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Roads have a negative impact on chimpanzee populations that can extend for more than 17 km, new research shows.Credit: Dr Kimberley Hockings Roads have a...

Concentration of microparticles in lakes reflect nearby human activity and land use

Predicting where anthropogenic debris accumulates in aquatic ecosystems is necessary for its control and environmental remediation, but plastic and fiber pollution in lakes is not...

To colonize different environments, bacteria precisely tune their nanomotors

In their roughly 3.5 billion years on Earth, bacteria have fine-tuned the art of colonizing all kinds of habitats, from the inner lining of digestive...

New Texas Heart Institute study outlines additional reasons for optimism related to heart regeneration

The Texas Heart Institute has announced that a new study from its prolific Cardiomyocyte Renewal Lab has been published in Circulation Research – a peer-reviewed...

Better mental health supports needed for pregnant individuals during the pandemic: study

Physician-researchers say more mental health supports are needed for pregnant individuals after a survey found nearly three-quarters of individuals who had been pregnant during the...

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In our genes—new DNA-based chip can be programmed to solve complex math problems

The term ‘DNA’ immediately calls to mind the double-stranded helix that contains all our genetic information. But the individual units of its two strands are...

Exosome formulation developed to deliver antibodies for choroidal neovascularization therapy

Credit: TIAN Ying and ZHANG Fan Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital and the...

Improving air quality reduces dementia risk, multiple studies suggest

Credit: Alzheimer's Association DENVER, JULY 26, 2021 -- Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according to several studies reported today...

Elsevier partners with American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics to publish Genetics in Medicine

Collaboration signifies strong commitment by all stakeholders to maintain the journal's high standards and expand its global prominenceCredit: ACMG New York, July 26, 2021 -...

Juicy past of favorite Okinawan fruit revealed

Credit: Hidekazu Sumi Citrus fruits from the mandarin family have important commercial value but how their diversity arose has been something of a mystery Researchers...

Goal-setting and positive parent-child relationships reduce risk of youth vaping

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, July 26, 2021 - Adolescents who set goals for their future and those with strong parental support are less likely to use...

Development of a novel technology to check body temperature with smartphone camera

Technology for low-cost, thermal-imaging sensors that operate well at temperatures as high as 100 °C has been developed. Expected to be actively used in thermal-imaging...

New US and German collaboration aims to produce green hydrogen more efficiently

Credit: University of Illinois/Technical University of Darmstadt Through a new award program, the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG)...

Extreme heat, dry summers main cause of tree death in Colorado’s subalpine forests

Credit: Robert Andrus Even in the absence of bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado subalpine forests are dying at increasing rates from warmer...

New study sheds light on function of sex chromosomes in turtles