Senquan Liu named STEM CELLS Young Investigator of 2020
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Senquan Liu, Ph.D., is STEM CELLS's Young Investigator of 2020 for his work on human stem-cell derived extracellular vesicles...
NEWS INDEX
Light pollution linked to preterm births, reduced birth weights
University of Colorado Denver researcher finds nighttime brightness linked to 13% increase in preterm birth likelihoodCredit: UNSPLASH.COM In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers discovered that light...
Fetal and neonatal therapies improve prognosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Credit: Tanimura et al. J Reprod Immunol. 2021. A cross-institutional research group has revealed for the first time in the world that infants with symptomatic...
Gender and spatial behavior
Gendered division of labor shaped human spatial behavior, Stanford study suggestsCredit: Brian Wood Navigating, exploring and thinking about space are part of daily life, whether...
Beckman Institute MRI expertise aids research on hemodialysis therapy patients
Credit: Photo courtesy the Beckman Institute Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology were part of a collaborative effort to investigate a...
Majority skeptical healthcare costs will fall anytime soon as Biden begins presidency
New West Health-Gallup survey finds new president faces a frustrated public reeling from pandemic, economic disruption and high healthcare costsCredit: West Health-Gallup Healthcare Survey WASHINGTON,...
Size matters: How the size of a male’s weapons affects its anti-predator tactics
Scientists demonstrate in a species of beetle that males adopt different survival tactics depending on the size of their mandibles, which they use as weaponsCredit:...
Using zirconium as an additive in super-strong composite materials
Introducing a layer of zirconium atoms between sheets of aluminum oxide and tungsten carbide creates exceptionally strong composite materialsCredit: Katsuyuki Matsunaga Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs)...
Discovery of early plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease
A research team at INRS has discovered two early plasma markers to detect Alzheimer's disease five years before its onset.Credit: INRS A Quebec research team...
635 million-year-old fungi-like microfossil that bailed us out of an ice age discovered
It is the oldest terrestrial fossil ever found.Credit: Credit: Andrew Czaja of University of Cincinnati. When you think of fungi, what comes to mind may...
Deeper insight into how tick spit suppresses cattle immunity
Credit: itabajara da Silva Vaz Jr) A tick saliva study reveals immune responses that could lead to better protection for cattle. Scientists from Hokkaido University,...
Turning food waste back into food
Fermenting used food can improve crop growthCredit: Deborah Pagliaccia/UCR There's a better end for used food than taking up space in landfills and contributing to...
Reconstruction shows increased global warming trends since 1850s
Credit: Qingxiang Li Earth is warming rapidly, but there is too little observational data in some regions such as the Arctic or high-altitude areas like...
ETRI develops VR sickness quantification analysis technology
The world's first VR sickness analysis and prediction technology secures the international Standard Essential Patent; clinical trial database gets published on IEEE with production guidelinesCredit:...
Enhanced recovery efforts for cesarean delivery reduce need for opioids by 80%
Results of study by Children's Hospital Colorado show a third of patients not needing narcotic pain pills after c-sectionCredit: Children's Hospital Colorado Results of study...
