Why Zika virus caused most harmful brain damage to Brazilian newborns
Findings help explain why microcephaly cases less common in other Zika outbreaksCredit: Kevin Noguchi Due to Zika virus, more than 1,600 babies were born in...
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Can metformin reduce obesity in children and adolescents?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 18, 2020--A new study has shown metformin - a glucose-lowering drug commonly used to treat...
University of Utah Health launches fast DNA testing to speed care of critically-ill babies
Credit: Charlie Ehlert University of Utah Health today announced the launch of a project with a goal of quickly and accurately detecting genetic disorders among...
Targeting turncoat immune cells to treat cancer
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research FEBRUARY 18, 2020, NEW YORK -- A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a mechanism by which regulatory T cells, which...
Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn
MU scientists find BPA alternative, bisphenol S, could negatively affect both a mother's placenta and potentially a developing baby's brainCredit: Pexels Using "BPA-free" plastic products...
Study reveals how low oxygen levels in the heart predispose people to cardiac arrhythmias
Discovery offers new targets for therapies aimed at preventing sudden death caused by heart attacksCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, Calif. February 18, 2020 -...
Study finds empathy can be detected in people whose brains are at rest
Findings may help health care professionals better assess those with autism, schizophreniaCredit: UCLA Health UCLA researchers have found that it is possible to assess a...
Researchers show advance in next-generation lithium metal batteries
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- A Washington State University research team has developed a way to address a major safety issue with lithium metal batteries...
Rules of life: From a pond to the beyond
Credit: Elser Lab/ASU The Cuatro Cienegas Basin, located in Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, was once a shallow sea that became isolated from the Gulf of...
Time of day affects global brain fluctuations
Credit: Csaba Orban As the day progresses, the strength of the brain's global signal fluctuation shows an unexpected decrease, according to a study published on...
APS tip sheet: The new fate of the kaon
Preliminary reports of an extremely rare decay of a subatomic particle called the kaon could challenge the standard model of particle physicsCredit: Kitahara et al.,...
New tool to study how neuronal networks recover their function after neuron loss
Credit: J. Soriano/UB A multidisciplinary study led by UB researchers has developed a new experimental tool that enables the application of focalized damage on an...
Topological materials outperform through quantum periodic motion
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered that applying vibrational motion in a periodic...
Reproductive genome from the laboratory
Max Planck researchers have for the first time developed a genome the size of a minimal cell that can copy itselfCredit: MPI f. Developmental Biology/...
Scientists: Estonia has the most energy efficient new nearly zero energy buildings
Credit: Jarek Kurnitski A recent study carried out by an international group of building scientists showed that Estonia is among the countries with the most...
