Study: Light therapy fast-tracks healing of skin damage from cancer radiation therapy
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Light therapy may accelerate the healing of skin damage from radiation therapy by up to 50%, according to a recent University at...
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Zoo enrichment could go further
Zoos and aquariums could improve the lives of a wider range of their animals, new research suggests.Credit: Paul Rose Zoos and aquariums could improve the...
Current anti-COVID pills work well against omicron, but antibody drugs are less effective
MADISON, Wis. — The drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the omicron variant of the virus in lab tests,...
Mutant stem cells defy rules of development
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—January 26, 2022—Imagine you’re baking a cake, but you run out of salt. Even with the missing ingredient, the batter still looks like...
Universal sex differences appear in adolescents’ career aspirations, study finds
A new analysis by David Geary at the University of Missouri and Gijsbert Stoet at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom finds career...
Flat-faced purebred dogs, including Neapolitan mastiffs, English bulldogs and American cocker spaniels, are up to 34 times more likely than other breeds to suffer from cherry eye
Flat-faced purebred dogs, including Neapolitan mastiffs, English bulldogs and American cocker spaniels, are up to 34 times more likely than other breeds to suffer from...
Younger people are more likely than older generations to express interest in owning non-domesticated animals, such as pythons, as pets
Younger people are more likely than older generations to express interest in owning non-domesticated animals, such as pythons, as petsCredit: Lincoln Park Zoo, CC-BY 4.0...
23,000 years ago, humans in Israel enjoyed a new bounty of food options
As climate shifted 23,000 years ago, humans in Israel experienced a new abundance of food, according to a study published January 26, 2022 in the...
Scientists regrow frog’s lost leg
For millions of patients who have lost limbs for reasons ranging from diabetes to trauma, the possibility of regaining function through natural regeneration remains out...
Genome Atlas to support the rescue of biodiversity in Europe
To provide important genomic data to inform research about Europe’s biodiversity, scientists from 48 different countries initiated the "European Reference Genome Atlas" (ERGA) in 2021....
Study now links non-mutated Apolipoprotein E to dementia in the aging brain
Philadelpia, January 26, 2022 – Researchers exploring dementia-related proteins in the brain identified Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) as a key misfolded protein. About 25% of individuals,...
Bats use different inner ear structures to help navigate the world through sound
Two major groups of bats that use echolocation have different structures for connecting the inner ear to the brain, according to a new study by...
Microscopic inner ear structures reveal why major groups of bats echolocate differently
Lots of bats echolocate-- they emit high-pitched squeaks, and based on how those sound waves bounce off their surroundings, they're able to navigate in the...
Blood markers can predict depression in pregnancy
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 26, 2022) — Signs of inflammation in the blood reliably predict and identify severe depression in pregnancy, reports a new study...
Katerina Akassoglou elected lifetime AAAS Fellow
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—January 26, 2022—Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, senior investigator at Gladstone Institutes, has been elected into the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),...
