For neurons, where they begin isn’t necessarily where they end
The making of a human brain remains a mostly mysterious process that races from an embryonic neural tube to more than 100 billion interconnected neurons...
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Providing a potential treatment option to infants where there is none
A little over 1% of babies born in the U.S. in 2020 fell under the category of very low birthweight, meaning they weighed less than...
Scripps Oceanography-led study predicts climate change accelerates ocean currents
An international team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego used computer model simulations to find that climate change is...
Opioid-related deaths affecting more younger adults, study finds
From 2003 through 2020, as opioid-related mortality in Ontario, Canada increased five-fold, the age distribution also shifted downward – with rates now peaking for people...
Getting to the root of corn domestication; knowledge may help plant breeders
A unique confluence of archeology, molecular genetics and serendipity guided a collaboration of Mexican and Penn State researchers to a deeper understanding of how modern...
Women make up slightly over a quarter of first authors in The Lancet, JAMA and NEJM, with no improvement between 2002 and 2019
Women make up slightly over a quarter of first authors in The Lancet, JAMA and NEJM, with no improvement between 2002 and 2019Credit: Krstacic et...
Antidepressants are not associated with improved quality of life in the long run
Over time, using antidepressants is not associated with significantly better health-related quality of life, compared to people with depression who do not take the drugs....
Cannabis poisoning cases in pets have increased significantly
A survey of veterinarians in the U.S. and Canada highlights mounting cases of cannabis poisoning among pets and sheds new light on symptoms, treatments, and...
Molecular robots work cooperatively in swarms
In a global first, scientists have demonstrated that molecular robots are able to accomplish cargo delivery by employing a strategy of swarming, achieving a transport...
Lab grown, self-sustainable muscle cells repair muscle injury and disease, mouse study shows
In proof-of-concept experiments, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully cultivated human muscle stem cells capable of renewing themselves and repairing muscle tissue damage...
New research reveals the complexity of improving rangeland management in Africa
The world is a wickedly complex place, especially when people have a need to share limited resources. Herding communities in northern Namibia, for instance, are...
New accelerator at Fermilab approved for construction start
The U.S. Department of Energy has formally approved the start of full construction for the PIP-II project, an essential upgrade to the accelerator complex at...
Cities are driving evolutionary change in the cosmopolitan white clover, a new global study finds
Over half of the world’s population now lives in an urban area, according to a recent report by the United Nations. And that number is expected to...
Video radiology reports valuable for improving patient-centered care
Leesburg, VA, April 20, 2022—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), video radiology reports have the potential to improve radiologists’ communication with patients, highlighting...
Whole-brain preclinical study illuminates how epileptic seizures originate
New evidence from a zebrafish model of epilepsy may help resolve a debate into how seizures originate, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators....
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