2022 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists Honorees announced
NEW YORK – September 21, 2022 – The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences today announced the three Winners and six...
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New MIT Sloan research identifies which countries may be better positioned to accept a “new normal” of living with COVID-19
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 21, 2022 – With the eradication of COVID-19 out of reach, are we close to a “new normal” in which we can...
Chemical cocktail in skin summons disease-spreading mosquitoes
Mosquitoes that spread Zika, dengue and yellow fever are guided toward their victims by a scent from human skin. The exact composition of that scent...
Looking at images of people smiling at you extends antidepressant effects of ketamine
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21, 2022 – Simple computer-based neurocognitive training—using positive words and pictures designed to boost self-worth—prolongs the antidepressant effects of ketamine in people with...
Fiber-optic sensing probe: Quasi-3D plasmonic structures on fiber tips
Miniaturized sensors mounted upon optical fibers are widely recognized as an important future solution to instant and point-of-care medical diagnosis and on-site agricultural produce inspection....
How fear memories get stuck in some brains
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have discovered a biological mechanism that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored in the brain. The study,...
The cutting edge: ONR sponsors technology experimentation at Camp Lejeune
ARLINGTON, Va.—As an expeditionary force, Marines often fight in isolated, austere environments requiring re-supply and logistical support over long distances.Credit: (U.S. Marine Corps photo by...
Chimpanzee stone tool diversity
During fieldwork aimed at documenting the stone tool use of a group of wild chimpanzees in the Taï Forest in Cote d'Ivoire in early 2022,...
Aston University academics made fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Credit: Aston University Professor Sergei Turitsyn and Dawn Bonfield MBE to be made fellows Fellows are nominated by their peers based on their engineering...
Statin use not justified for healthy people with high cholesterol
TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 20, 2022) – About 40 million adults in the United States regularly take statins to lower their cholesterol levels and reduce their...
Cancer in adolescent and young adult women before pregnancy does not increase risk for stillborn births, according to UTHealth Houston research
Adolescent and young adult women who were diagnosed with cancer and received chemotherapy treatment prior to pregnancy did not have a higher risk of stillbirth,...
NSF awards more than $1 million to interdisciplinary research team to study chronic low back pain
La Jolla, CA — A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at UC San Diego has received $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to...
Discovery illuminates how Parkinson’s disease spreads in the brain
Aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein spread in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease through a cellular waste-ejection process, suggests a new study led by...
Fundamental research improves understanding of new optical materials
Research into the synthesis of new materials could lead to more sustainable and environmentally friendly items such as solar panels and light emitting diodes (LEDs)....
Epigenetic treatment in mice improves spinal cord regeneration after injury
Currently, spinal cord injury does not have any effective treatments; physical rehabilitation can help patients regain some mobility, but for severe cases the outcomes are...
