Two Virginia graduate students get a boost for research
NEWPORT NEWS – Two graduate students at Virginia universities who plan to conduct research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility...
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Pandemic-related stressors in pregnant women may impact their babies before they’re born
Prolonged levels of stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to altering key features of fetal brain development — even if the mother was...
Professional ‘guilds’ of bacteria gave rise to the modern microbiome
Even the smallest marine invertebrates—some barely larger than single-celled protists—are home to distinct and diverse microbial communities, or microbiomes, according to new research from University...
Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade
HOUSTON – (May 26, 2022) – The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back as a better part for...
Harnessing the immune system to treat traumatic brain injury in mice
A therapeutic method for harnessing the body’s immune system to protect against brain damage is published today by researchers from the Babraham Institute’s Immunology research...
Fishing for new source of proteoglycans, an important health food ingredient
Aggrecan, a major component of proteoglycan (PG) having chondroitin sulfate (CS) in cartilaginous tissues, has become increasingly popular as an ingredient in health food. In...
FAU awarded $1 million to help prevent injury, death from falls in older adults
Every second, an older person in the United States falls and injures themselves, and every 20 minutes one of them dies from the fall. More...
Tsunami threats underestimated in current models, new research shows
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated one of the most destructive tsunamis ever recorded, with 100-foot waves that killed nearly 230,000 and resulted in an estimated...
Yang wins Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Lan Yang, at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to receive the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award.Credit:...
New HHMI program pledges $1.5 billion for outstanding early career faculty committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) launched a roughly $1.5 billion program to help build a scientific workforce that more fully reflects our increasingly...
Virginia Tech scientists to probe brain circuitry underlying preferences for tasty food
Eliminating your favorite treats could make your brain want them even more, according to a Virginia Tech scientist.Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech Eliminating your favorite treats...
Shedding light on spermatogenesis failure caused by testicular warming
Testicles of most mammals are cooled in the scrota, and elevated testicular temperatures lead to spermatogenesis failure and male infertility. A research team led by...
Perplexing fish-like fossil finally classified
For the first time since its discovery 130 years ago one of the most mysterious fossil vertebrates has finally been classified, increasing our possible understanding...
Visual system brain development implicated in infants who develop autism
CHAPEL HILL, NC – For the first time, scientists have found that brain differences in the visual brain systems of infants who later are diagnosed...
Sarcopenic obesity linked to dementia in elderly patients, say scientists
Obesity, an increasingly prevalent lifestyle disease, often occurs along with poor muscle mass. This condition, called sarcopenic obesity, is evaluated based on the patients’ body...