Senescence and senotherapies in biliary atresia and biliary cirrhosis
“Our data provide the first integrative report about premature senescence in pediatric ”Credit: 2023 Jannone et al. “Our data provide the first integrative report about...
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Bjornsti begins her term as president of FASEB
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mary-Ann Bjornsti, Ph.D., professor and former chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, begins...
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft stuns with ultraviolet views of red planet
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In animal assisted therapy, horses may aid the treatment of patients with substance use disorders by boosting mood and quality of life
In animal assisted therapy, horses may aid the treatment of patients with substance use disorders by boosting mood and quality of lifeCredit: Michaela Bartoňová, CC-BY...
Kindness meditation helps people with depression recall positive memories, study finds
A meditation that guides people to practice unconditional kindness to themselves and others helps people with a history of depression recall specific personal memories, according...
GPT-3 informs and disinforms us better
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Zurich delved into the capabilities of AI models, specifically focusing on OpenAI’s GPT-3, to determine...
Skin disease in endangered killer whales concerns scientists
Scientists studying endangered southern resident killer whales have observed a strong increase in the prevalence of skin disease in this population. Credit: Joe Gaydos, UC Davis...
NYC researchers’ community-led response to the mpox outbreak used principles learned from Global South colleagues
NYC researchers' community-led response to the mpox outbreak used principles learned from Global South colleagues.Credit: MPX NYC / Burness, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) NYC researchers' community-led...
BMI cutoffs for total shoulder arthroplasty increase health disparities by preventing those in need from undergoing surgery
In June, the American Medical Association announced a new policy that encourages physicians not to focus solely on body mass index, or BMI, as a determinant of...
Electrochemical device captures carbon dioxide at the flick of a switch
HOUSTON – (June 28, 2023) – New technology developed by Rice University engineers could lower the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from all types of emissions,...
An ingredient in toothpaste may make electric cars go farther
An ingredient in many toothpastes is sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine. It is added to protect teeth against decay. But compounds containing fluorine have...
Professor Hongzhe SUN receives the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2023 Dalton Horizon Prize
A team led by Professor Hongzhe SUN, Norman & Cecilia Yip Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry and Chair Professor of Chemistry at The University of Hong...
Decrypting integrins by mixed-solvent molecular dynamics simulation
A team of researchers from the Universities of Amsterdam and Zurich together with the Swiss company Allocyte Pharmaceuticals have for the first time been able...
Squash bugs are attracted to and eat each other’s poop to stock their microbiome
Squash bugs, a common and difficult-to-control agricultural pest, need healthy bacteria in their gut to grow and stay alive. However, they do not acquire any...
There may be good news about the oceans in a globally warmed world
An analysis of oxygen levels in Earth’s oceans may provide some rare, good news about the health of the seas in a future, globally warmed...
