New LOINC® release features enhanced SearchLOINC application
Credit: LOINC from Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- LOINC® from Regenstrief Institute published new health data standardization codes and an updated search app in its semiannual...
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Swim first, hunt later: Young Weddell seals need to practice navigating before hunting
Young Antarctic Weddell seals, unlike most other seals, swim with their mother, and they prioritize learning to swim and navigate over learning to forage while...
A promising new target for urinary tract infections and kidney stones
Credit: Department of Nephrology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that the secretion of uromodulin protein into urine can be induced by...
RUDN University biologists develop a rapid test for detecting the fire blight in plants
Credit: RUDN Unviersity RUDN University biotechnologists have created a method for detection of bacterial infection in apple, pear, hawthorn and other plants of the Rosaceae...
First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with ‘considerable care’
Credit: Mark Gridley In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic - the Black Death - which killed between 40 and 60...
Testicular cancer: Improved treatment and prognosis
Credit: Insel Gruppe Testicular cancer is the most common cancer among men under 40 in Europe and the USA. National statistics from the Cancer League...
RUDN University medics detect alterations in amino acid profiles in children with ADHD
Credit: RUDN University RUDN University doctors found alterations in serum amino acid profile in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The findings will help...
CSIC scientists propose a new strategy to regulate the cells communication network
The new tool, designed at the IQAC-CSIC, can help to understand the origin of some diseases and the development of new drugsCredit: Alejandro Rodríguez /...
Novel chirped pulses defy ‘conventional wisdom’
University of Rochester researchers describe first highly chirped pulses created by a using a spectral filter in a Kerr resonatorCredit: University of Rochester illustration /...
New beetle-dwelling roundworm species discovered in Japan
Cryptaphelenchus abietis, a new nematode species isolated from bark beetles that emerged from a dead log in Nagano, Japan, may become a useful lab species...
Scientists achieve ultra-fast optical orbiting of nanoparticles at subdiffraction scale
Credit: IGDB Is it possible to drive nanoparticles to orbit below the light diffraction limit using a Gaussian beam? A recent joint research project reported...
Parrot talk
Credit: Photo Heidi M. Thomsen During flock encounters, a single vocal interaction seems to be sufficient for making the decision of whether to recruit an...
Hybrid membrane doubles the lifetime of rechargeable batteries
Chemists from the University of Jena prevent dendrite formation in lithium metal batteriesCredit: (Photo: Sathish Rajendran/Wayne State University) The energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries...
Engineered NK cells can eliminate glioblastoma stem cells
Deleting the TFG-β receptor in NK cells overcame immune suppression and enabled anti-tumor activity in preclinical modelsCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Preclinical research...
Detoxifiers from the landfill
Chemical contaminationCredit: Empa The production of chemicals is a cumbersome business. Often, only a small part of what is actually wanted is produced in the...
