BIAL Award in Biomedicine worth 300,000 Euros
The third edition of the BIAL Foundation's international award, the BIAL Award in Biomedicine, is now underway, with nominations open until 30 June. With the...
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Better metric for prioritizing conservation of “evolutionarily distinctive” species
An updated metric for prioritizing species’ conservation that incorporates scientific uncertainty and complementarity between species, in addition to extinction risk and evolutionary distinctiveness, is publishing...
Sexting found to be associated with negative mental heath
A new study has shown that sexting was associated with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and compulsive sexual behaviors. The study is published in the peer-reviewed...
Report: Science rejected, lives lost – how society can do better
The international group of scientists who successfully lobbied the World Health Organisation to recognise the airborne transmission of COVID-19 have published four key steps needed...
Artificial intelligence with a human touch
Despite the remarkable progress in artificial intelligence (AI), several studies show that AI systems do not improve radiologists' diagnostic performance. In fact, diagnostic errors contribute...
Study finds association between lifetime experiences of discrimination and incidence of dementia
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Feb. 28, 2023 – According to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, people who experience discrimination during their lifetimes have...
St. Jude approach prevents drug resistance and toxicity
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – February 27, 2023) Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have demonstrated how drug makers can avoid two key problems: toxicity and resistance....
Activation of peroxymonosulfate and photothermal for removal of phenolic organic pollutants and lignin derivatives
At present, the traditional ways to deal with the above two kinds of pollutants are mainly physical adsorption and biodegradation. The main disadvantages of these...
Defect engineering for advanced electrocatalytic conversion of nitrogen-containing molecules
This study is led by Prof. Shuangyin Wang (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University) and Prof. Chen Chen (College of Chemistry and Chemical...
A motion freezer for many particles
Using lasers to slow down atoms is a technique that has been used for a long time already: If one wants to achieve low-temperature world...
In the end, it’s the individual advantage that counts
In a lake or river, between one and 10 million bacteria live in just 1 ml of water. Such a high density is necessary because...
Pulmonary and primary care experts share clinician toolkit on Rare Disease Day to raise awareness for interstitial lung disease
Glenview, IL, February 28, 2023 – The expert steering committee for Bridging Specialties™: Timely Diagnosis for ILD is encouraging primary care and pulmonary clinicians to...
Super-fast insect urination powered by the physics of superpropulsion
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology Saad Bhamla was in his backyard when he noticed something he had never seen before: an insect urinating. Although...
Jurassic shark – Shark from the Jurassic period was already highly evolved
Cartilaginous fish have changed much more in the course of their evolutionary history than previously believed. Evidence for this thesis has been provided by new...
Digital twin opens way to effective treatment of inflammatory diseases
Inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis have complex disease mechanisms that can differ from patient to patient with the same diagnosis. This means that currently available...
