Adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks associated with TikTok use
DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study examines adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks associated with TikTok use. Findings from the study...
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Safely storing dangerous gasses in pores
A highly flammable industrial gas can be stored and released more safely and efficiently using cylinders containing porous coordination polymers (PCPs), also known as metal...
Establishment of a pancreatic cancer animal model using the pancreas-targeted hydrodynamic gene delivery method
Niigata, Japan – The research group of Professor Kamimura in Niigata University have established a novel pancreatic carcinogenesis model in wild-type rats utilizing the pancreas-targeted...
Firearms kill more children than car crashes, new report finds
Gun violence in the United States has increased to the point that it now kills more children than any other cause, including car accidents, and...
COVID-19 can directly infect and damage human kidney cells
DURHAM, N.C. – The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can directly infect a specialized type of kidney cell. The discovery helps explain why acute kidney...
Dual delivery of BMP2 and IGF1 promotes cranial bone defect healing
A new dual delivery system designed to sequentially release BMP2 and IGF1 in microparticles in an injectable hydrogel successfully healed an 8-mm cranial defect in...
This algorithm has opinions about your face
When two people meet, they instantly size each other up, making snap judgments about everything from the other person’s age to their intelligence or trustworthiness...
Kauai’s 2018 record-setting rain caused by a series of supercell thunderstorms
A record-setting rainstorm over Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i in April 2018 resulted in severe flash flooding and estimated damage of nearly $180 million. The deluge damaged or...
“Spring-loaded” system pops phosphorus into molecular rings
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus...
New Alzheimer’s biomarker may facilitate rapid diagnosis
Although symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s disease are well known, diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages requires careful cognitive testing by neurologists. Credit: © 2022...
Genetic breakthrough offers novel approach to controlling Africa’s East Coast fever, which kills a million cattle a year
NAIROBI, Kenya, 21 April 2022__ A serendipitous discovery has led researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya and the Roslin Institute at...
Fungal meningitis spreads by blocking and bursting blood vessels
New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain, helping scientists better understand how meningitis...
Dividing walls: How immune cells enter tissue
Imagine a stone wall in the countryside. Tightly packed, one stone sits on top of the other filling the tiniest gaps. A seemingly unbreachable obstacle....
Skin bacteria may boost immune response of mice infected with smallpox vaccine
The global eradication of smallpox in the 1980s was achieved by intradermal vaccination with vaccinia virus. A study published in PLOS Pathogens by Evgeniya V....
Mason scientists develop COVID-19 antibody measurement technology to rapidly assess virus blocking efficacy
Do a person’s antibodies work to block the COVID-19 virus from infecting one’s system? Are these antibodies also capable of blocking emerging variants such as the...
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