Math and the buildings we live and work in
University of Hawaii professor Wai-Fah Chen reveals how the mathematical theory of plasticity shaped the modern structural designCredit: World Scientific The book is state-of-the-art and...
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Want to diagnose brain diseases? A mass spectrometry imaging may one day help you
Researchers from Osaka University developed a new method for brain tissue analysis in high spatial resolution that requires no sample preparationCredit: Reproduced with permission. Copyright...
Research explains why crocodiles have changed so little since the age of the dinosaurs
Credit: University of Bristol New research by scientists at the University of Bristol explains how a 'stop-start' pattern of evolution, governed by environmental change, could...
Oldest hominins of Olduvai Gorge persisted across changing environments
~2.0 to 1.8 million year-old archaeological site demonstrates that early humans had the skills and tools to cope with ecological changeCredit: Michael Petraglia Olduvai (now...
Harbor porpoises on the decline in the German North Sea
Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect the species, which has been affected by human activities at seaCredit: D. Nachtsheim The North Sea is a...
Improving tests for tropical worm diseases aim of $2.95 million grant
Gates Foundation grant targets global elimination of onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasisCredit: Peter Fischer Global campaigns to eliminate two tropical parasitic worm infections have been hindered by...
Mental health of UK women, ethnic minorities especially affected during pandemic
UK survey conducted before and during pandemic also indicates increase in average mental distress for all citizensCredit: Proto E, Quintana-Domeque C (2021) PLOS ONE In...
Mouse study finds link between gut disease and brain injury in premature infants
Credit: C. Zhou, C. Sodhi and D. J. Hackam, Johns Hopkins Medicine Physicians have long known that necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a potentially lethal inflammatory condition...
A new approach to study autoimmune diseases
Research team determines that the "Immune only" focus of current research must be updated to better understand autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and...
uOttawa study shows that mindfulness can help ease the pain of breast cancer survivors
Credit: University of Ottawa A study led by University of Ottawa researchers provides empirical evidence that mindfulness has a significant impact on the brain of...
Light-based processors boost machine-learning processing
Credit: University of Oxford The exponential growth of data traffic in our digital age poses some real challenges on processing power. And with the advent...
Toxin chimeras slip therapeutics into neurons to treat botulism in animals
Credit: Taking advantage of the chemical properties of botulism toxins, two teams of researchers have fashioned non-toxic versions of these compounds that can deliver therapeutic...
Resist the resistance: fighting the good fight against bacteria
Credit: The Medina Group/Penn State Drug-resistant bacteria could lead to more deaths than cancer by 2050, according to a report commissioned by the United Kingdom...
Majority of biotech companies completing an IPO from 1997-2016 achieved product approvals
Biotech companies completing IPOs continue to initiate new product development, but 78% were conventional small molecule drugs, not biologicalsCredit: Center for Integration of Science and...
Physicists observe competition between magnetic orders
Nature study: Research team at the University of Bonn gains insights into novel quantum phenomenaCredit: © Marcell Gall, Nicola Wurz et al./ Nature They are...
