How old are you, really? AI can tell your true age by looking at your chest
Osaka, Japan - What if “looking your age” refers not to your face, but to your chest? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed an advanced...
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America as No. 3
A once-in-a-century change in the world’s economic order is underway. Yet few in the West grasp what that means or how to manage in the...
MD Anderson receives nearly $4.9 million in CPRIT funding for cancer prevention programs and recruitment
HOUSTON ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded four grants totaling nearly $4.9 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute...
Platelets can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain
Pre-clinical trials by University of Queensland researchers have found an injection of a specific blood factor can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain....
Visualizing the microscopic phases of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
A Princeton University-led team of scientists has imaged the precise microscopic underpinnings responsible for many quantum phases observed in a material known as magic-angle twisted...
CCNY scientists trap light inside a magnet
A new study led by Vinod M. Menon and his group at the City College of New York shows that trapping light inside magnetic materials...
Mosquito nets treated with multiple insecticides can control malaria when pyrethroid resistance leads normal nets to fail
Mosquito nets treated with multiple insecticides can control malaria when pyrethroid resistance leads normal nets to failCredit: naturegirl 78, Flickr, CC-BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Mosquito nets...
Neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms are associated with the ending of marriages
Older adults with more severe behavioral symptoms, including agitation, aggression, and disinhibition, are more likely to become divorced than those with less severe symptoms. However,...
Study uncovers impact of 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic on infant health
In the wake of the 1918/1919 “Spanish flu” influenza pandemic, the probability of low birth weight and stillbirth increased among women in Switzerland, according to...
Good dogs: owners of recently-adopted shelter dogs tend to report high satisfaction with their new pet despite also reporting increases in problem behavior over time
Shelter dogs followed at their new homes for six months post-adoption were reported as showing more behaviors like stranger aggression or training problems by the...
Long-lived quantum state points the way to solving a mystery in radioactive nuclei
Long-lived quantum state points the way to solving a mystery in radioactive nucleiCredit: Gary Hollenhead, Toby King and Adam Malin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Long-lived...
For a new generation of antibiotics, scientists are bringing extinct molecules back to life – and discovering the hidden genetics of immunity along the way
“We need to think big in antibiotics research,” says Cesar de la Fuente. “Over one million people die every year from drug-resistant infections, and this...
Children and adolescents of the 1959-61 Chinese famine: Survivors face increased risk of non-communicable diseases 50 years later, with those exposed in utero or under age 2 at double the risk
Children and adolescents of the 1959-61 Chinese famine: Survivors face increased risk of non-communicable diseases 50 years later, with those exposed in utero or under...
What role do dust storms play in the world’s climate?
Giant dust storms in the Gulf of Alaska can last for many days and send tonnes of fine sediment or silt into the atmosphere, and...
Occupational safety and health training program grant renewed
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a division of the National Institutes of Health, awarded a $750,000 training program grant to researchers at...
