A new vision for soybean meal: designer tempeh
In a novel effort to create the next generation of plant-based, protein-rich environmentally sustainable and savory alternatives to animal meat, a University of Massachusetts Amherst...
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Google Trends reveal how the spread of chickenpox may have been suppressed during the COVID-19 pandemic
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283465Credit: Sabale et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283465 Article Title: Impact assessment of immunization and the COVID-19 pandemic...
New 52 million-year-old bat species discovered in Wyoming, US, is the oldest bat skeleton known
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283505Credit: Rietbergen et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283505 Article Title: The oldest known bat skeletons and their implications for...
Decoding Insomnia: Machine learning model predicts sleep disorders from patient records
A machine learning model can effectively predict a patient’s risk for a sleep disorder using demographic and lifestyle data, physical exam results and laboratory values,...
The stripes of the Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus are as unique as our own fingerprints, enabling scientists to track individuals as they grow
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265292Credit: Saumitra Kelkar, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265292 Article Title: Individually unique, fixed stripe configurations of Octopus chierchiae allow for photoidentification in...
Industry veteran Pablo Velez, RN, Ph.D., named CEO of El Centro Regional Medical Center
In coordination with the El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) Board of Trustees, UC San Diego Health today announced that Pablo Velez, RN, PhD, has...
Henry Ford Health cardiologists first in US to successfully implant novel tricuspid LuX valve
DETROIT (April 12, 2023) – Henry Ford Hospital structural heart interventional cardiologists Pedro Villablanca, M.D., and Brian O’Neill, M.D., are the first in the U.S....
Optically controlled metasurfaces for dynamic dual-mode modulation
Dynamic control of terahertz (THz) waves at-will with an ultracompact device is important for THz technologies in biomedical imaging, telecommunications, detection, and beyond. However, tunable...
Oral barrier is similar in ceramide composition to skin barrier
Acylceramides and protein-bound ceramides are vital for the formation of the oral barrier in mice, similar to their role in skin, protecting from infection.Credit: Takayuki...
Scientists sequence genome of little skate, the stingray’s cousin
Rutgers geneticists, working with an international team of scientists, have conducted the most comprehensive sequencing yet of the complete DNA sequence of the little skate...
Increased droughts are disrupting carbon-capturing soil microbes, concerning ecologists
Soil stores more carbon than plants and the atmosphere combined, and soil microbes are largely responsible for putting it there. However, the increasing frequency and...
High-pressure structure of 2D ferromagnet CrSiTe3 clarified in recent study
According to research published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Prof. DING Junfeng from Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science,...
SwRI joins new NASA institute to qualify, certify additive manufacturing methods
SAN ANTONIO — April 12, 2023—Southwest Research Institute will contribute to a new NASA institute to improve understanding and enable rapid certification of metal parts...
Insilico Medicine successfully discovered potent, selective, and orally bioavailable small-molecule inhibitor of CDK8 using generative AI
Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announced that it has successfully discovered a potent, selective, and orally bioavailable small...
‘Carb’ treatment for stroke receives new U.S. patent
A new twist on a drug used to treat alcohol use disorder could double up as a treatment for stroke, the leading cause of disability...
