers boost rice yield by overcoming trait tradeoff between panicle number and size
Crop breeding is largely constrained by tradeoffs among different agronomic traits. Since many of these tradeoffs are caused by gene pleiotropy, reducing gene pleiotropy may...
Humans disrupting 66 million-year-old feature of ecosystems
The U-shaped relationship between diet and size in modern land mammals could also stand for “universal,” says a new study, which has found that the...
