Scientists find genetic link to clogged arteries
Independent of cholesterol, gene variants raise risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressureCredit: In-Hyuk Jung, PhD, Stitziel Lab High cholesterol is the most commonly...
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New study supports the effectiveness of the ForsythKids school-based dental program for reducing untreated tooth decay
Credit: Forsyth Institute In a longitudinal study published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Dental Association, researchers analyzed untreated decay in a...
Fast, portable test can diagnose COVID-19 and track variants
The field test, called NIRVANA, can simultaneously detect and sequence SARS-CoV-2, influenza and other virusesCredit: Mo Li/KAUST LA JOLLA--(March 31, 2021) Clinicians using a new...
A Skoltech method helps model the behavior of 2D materials under pressure
Credit: ACS Nano (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10609 Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) have developed a method for modeling the behavior...
Novel pharmacological strategies to treat alcoholism. Focus on epigenetics
This article by Dr. F. David Rodriguez is published in the journal, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2021Credit: Dr. F. David Rodriguez Abusive alcohol drinking considerably impacts...
CU Cancer Center researcher reveals new effects of oxygen deprivation in cancer cells
Joaquin Espinosa, PhD, and his team investigated the role of hypoxia-inducible factors in tumor growth and suppressionCredit: Joaquin Espinosa, PhD A team of University of...
Even without a brain, Penn Engineering’s metal-eating robots can search for food
Credit: University of Pennsylvania When it comes to powering mobile robots, batteries present a problematic paradox: the more energy they contain, the more they weigh,...
Decades of hunting detects footprint of cosmic ray superaccelerators in our galaxy
Record-breaking gamma rays bathe the Milky Way in an energetic hazeCredit: HEASARC / LAMBDA / NASA / GFSC An enormous telescope complex in Tibet has...
First images of freshwater plumes at sea
Surface-towed marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) imaging can be used to map oceanic freshwater plumes in high-resolutionCredit: University of Hawai'i The first imaging of substantial freshwater...
Study: Race made no difference in ICU Outcomes of COVID-19 patients
Henry Ford Hospital researchers said patients of color had lower 28-day mortality than white patientsCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT (March 31, 2021) - In...
Study: Female monkeys use males as “hired guns” for defense against predators
Female putty-nosed monkeys use calls just to recruit males when certain predators are detectedCredit: C. Kolopp/WCS BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (March 31, 2021) - Researchers...
NIST ‘agricomb’ measures multiple gas emissions from … cows
Credit: Hanacek/NIST After the optical frequency comb made its debut as a ruler for light, spinoffs followed, including the astrocomb to measure starlight and a...
Getting to the core of HIV replication
HIV-1 viral capsid simulations on XSEDE-allocated Stampede2, Bridges, Darwin systems uncover nucleotide entry mechanismCredit: Xu, et al. Viruses lurk in the grey area between the...
Quantum material’s subtle spin behavior proves theoretical predictions
Credit: Michelle Lehman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Using complementary computing calculations and neutron scattering techniques, researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Lawrence...
Alfred Aho wins the 2020 ACM Turing Award
Computer Science Professor Emeritus Aho honored for his research and books on the theory and algorithms underlying programming language translators.Credit: Eileen Barroso/Columbia Engineering New York,...
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