Study gauges efficacy of drugs against pork tapeworm
Credit: Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization official photo (CC BY 4.0) Taenia solium--also called pork tapeworm--is a parasite which causes disease around the...
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Stage is set to develop clinically relevant, senescence-based biomarkers of aging
Proteomic Atlas of Senescence-Associated Secretomes can be used by the research community to speed translation of therapeutics to clinical useCredit: Nathan Basisty, PhD Senescent cells,...
Low doses of radiation used in medical imaging lead to mutations in cell cultures
Discovery that radiation creates breaks that allow in foreign DNA must be confirmed in animal studiesCredit: Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen, Wellcome Collection Common medical...
Study finds billions of quantum entangled electrons in ‘strange metal’
Physicists provide direct evidence of entanglement's role in quantum criticalityCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Jan. 16, 2020) -- In a new study,...
A new look at ‘strange metals’
For years, a new synthesis method has been developed at TU Wien (Vienna) to unlock the secrets of "strange metals". Now a breakthrough has been...
Improved brain chip for precision medicine
Device chooses right combo of cancer drugs in record timeCredit: University of Houston The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston is...
Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion
Researchers think it was one of the first animals to spend time on landCredit: Images courtesy Andrew Wendruff COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Scientists studying fossils collected...
Breakthrough on curbing dengue
Credit: CSIRO Scientists from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, and the University of California San Diego have engineered the first breed of genetically modified mosquitoes...
The carbon footprint of dinner: How ‘green’ are fish sticks?
Popular products generate significant 'post-catch' emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caughtCredit: UC Santa Cruz Fish sticks may be a...
NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of storm as it...
New optical technique captures real-time dynamics of cement setting
Material characterization approach can pinpoint cement setting times, could lead to more environmentally friendly cementCredit: José Ortiz-Lozano WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a nondestructive and...
Sepsis associated with 1 in 5 deaths globally, double previous estimate
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16, 2020 - Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according to an analysis published today...
Organized cybercrime — not your average mafia
Credit: Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash EAST LANSING, Mich. - Does the common stereotype for "organized crime" hold up for organizations of hackers? Research...
January Alzheimer’s & Dementia highlights: Sleep, race/ethnicity, artificial intelligence
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association January 2020 Journal DigestCredit: Credit Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, January 16, 2020 - A sleep medication already...
Compact broadband acoustic absorber with coherently coupled weak resonances
Credit: ©Science China Press Deep-subwavelength acoustic absorbers have received great attention due to their scientific and application values. Porous materials and micro-perforated absorbers, as the...
