‘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...
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Most plastic eaten by city vultures comes straight from food outlets
Since the 1950s, humanity has produced an estimated 8.3bn tons of plastic, adding a further 380m tons to this amount each year. Only 9% of...
Scientists uncover the amazing way sandgrouse hold water in their feathers
Many birds’ feathers are remarkably efficient at shedding water — so much so that “like water off a duck’s back” is a common expression. Much...
Tick-borne Powassan virus is being transmitted in concentrated clusters in New England, Yale study says
A new study by investigators with the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) finds that the tick-borne Powassan virus is being transmitted in concentrated community...
Bringing racial equity to kidney transplant evaluation
African Americans are more than three times as likely to have kidney failure than Whites but four times less likely to have received a kidney...
Knockout of AMD-associated gene POLDIP2 reduces mitochondrial superoxide in retinal cells
“To our knowledge, this is the first functional study of POLDIP2 in retinal cells to understand its potential role in AMD.”Credit: 2023 Nguyen et al....
New approach targets norovirus, world’s leading cause of foodborne infection
Every year, norovirus causes hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning — and the deaths of at least 50,000 children — yet there exists...
Perfume component helps lure male moth pests
North Carolina State University researchers have shown that adding a small amount of a chemical used in perfumes – nonanal – to a two-chemical combination...
Genomic surveillance identifies global strain of emerging wheat disease fungus
Pests and diseases may reduce global wheat yields by over 20%. A study published April 11th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Sergio...
Daily statin reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV, large NIH study finds
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial was stopped early because a daily statin medication was found to reduce the increased risk of cardiovascular...
Lightning strike creates phosphorus material for the first time on Earth
TAMPA, Fla. (April 11, 2023) – After lightning struck a tree in a New Port Richey neighborhood, a University of South Florida professor discovered the...
Save Our Seas Foundation celebrates 20 years and announces a record 75 grants for 2023
It’s a milestone year for the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF). Twenty years has seen considerable changes in the shark and ray conservation sector, and...
An embarrassment of riches
Among Indigenous, rural non-industrial populations inhabiting the tropical forests of lowland Bolivia, researchers report, there appears to be an optimal balance between levels of food...
Catalytic methane removal to mitigate its environmental effect
This review is led by Prof. Junwang Tang (Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London; and Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University). The review summarised...
Funding to Daniel Anderson’s lab will advance research on new delivery technology for RNA vaccines and therapies
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Sanofi will provide $25 million over five years to the lab of MIT Professor Daniel Anderson, to support the lab’s efforts to...
