What makes memories stronger?
Leuven researchers shed new light on how the brain solidifies important memories A team of scientists at NeuroElectronics Research Flanders (NERF- empowered by imec, KU...
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Filaments and fibres three times finer than a human hair
In order to create them, scientists from the University of Seville have used technology that is generally used to produce dropsCredit: Universidad de Sevilla A...
Attitudes toward physician-assisted death among adults with elevated level of biomarker associated with Alzheimer’s disease
Bottom Line: Cognitively normal adults with elevated levels of the biomarker amyloid-β, which is associated with increased risk of developing Alzheimer disease, were interviewed as...
Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space
Credit: Credit: ICRAR Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8000 light-years from Earth. Published today in the journal Nature,...
Urine test could prevent cervical cancer
Urine testing may be as effective as the smear test at preventing cervical cancer, according to new research by University of Manchester scientists. The study,...
What a dying star’s ashes tell us about the birth of our solar system
A dust grain forged in a stellar explosion predating our solar system reveals new insights about how stars end their lives and seed the universe...
Study examines reliability of early diagnoses of ASD in toddlers
Bottom Line: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is common in children and is, on average, generally detected and treated by about age 4. This study examined...
Partitioning of porous materials
Highly resorptive metal-organic frameworks can be constructed by a foresighted combination of two different synthetic principles Gases and pollutants can be filtered from air and...
The search for nothing at all
What a never-before-seen radioactive decay could tell us about neutrinosCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Bill Fairbank is looking for...nothing. The Colorado State University professor of...
Are Canadians kept in the dark about new risks of medicines?
Government warnings about potential drug safety risks vary significantly across countries, according to a new international study co-authored by researchers at the University of British...
Plenary addresses importance of 2020 US Census and challenge of the young child undercount
Participants will understand why it matters that 5% of children under the age of 5 were missed in the 2010 CensusCredit: Pediatric Academic Societies BALTIMORE...
New study aims to validate pediatric version of sequential organ failure assessment
Credit: Pediatric Academic Societies BALTIMORE - A new study aims to validate the pediatric version of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in the emergency department...
Insilico to present at the FT US Pharma and Biotech Summit
Credit: Insilico Monday, April 29, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence, will...
Fleming’s method in miniature
Credit: ETH Zurich / Steven Schmitt and Helena Shomar It was 90 years ago that mould accidentally got onto a bacterial culture in Alexander Fleming's...
Nanomicrocell catalysts: A new kind of highly efficient integrated catalyst system
Credit: ©Science China Press Chemical reactions are involving directional migration of electrons and charged intermediates, depending on the redox potentials of different reactive sites. The...
