Researchers uncover indoor pollution hazards
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash - When most people think about air pollution, they think of summertime haze, traffic or smokestack exhaust, wintertime inversions, or wildfire...
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Heart rate variation due to stress affects auditory attention
Study shows that brain activity related to auditory perception parallels heart rate, offering new perspectives for the treatment of attention and communication disordersCredit: Viviane B....
Thwarting oil-pipeline corrosion by identifying a nanoscale villain
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Steel pipes rust and eventually fail. To preempt disasters, oil companies and others have created computer models to predict when replacement is...
HHS fetal tissue research ban threatens progress toward cure for HIV
Statement from IDSA President Cynthia Sears, MD, FIDSA and HIVMA Chair W. David Hardy, MD The Department of Health and Human Services' announcement Wednesday that...
Pistons are muscling up
300-year-old piston design reinvented with soft flexible materials can produce greater forces with higher energy efficiencies, and has potential for a plethora of applicationsCredit: Wyss...
NIH HIV experts prioritize research to achieve sustained ART-free HIV remission
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Achieving sustained remission of HIV without life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a top HIV research priority, according to a new commentary in...
Study shows how the nervous system can transmit information across multiple generations
Mechanism identified in nematodes allows neurons to communicate with germ cells, Tel Aviv University researchers say Nematodes, worms found in virtually all environmental habitats, are...
Translation of genes more complex than expected
Credit: Sanne Boersma and Deepak Khuperkar © Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the group of Marvin Tanenbaum at the Hubrecht Institute have shown that translation of...
The deep learning dive: how cells regulate division
Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina probed deeper into how cell division cycles are regulatedCredit: MUSC Hollings Cancer Center Combining...
Nuclear architecture: What organizes the genome in the nucleus?
Spatial separation of active from inactive fractions of the genome in the cell nucleus is crucial for gene expression control. A new study uncovers leading...
Discovery sheds light on synthesis, processing of high-performance solar cells
Halide perovskite solar cells hold promise as the next generation of solar cell technologies, but while researchers have developed techniques for improving their material characteristics,...
Researchers from IKBFU discover that pine nut shells increase physical endurance
Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University For several decades, the number of chronicle diseases has been growing. The main reason for this is the imbalanced...
Danger avoidance can be genetically encoded for four generations, say Princeton biologists
A team of Princeton scientists found that learned behaviors in C. elegans can be conveyed through the germline for multiple generationsCredit: Courtesy of the researchers...
The mystery of the galaxy with no dark matter: Solved!
A group of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has clarified one of the mysteries of 2018 in the field of extragalactic astrophysics:...
Talking to each other — how forest conservation can succeed
Göttingen research team reveals strengths and shortcomings of different conceptsCredit: Laura Demant Forest conservation can be a source of tension between competing priorities and interests...
