UTSW researchers develop rapid COVID-19 test to identify variants in hours
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Ovarian cancer in the fatty omentum: Metabolic enzyme’s key role in tumor metastasis
(LOS ANGELES) – July 1, 2022 - In their recent publication in Cell Reports, a team of scientists, led by Xiling Shen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific...
Dinosaurs took over amid ice, not warmth, says a new study of ancient mass extinction
Many of us know the conventional theory of how the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago: in Earth’s fiery collision with a meteorite, and a...
Mining’s effect on fish warrants better science-based policies
A new paper published in Science Advances synthesizes the impact of metal and coal mines on salmon and trout in northwestern North America, and highlights...
Hidden in genetics: The evolutionary relationships of two groups of ancient invertebrates revealed
Kamptozoa and Bryozoa are two phyla of small aquatic invertebrates. They are related to snails and clams (collectively called mollusks), bristleworms, earthworms, and leeches (collectively...
Black nursing home residents, those under age 65 more likely to have repeat transfers to hospital, MU study finds
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nursing homes transfer roughly 25% of their residents to the hospital at least once, at a cost of $14.3 billion to Medicare,...
Monkeypox virus on surfaces: no proof that contact can cause infection
During the currently evolving outbreak of monkeypox cases outside of known endemic areas, transmission is mainly driven by close physical contact with symptomatic people. While...
Prestigious NSF funding will enable UTSA professor to further demystify body’s metabolic processes
Chemistry professor Aimin Liu has been awarded a three-year, $495,000 Accomplishment-Based Renewal (ABR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance his research on the body’s metabolic processes...
When ASD occurs with intellectual disability, a convergent mechanism for two top-ranking risk genes may be the cause
BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a convergent mechanism that may be responsible for how two top-ranked genetic risk factors for autism...
Technologies boost potential for carbon dioxide conversion to useful products
The excessive emission of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, is rapidly raising the average global temperature. Capturing the carbon dioxide and converting it to useful...
Scientists decipher, catalog the diverse origins of Earth’s minerals; will inform models of life’s history, help find new minerals, habitable planets, extraterrestrial life
Credit: ARKENSTONE/Rob Lavinsky Crushed, zapped, boiled, baked and more: Nature used 57 recipes to create Earth’s 10,500+ ‘mineral kinds’ Water helped 80+% of mineral species...
Coral pathogen kills competitors in coral microbiota via prophage induction
Coral is a complicated holobiont, harboring an array of life forms at different scales, including coral cells, zooxanthellae, and associated bacteria, archaea, and viruses.Credit: SCSIO...
Protecting the brain from dementia-inducing abnormal protein aggregates
In order to maintain cellular homeostasis (i.e., a state of equilibrium), cells undergo selective autophagy or self-degradation of unwanted proteins. Autophagy receptors control this process,...
TTUHSC School of Nursing’s Ashcraft named Fellow for the Gerontological Society of America
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the driving force behind advancing innovation in aging awarded fellowstatus to Alyce S. Ashcraft, Ph.D., RN, professor and associate dean for research and scholarship at the Texas TechUniversity Health Sciences (TTUHSC) School of Nursing. Ashcraft was recognized for her outstanding and...
New antibody detection method for coronavirus that does not require a blood sample
Tokyo, Japan – Despite significant and stunning advances in vaccine technology, the COVID-19 global pandemic is not over. A key challenge in limiting the spread...
