A call for standardization of controls in lifespan studies
“ we posit that the majority of results in biology of aging may be irrelevant to the fundamental aim of this field and must be...
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Rice’s Wiess School launches Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences
The Wiess School of Natural Sciences at Rice University has launched the Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences to improve the capture, analysis and interpretation of...
Michelson Medical Research Foundation and Human Immunome Project announce 2023 Michelson Prize Laureates
Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) and Human Immunome Project (HIP) have awarded Dr. Siyuan Ding (Washington University in St. Louis), Dr. Claire Otero (Weill Cornell...
Rice’s Nai-Hui Chia wins NSF CAREER Award
HOUSTON – (March 5, 2024) – Nai-Hui Chia, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to...
Researchers show that menopause does not always impact mental health
A new review paper from authors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and collaborators concludes that menopause does not uniformly elevate the risk of depression and...
Painting a molecular portrait of the brain with mass spectrometry and deep learning
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology researchers Jonathan Sweedler, a professor of chemistry, and Fan Lam, a professor of bioengineering, outlined how spatial omics technologies can...
Semaglutide reduces severity of common liver disease in people with HIV
WHAT: A weekly injection of semaglutide was safe and reduced the amount of fat in the liver by 31% in people with HIV and metabolic...
Prestigious 2024 Brain Prize awarded to Hebrew University’s Prof. Haim Sompolinsky by Lundbeck Foundation
Prof. Haim Sompolinsky of the Hebrew University and Harvard University has been awarded the Brain Prize for 2024, the largest and most prestigious international prize...
Research suggests new tool-making timeline for East Asian hominins
A new study from the Nihewan basin of China has revealed that hominins who possessed advanced knapping abilities equivalent to Mode 2 technological features occupied...
Scientists train a bank of AI models to identify patterns of brain activity that signal memory formation
The study of brain oscillations has advanced our understanding of brain function. Ripples are a type of fast oscillations underlying the organization of memories. They...
Conservation actions for SA’s declining white shark population now a matter of urgency
A group of marine biologists specialising in shark ecology, genetics and fisheries have challenged the findings from a recent study suggesting that South Africa’s white...
Toward understanding sperm quality
A novel screening system developed at Kyoto University enables researchers to investigate sperm cell development and health at the molecular level. The new approach, published...
The many faces of a zinc anode: Configurations can make a difference in performance
Sometimes the solution to a problem can be as simple as changing the way the components are structuredCredit: Guozhao Fang, Central South University Sometimes the...
Team successfully synthesizes atomically precise metal nanoclusters
A research team has successfully synthesized a metal nanocluster and determined its crystal structure. Their study provides experimental evidence for understanding and designing nanoclusters with...
Harvard neuroscientist Haim Sompolinsky awarded Brain Prize
Haim Sompolinsky, Professor in Residence in Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Department of Physics, has received the Brain Prize for his pioneering contributions to...
