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Credit: University of Otago Research has confirmed the nationwide Alert Level 4 COVID-19 lockdown had a significant toll on New Zealanders' well-being, especially for younger...

Study compares racial disparities in unilateral versus bilateral knee replacement

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery Disparities in unilateral knee replacement surgery have been well-documented, with lower utilization and higher complication rates among African American patients....

Intellia doses first patient in CRISPR/Cas9 clinical trial of NTLA-2001 for ATTR

NTLA-2001: First single-course therapy that potentially halts and reverses ATTR progressionCredit: Intellia Therapeutics CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 9, 2020 -- Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA), announced that...

Bringing drugs to the brain with nanoparticles to treat neurodegenerative diseases

Nanoparticles could cross the blood-brain barrier to deliver drugs to the brainCredit: Jean-Michel Rabanel Researchers from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have...

Lev Manovich’s ‘Cultural Analytics’ is leading the way to understanding digital culture

New book looks at intersection of data science & media studies, presenting concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural dataCredit: The MIT PRESS, 2020....

WFIRM scientists create hybrid tissue construct for cartilage regeneration

Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, NC, NOVEMBER, 2020 -- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientists (WFIRM) have developed a method to bioprint a type of cartilage...

Cell ageing can be slowed by oxidants

Credit: Martina Butorac/Chalmers University of Technology At high concentrations, reactive oxygen species - known as oxidants - are harmful to cells in all organisms and...

WEHI joins forces with World Health Organisation to combat anaemia

Credit: WEHI, Australia The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated Australian medical research institute WEHI as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Anaemia Detection and Control,...

Migration and molt affect how birds change their colors

Credit: Eric Liffmann In late summer and autumn, millions of birds fly above our heads, often at night, winging their way toward their wintering grounds....

How cell processes round up and dump damaged proteins

UMass Amherst research chemists discover cells' unexpected clean-up techniquesCredit: UMass Amherst/Strieter lab AMHERST, Mass. - In a new paper with results that senior author Eric...

Study shows disadvantaged communities may get overlooked for climate adaptation funding

Case study of California revealed an additional 348 communities eligible for fundingCredit: NASA MIAMI--While extreme heat threatens the wellbeing of people all over the world,...

UM research essential to global arctic animal migration archive

Credit: Photo credit to Karsten Heuer MISSOULA - Warmer winters, earlier springs, shrinking ice and increased human development - the Arctic is undergoing dramatic changes...

Study reveals strategy to create COVID-19 drugs to inhibit virus’s entry and replication

University of South Florida Health-University of Arizona team reports compounds simultaneously targeting Mpro and cathepsin L may improve treatment of COVID-19 infectionCredit: Photo courtesy of...

Ancient crocodiles’ family tree reveals unexpected twists and turns

Scientists probing a prehistoric crocodile group's shadowy past have discovered a timeless truth - pore over anyone's family tree long enough, and something surprising will...

New kind of superconductivity discovered