New evidence: Neandertals buried their dead
Credit: © Antoine Balzeau – CNRS/MNHN Was burial of the dead practiced by Neandertals or is it an innovation specific to our species? There are...
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Study connects diabetes, air pollution to interstitial lung disease
Credit: Michigan State University People with pre-diabetes or diabetes who live in ozone-polluted areas may have an increased risk for an irreversible disease with a...
Caterpillars mimic leaves or offer rewards for protection by ants
Study reveals different forms of interaction between insect groups: some caterpillar species have bodies covered with molecules identical to those of the plants they inhabit...
Breakthrough in nuclear physics
High-precision measurements of the strong interaction between stable and unstable particlesCredit: Daniel Dominguez / CERN The positively charged protons in atomic nuclei should actually repel...
Researchers identify an action mechanism for a drug against Alzheimer’ disease
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease murine modelCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A study conducted on mice published in the journal Geroscience has identified the action mechanism of a...
2021 SPIE-Franz Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to Nitesh Katta
The annual award will support the development of Katta’s doctoral research, as well as his efforts to translate benchtop advancements into clinical successes Credit: Dr....
“Birthday” of the roof of the world recalibrated
Third Pole rose to modern height much later than previously thoughtCredit: TPE As the roof of the world, the Third Pole centered on the Tibetan...
Researchers identify an action mechanism for a drug against Alzheimer’ disease
Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease murine model Credit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A study conducted on mice published in the journal Geroscience has identified the action mechanism of...
ERC awards Barbara Mazzolai and Andrea Toma for projects on environmental sustainability
Researchers at IIT are among the grantees awarded by ERC today. Their projects will focus on the creation of intelligent plant robots capable of having...
Higher body temperatures still a factor in patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis
A pioneering study carried out among patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis has determined that they display significantly higher temperatures than healthy individuals.Credit: Staffordshire University...
Multiple semiconductor type switching to boost thermoelectric conversion of waste heat
Credit: Tokyo Tech In recent years, the energy consumption in developed countries has been rather wasteful. Nearly two-thirds of the total energy is typically discarded...
$2 million NIH grant to develop Zika virus vaccine
Credit: Virginia Tech Flaviviruses -- a group of viruses transmitted by ticks or mosquitoes -- infect an estimated 400 million people annually with diseases like...
Ability to predict C-diff mortality nearly doubled with new guidelines
University of Houston team assesses change to severity definitionsCredit: University of Houston Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the most common health care-associated infection in the...
‘Sparkling’ clean water from nanodiamond-embedded membrane filters
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15194 Although most of the planet is covered by water, only a fraction of it...
Tri-lab initiative leads innovation in novel hybrid energy systems
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Future novel hybrid energy systems could lead to paradigm shifts in clean energy production, according to a paper published last week...
