Traveling with friends helps even mixed-up migrators find their way
DURHAM, N.C. -- Some of us live and die by our phone’s GPS. But if we can’t get a signal or lose battery power, we...
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New rat lungworm disease resource to help doctors with diagnosis, treatment
As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places where the parasite that causes...
New photonics research to solve for environmental challenges
WASHINGTON – Today, the Optica Foundation released details of promising photonics research solving for global environmental challenges. Featuring the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Challenge awardees, this research...
Photonic advances enhance imaging techniques
WASHINGTON – The Optica Foundation today issued details on the healthcare work being funded by its 20th Anniversary Challenge. This newly funded research will address...
Coloring microscopic coral larvae to aid tracking for conservation and reef restoration
A new, low-cost staining method enables visual tracking of coral larvae as they disperse and settle in coral reefs, according to a study publishing December...
For people with dementia with Lewy bodies, treatment with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, with or without memantine treatment, appears to be associated with both lower risk of mortality and duration of stay for unplanned hospital admissions for phys…
In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Medicine: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004124Credit: Peter Kindersley, Centre for Ageing Better...
Insilico Medicine CEO named Highly Cited Researcher of 2022
Global analytics company Clarivate™ has named Insilico Medicine Founder and CEO Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, as a Highly Cited Researcher for 2022. Fewer than 7,000, or...
New study finds promising treatment for cognitive deficits associated with cholestatic liver disease
Philadelphia, December 6, 2022 – Patients with cholestatic liver disease such as primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) can experience significant impairment of bile flow and may...
Institute of Physics Publishing strikes unlimited publishing deal with Big Ten Academic Alliance
Strengthening the commitment to opening research, IOP Publishing (IOPP) has agreed to a three-year unlimited open publishing agreement with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA)...
Infection of visceral fat cells may contribute to severe COVID-19, study suggests
Experiments conducted in Brazil by researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the University of São Paulo (USP) showed that visceral fat –...
From Frankfurt to Saskatchewan: Joint research for the health of our planet
FRANKFURT. Sometimes it is interest in a student exchange, more often than not a joint research project that provides the impetus for an international university...
Developmental genetics: How germ cells cut the cord from their parents
For the first cell to develop into an entire organism, genes, RNA molecules and proteins have to work together in a complex way. At first,...
Why those sounds from your upstairs neighbor are so annoying #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 6, 2022 – Most people have suffered through a noisy neighbor. Whether it's the constant stomping of feet or the thump from...
Researchers identify a new entryway into cells for virus causing COVID-19
One of the many pressing research undertakings by the scientific community amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has focused on ways the coronavirus manages to enter...
How neurons regulate their excitability autonomously
Nerve cells can regulate their sensitivity to incoming signals autonomously. A new study led by the University of Bonn has now discovered a mechanism that...
