Using mice to open the way to prevent blocked arteries
Credit: Department of Life Science and Bioethics,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify pathways that link a high-fat diet to atherosclerosis in...
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New genetic driver of autism and other developmental disorders identified
Credit: Takumi et al., Nature Communications, 2021 A research group including Kobe University's Professor TAKUMI Toru (also a Senior Visiting Scientist at RIKEN Center for...
Computer-assisted biology: Decoding noisy data to predict cell growth
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science have designed a...
Programmable structures from the printer
Credit: Tiffany Cheng, ICD Universität Stuttgart Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart have developed a new process for producing movable,...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital launch diagnostic accelerator
The Brigham-Wyss diagnostic accelerator aims to create new diagnostic technologies through deep collaborations driven by unmet diagnostic needsCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (Boston) --...
Match matters: The right combination of parents can turn a gene off indefinitely
UMD scientists discover that mating can cause epigenetic changes in nematode worms that last for 300 generationsCredit: Antony Jose/UMD Evidence suggests that what happens in...
Passing the ball: Shifting responsibility for care coordination from patient to provider
Study finds HIE event notification promising tool to solve major healthcare challengeCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - A new study from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,...
Red Dead Redemption 2 teaches players about wildlife
Credit: Matthew Silk Players of the popular game Red Dead Redemption 2 learn how to identify real American wildlife, new research shows. The game, set...
Ecologists compare accuracy of lidar technologies for monitoring forest vegetation
Findings suggest mobile platforms have great potential for monitoring a variety of forest attributesCredit: Northern Arizona University As light detection and ranging (lidar) technology evolves,...
FEWSION: Creating more resilient supply chains through nature-inspired design
Diverse supply chains that mimic ecological systems can more readily adapt to unforeseeable disruptionsCredit: Northern Arizona University A new paper in Nature lays out the...
Our genes shape our gut bacteria, new research shows
Credit: University of Notre Dame Our gut microbiome -- the ever-changing "rainforest" of bacteria living in our intestines -- is primarily affected by our lifestyle,...
The pressure is off and high temperature superconductivity remains
Development of a new pressure-quench technique demonstrates superconductivity in iron selenide crystals sans pressureCredit: University of Houston In a critical next step toward room-temperature superconductivity...
Study: How a large cat deity helps people to share space with leopards in India
The story of the Warli and the WaghobaCredit: Ramya Nair BENGALURU, India (July 8, 2021) - A new study led by WCS-India documents how a...
Where does the shape of the Romanesco cauliflower come from?
Credit: © Nathanael Prunet The mystery of the formation of one of the most peculiar plant forms - the Romanesco cauliflower - has been solved...
First study of nickelate’s magnetism finds a strong kinship with cuprate superconductors
New nickelate materials give scientists an exciting new window into how unconventional superconductors carry electric current with no loss at relatively high temperaturesCredit: Greg Stewart/SLAC...