Atomic-level insights gained for a key lipid-binding protein implicated in cancer
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 20, 2021 Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified, at an atomic level, how a part...
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Clinical trial assesses stem cells’ ability to prevent major cause of preemie deaths
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - A phase 2 clinical trial whose results were released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine might point to a...
Predicting the onset of diseases
Scientists have created a statistical model that helps them predict when diseases like high blood pressure, heart diseases and type 2 diabetes will occur.Credit: IST...
Can extreme melt destabilize ice sheets?
Credit: Farrin Abbott Nearly a decade ago, global news outlets reported vast ice melt in the Arctic as sapphire lakes glimmered across the previously frozen...
Designing healthy diets – with computer analysis
Credit: Creative Commons A new mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut could help design new probiotics and specially tailored diets to...
Understanding spoilage and quality issues may improve American artisan cheesemaking industry
Top concerns of artisan cheesemakers are examined in new research in the Journal of Dairy Science®Credit: Refer to caption Philadelphia, April 20, 2021 - American...
Federal policy to reduce deaths from sepsis was mostly ineffective
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2021 - The first large-scale, multi-hospital evaluation of an "all or none" federal policy intended to improve outcomes in sepsis...
Surprising ionic and flow behaviors with functionalized nanochannels
UMD engineering research team demonstrates overscreening, flow reversal in nanosystemsCredit: T. H. Pial et al., ACS Nano, 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09248 Nanochannels have important applications in...
Learning about system stability from ants
Credit: James Herndon A new type of collective behaviour in ants has been revealed by an international team of scientists, headed by biologist Professor Iain...
Stanford researchers use AI to empower environmental regulators
Credit: Nina Brooks Like superheroes capable of seeing through obstacles, environmental regulators may soon wield the power of all-seeing eyes that can identify violators anywhere...
New AI tool tracks evolution of COVID-19 conspiracy theories on social media
Algorithm developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers could help public health officials combat misinformationCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 19, 2021--A...
Light up your mind: A novel light-based treatment for neurodegenerative diseases
Researchers review growing knowledge on the methods and applications of light therapy in treating neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay A lot about the human...
Shedding light on the long and the short of plant growth
Credit: John Innes Centre What keeps some plants squatting close to the soil while others - even those closely related - reach high for the...
Archaeological data demand new approaches to biodiversity conservation
Credit: Erle Ellis Professor Nicole Boivin, Director of the Department of Archaeology at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena,...
Pandemic led to profound changes in multiple sclerosis clinical practice
UC Riverside-led national survey of MS specialists finds nearly 10% had been redeployed to the front lines of COVID-19 patient careCredit: C. Rosema. RIVERSIDE, Calif....
