Dr. David A. Schwartz receives 39th annual Alton Ochsner Award
NEW ORLEANS – Ochsner Health has announced David A. Schwartz, MD, as the 2024 winner of the Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease. Dr....
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New vaccine created by Mizzou researchers protects cattle from deadly tick-borne disease
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- University of Missouri researchers are working to develop the first-ever vaccine proven to protect cattle from a devastating tick-borne cattle disease known as...
Chromosome copying errors pinpointed in embryo development
A new discovery by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics (BDR) in Japan upends decades of assumptions regarding DNA replication. Led by Ichiro...
Suicides in the construction industry are perceived to occur suddenly
Construction workers can find it difficult to talk about mental health problems, and suicide among colleagues often comes as a shock. A study from the...
Team discovers transient rise in depletion attraction contributes to mitotic chromosome condensation
A team of scientists studying cell division developed a special light microscopy system and used it to analyze the molecular density of cellular environments. Their...
nTIDE Deeper Dive August 2024: Disability Employment Disparities Among Students: High School Struggles, College Advancement
East Hanover, NJ – August 28, 2024 – Young people with disabilities aged 16 to 24 had high school enrollment rates nearly identical to their...
Rain or shine? How rainfall impacts size of sea turtle hatchlings
Female sea turtles lay their eggs, cover the nest with sand and then return to the ocean, leaving them to develop and hatch on their...
Aging population: Public willingness to pay for healthcare hinges on perceived benefits and risks
Healthcare is undoubtedly crucial for everyone. As individuals age, the risk for health issues and related expenses increases. Consequently, many countries have universal healthcare systems,...
In-person contact linked with lower levels of loneliness in older adults
EMBARGO UNTIL 6 A.M. EST, WEDNESDAY AUG. 28, 2024. EMBARGO UNTIL 6 A.M. EST, WEDNESDAY AUG. 28, 2024. In-person contact helps lead to lower...
Researchers develop novel organic redox-active molecules for flow batteries
Organic redox-active molecules (ORAMs) are abundant and diverse, offering significant potential for cost-effective and sustainable energy storage, particularly in aqueous organic flow batteries (AOFBs). However,...
Bats are surviving and thriving on nothing but sugar
KANSAS CITY, MO—August 28, 2024—Humans must regulate blood sugar concentrations to stay healthy and to fuel our cells. Too little or too much can cause...
What role did fear play in Europe’s population growth?
– Since the end of the last Ice Age, growth of human population was far from uniform, marked instead by periods of rapid expansion followed by...
U of A College of Nursing receives $1.6M grant to support Indigenous students
Indigenous students pursuing nursing careers at the University of Arizona College of Nursing will benefit from additional financial support thanks to a $1.6 million grant from the...
Moths may use disco gene to regulate day/night cycles
How does one species become two? If you’re a biologist, that’s a loaded question. The consensus is that, in most cases, the process of speciation...
Mizzou researchers explore solutions to help reduce nurse burnout
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Even before the coronavirus pandemic, high rates of burnout and staffing shortages plagued the nursing industry, primarily because of the stressful demands...
