New research finds air pollution reduces sperm counts through brain inflammation
Researchers have long known that air pollution can increase the risk of disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and fertility, but they did not know the...
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Role of TGF-β/SOX9 axis in carcinogenesis using 3-dimensional in vitro and in vivo models
Niigata, Japan – Oral malignancies represent the seventh most common cancer worldwide. Many diagnosed patients relapse, despite radical resection of the primary oral squamous cell...
Kessler awarded federal Spinal Cord Injury Model System grant for 2021-2026
October 22, 2021. East Hanover, NJ. Kessler Foundation has been awarded a Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) grant by the National Institute on Disability, Independent...
Slow release of a drug, TT-10, improves heart attack recovery in a mouse model
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A heart attack kills heart muscle cells, leading to a scar that weakens the heart, often leading to eventual heart failure. The...
Mechanism behind ineffective psoriasis drugs identified
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that manifests as red, scaly skin patches. There is no causal treatment for the disease, but the symptoms...
Giulia Galli awarded Rahman Prize from American Physical Society
Galli is recognized for her contributions to the fields of computational condensed matter, materials science and nanoscience.Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Galli is recognized...
Grant beefs up grazing initiative that benefits farmers and environment
Rolling green pastures dotted with grazing cows are a common sight in Virginia. However, there’s more strategy behind those grazing cows than most people know,...
Fossils of two early cretaceous species discovered in southwest Arkansas
Two new species dating back to the Early Cretaceous Period were recently discovered in Sevier County in southwest Arkansas. One is a small skink researchers...
Discovery of new tiny fish, lizard species reported in PeerJ
Two tiny new species that inhabited part of what is now the American south some 100 million years ago have been discovered by a team...
Carnivores may adjust schedule to avoid each other, researchers find
Just as humans may leave their home five minutes early to avoid a talkative neighbor or depart work late to avoid a rude coworker, carnivorous...
Two-handed movements require more neural effort as people grow older
A team of researchers from Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig) has discovered that the age-related decline in bilateral anti-phase movement...
October research news from the Ecological Society of America
Credit: M. G. Turner From Ecology: Why the tropics contain more fleshy fruits Author contact: Bo Wang ([email protected]) For decades, scientists have speculated about...
New study finds no risk of pregnancy loss from COVID-19 vaccination
A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further...
Artificial intelligence spots anomalies in medical images
Scientists from Skoltech, Philips Research, and Goethe University Frankfurt have trained a neural network to detect anomalies in medical images to assist physicians in sifting through...
Fungal outbreak in marine mammals began on land
In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people in British Columbia and Washington State. Scientists found that the disease also killed...
