Tracking seasonal and tidal effects on wastewater pollutants in the River Ganges
A new analysis of the River Ganges in West Bengal, India, highlights how wastewater flowing into the river impacts its water quality, and how that...
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How the brain filters out sounds
FRANKFURT. Bats are renowned for their echolocation skills, navigation using sound therefore: they ‘see’ with their extremely sensitive hearing, by emitting ultrasonic calls and forming...
Largest publicly shared gift for liver research in U.S. history to transform liver care at VCU
RICHMOND, Va. (Feb. 15, 2022) — Virginia Commonwealth University will radically expand treatment options for liver and liver-related metabolic diseases thanks to a historic, transformational...
When a protective gene buffers a bad one, a heart can beat
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 15, 2022 – It was a medical mystery: When University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists induced a particular genetic mutation in mouse...
Beset in mucus, Coronavirus particles likely travel farther than once thought
RICHLAND, Wash.—A modeling study raises questions about how far respiratory droplets, like those that transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, can travel before becoming harmless....
Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients, study shows
Previous studies by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers showed that psychedelic treatment with psilocybin relieved major depressive disorder symptoms in adults for up to a month....
Trestle Biotherapeutics announces license agreement with Kumamoto University for key stem cell biology technology for regenerative medicine
SAN DIEGO – Trestle Biotherapeutics, a private company based in San Diego, today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Kumamoto University....
Lichens are in danger of losing the evolutionary race with climate change
Algae are more than just the green scum that shows up on aquarium walls. The tiny plants, when teamed up with a fungus, can form...
For female yellowthroats, there’s more than one way to spot a winning mate
For female common yellowthroats, beauty isn’t just skin – or features – deep. New research provides evidence that large or showy physical features of males attract females...
Studies compare best ways to treat wide-neck aneurysms
SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 14, 2022) — Aneurysms are weak, bulging portions of blood vessel walls. These blood-filled sacs resemble balloons in structure and have necks like...
Loneliness has a different neural basis than social anxiety
Despite similar symptoms, loneliness and social anxiety are driven by different brain states, according to new research published in JNeurosci.Credit: Lieberz et al., JNeurosci 2021...
A microbial compound in the gut leads to anxious behaviors in mice
A Caltech-led team of researchers has discovered that a small-molecule metabolite, produced by bacteria that reside in the mouse gut, can travel to the brain...
DisCo: Boosting the efficiency of single-cell RNA sequencing
Single-cell RNA sequencing, or “scRNA-seq” for short, is a technique that allows scientists to study the expression of genes in an individual cell within a...
Blood levels of common antiepileptic drugs drop during pregnancy, causing breakthrough seizures
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14, 2022 – Blood levels of many commonly used antiepileptic drugs drop dramatically with the onset of pregnancy, report researchers from the University...
Natural History Museum of Berlin’s journal Fossil Record started publishing on ARPHA Platform
Fossil Record - the paleontological scholarly journal of the Natural History Museum of Berlin (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin) published its first articles after moving to...
