UMass Amherst professor honored for lifetime achievement in problem gambling research
Volberg leads studies on impacts of Massachusetts casinosCredit: UMass Amherst Not long after earning her Ph.D. in sociology and losing her brief first job with...
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How does the structure of cytolysins influence their activity?
Credit: Jillian Nickel Although Enterococcus faecalis is usually an innocuous member of the bacterial community in the human gut, it can also cause several infections,...
Why weren’t New World rabbits domesticated?
Archaeologists find the answer in rabbit social behaviorCredit: Nawa Sugiyama/UCR Domesticated rabbits come in all sizes and colors, including tiny Netherland Dwarfs, floppy-eared French lops,...
Policy changes to kidney allocation may unintentionally reduce access to transplant for South Carolina
Researchers at MUSC Health look at the outcome of the Organ Procurement and Transportation Network's latest allocation changes and argue for further improvementCredit: MUSC Health...
Rounding errors could make certain stopwatches pick wrong race winners
Simulated swimming race times show a small number of times recorded on quartzite oscillator-based devices are off by margins large enough to determine winners.Credit: David...
Kids eat more fruit and vegetables with longer seated lunch time
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - When kids sit down to eat lunch at school, fruits and vegetables may not be...
The gene’s-eye view of evolution
New book reviews the history of the gene's-eye view of evolution by describing current disagreements and conceptual debates, and highlighting its value in contemporary evolutionary...
Sandia designs better batteries for grid-scale energy storage
New molten sodium batteries operate at lower temperatures using low-cost materialsCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya/Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories...
New scoring system for assessing wound healing
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 21, 2021-- Evaluating the efficacy of novel therapies requires the ability to monitor wound progression...
A new model of coral reef health
Using data collected on the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation's Global Reef Expedition, scientists identify which natural and anthropogenic factors are most likely to...
Study innovates in gluten-free formulations, creating more palatable and nutritious bread
Study at the Federal University of São Paulo developed a recipe combining chickpea flour and psyllium, a plant-derived soluble fiber. The product is nourishing and...
Researchers discover nucleotide sequence responsible for effectively fighting pathologies
HSE researchers uncover the fundamental mechanisms behind the maturation of microRNA moleculesCredit: Nersisyan S. et al. Researchers from HSE University have discovered nucleotide sequences characteristic...
Wearable brain-machine interface turns intentions into actions
New system based on user's motor-imagery could control wheelchair, robotic arm, or other devicesCredit: Georgia Tech A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve...
Chromosomes separation under focus
A UNIGE team has identified important regulatory mechanisms of the protein responsible for chromosome separation during cell division.Credit: © UNIGE During cell division, chromosomes are...
Traditional Japanese food may hold building blocks of COVID-19 treatments
Credit: Part of Figure is adopted from Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Volume 570, 17 September 2021, Pages 21-25. © 2021 The Authors. Published by...
