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SPOKANE, Wash.—Research led by Washington State University scientists supports a novel theory that the innate immune system people are born with can respond differently to...

Researchers: If left alone, tropical forests can recover on their own surprisingly fast

Tropical forests are being cleared for agriculture and other uses at alarming rates.Credit: Clemson University College of Science Tropical forests are being cleared for agriculture...

Cell cultures not as stable as you’d think

Culture environments of different cell types growing in culture vessels or Petri dishes vary significantly from each other and from conditions in the living body,...

Using the universe’s coldest material to measure the world’s tiniest magnetic fields

Magnetometers measure the direction, strength or relative changes of magnetic fields, at a specific point in space and time. Employed in many research areas, magnetometers...

Golfing cockatoos reveal ability to use combined tools

Cockatoos have shown an extraordinary ability to complete a task by combining simple tools, demonstrating that this cognitive ability is not found only in primates.Credit:...

Newly discovered effect of toxic goiter on brain

Toxic goiter affects the brain more than was previously known, a University of Gothenburg study shows, and involves volume changes occurring in central parts of...

Mental health is an issue for people with spinal cord injury. Chronic pain makes it worse

Adults living with spinal cord injuries have a near-80% increased risk of developing psychological conditions, such as depression and anxiety, compared to people without the...

Social isolation leads to reduced amylin in the MPA

Amylin peptide in the brain senses isolation and drives social contact-seeking behavior

As we have experienced during the COVID pandemic, loneliness, or perceived social isolation, is a major stress for social animals and increases the risk of...

Experimental demonstration of a suction cup driven by the ECDT.

Towards self-sensing soft robots with electrochemically driven pumps

The word “robot” would probably conjure up images of hard metallic bodies that are invulnerable to attacks. In modern day-to-day life, however, robots are hardly...

UTSW study finds mechanical hearts can regenerate some heart tissue

Mechanical hearts spur some regeneration in dormant parts of failing hearts, according to a UT Southwestern pilot study that shows promise for developing regenerative heart...

Study finds survivors of weather-related disasters may have accelerated aging

When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in September 2017 as a high-end category 4 storm, it left in its wake the largest catastrophe in...

Bronze Age women altered genetic landscape of Orkney, study finds

AN INTERNATIONAL team led by researchers at the University of Huddersfield has used ancient DNA to rewrite the history of the Orkney islands to show that...

Adriana Di Polo (center), a CRCHUM researcher, professor at Universite de Montreal and holder of a Canada Research Chair in glaucoma and age-related neurodegeneration, with Luis Alarcon-Martinez (left) and Yukihiro Shiga (right), members of Di Polo's lab and the study's first co-authors

Glaucoma: Seeing the light at the end of the (nano)tunnel

Reduced blood flow and impaired neurovascular coupling are well-known features of glaucoma, the main cause of non-curable blindness affecting 80 million people worldwide in 2020. Credit: CHUM...

Recreation of Abditosaurus kuehnei life appearance

Described a new large titanosaurian dinosaur from the Pyrenees

Researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP), the Conca Dellà Museum (MCD), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the University of Zaragoza...

Metabolism of COVID-19 antibodies from convalescent plasma suggests possible safe treatment for high risk children