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Researchers at the Department of Neurology of the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern identified how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep to...

Researcher taking samples off the French coast.

Algae reveal clues about climate changes over millions of years

Organisms adjust their cell walls according to environmental conditions such as temperature. Some adaptations involve changes in lipids which may still be preserved long after...

Structure of key protein for cell division puzzles researchers

At the centre of cell divisionCredit: MPI of Molecular Physiology At the centre of cell division The centromere is a constriction in the chromosome, made...

The 13th World Congress of the World Mitochondria Society will be held next October in Berlin

On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the World Mitochondria Society (WMS), we are pleased to announce the organization of the 13th Annual Meeting of...

A single hormone directs body’s responses to low-protein diet

BATON ROUGE, LA. – A single hormone appears to coordinate the lifespan extension produced by a low-protein diet.Credit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center BATON ROUGE, LA....

Adopting low-carbon energy can reduce racial disparities in air pollution

Switching to low carbon fuels for transportation, cooking, heating, power generation and other needs would help fight climate change and also reduce racial and ethnic...

New Bedford Inlet, eastern Antarctic Peninsula

Sea ice can control Antarctic ice sheet stability, new research finds

Despite the rapid melting of ice in many parts of Antarctica during the second half of the 20th century, researchers have found that the floating...

St. Jude presenting update on gene therapy treatments for X-SCID

Updates on gene therapy for ‘bubble boy’ disease and cellular immunotherapy at ASGCT

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – May 12, 2022) Interim results of an ongoing clinical trial found lentiviral gene therapy is safe and effective for treatment of infants...

A gene in tuberculosis bacteria is found essential for siderophore secretion and virulence

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lei Zhang, Ph.D., and Michael Niederweis, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham have made what they call “a major step”...

Major study to examine beavers’ Arctic impact

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England, has received funding of over half a million pounds to lead a major new study to investigate the...

The first direct image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Credit:

First image of the beastly black hole at the heart of our galaxy

As astronomers look out at the distant cosmos, it’s only natural that they would also look inward, to the center of our own galaxy, the...

New nanomechanical oscillators with record-low loss

The vibrational modes of nanomechanical resonators are analogous to different notes of a guitar string and have similar properties such as frequency (pitch) and lifetime....

Decision tree for manual review of currently scheduled contrast-enhanced CT examinations in the event that iodinated contrast supply is critically low

AJR publishes best practices for Iodinated Contrast Media shortage

Leesburg, VA, May 13, 2022—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), to ensure that patients with emergent or life-threatening imaging indications can continue receiving...

Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity

Glucose is the sugar we absorb from the foods we eat. It is the fuel that powers every cell in our bodies. Could glucose also...

The future of desalination?