Bone Density Test: What Your Osteoporosis T-Score Means for Your Bone Health
A bone mineral density test is the best way to measure your bone health. It…
Month: December 2020
C Diff Diet: What to Eat When You Have Clostridium Difficile
Clostridium difficile infection (C diff) is a bowel infection caused by toxin-producing bacteria. C diff…
Biden’s CDC pick, a savvy communicator, will take over at a time when agency’s voice has been muted
When Rochelle Walensky, head of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, walks into the Centers…
STAT+: FDA finds fault with a Bristol plant, but it may not upset key approval of a cancer drug
The Food and Drug Administration found problems during a recent inspection of a Bristol Myers…
Prioritize health workers, at-risk groups, for COVID-19 vaccines: WHO chief
As countries plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days, weeks and months,…
CRISPR-edited CAR T cells enhance fight against blood cancers
Knocking out a protein known to stifle T cell activation on CAR T cells using…
I see you: Honey bees use contagious and honest visual signal to deter attacking hornets
What do honey bees and deadly hornets have to do with issues surrounding ‘fake news?’…
Hormonal cues in plants and animals
Researchers have uncovered one way plants respond to hormonal cues. A similar process is likely…
Researchers call for renewed focus on thermoelectric cooling
Almost 200 years after French physicist Jean Peltier discovered that electric current flowing through the…
STAT+: Divergent results from Agios, Forma trials for their sickle cell disease drugs
Two drug makers — Forma Therapeutics and Agios Pharmaceuticals — are each developing their own…
A recipe for protein footprinting
Chemists have opened doors for fellow scientists to better address research questions related to Alzheimer’s…
Remote Hawaiian island harbors last land snails of their kind
The island of Nihoa, a slice of jagged rock that juts out of the Pacific…
White blood cells may cause tumor cell death — but that’s not good news
White blood cells are part of many immune system responses in the human body. New…
Poor sleep can lead to depression in adolescents
Chronic sleep disruption during adolescence can lead to depression in both males and females and…
‘Big data’ enables first census of desert shrub
Researchers leveraged computer algorithms and high-resolution survey data to conduct the first-ever creosote census –…
Image-based navigation could help spacecraft safely land on the moon
Engineers have demonstrated how a series of lunar images can be used to infer the…
New transistor design disguises key computer chip hardware from hackers
Engineers propose a built-in security measure that would better protect computer chip hardware from hackers….
Warning labels reduce sugary drink consumption in university setting
A study shows that warning labels placed on sugary drinks could reduce sugar consumption in…
Leading Covid-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna decline invitations to White House ‘Vaccine Summit’
Both Pfizer and Moderna, the two major drug manufacturers likely to receive emergency authorizations for…
Rise of the underdog: A neglected mechanism in antiferromagnets may be key to spintronics
Scientists discover a mechanism in antiferromagnets that could be useful for spintronic devices. They theoretically…
Scientists get the lowdown on sun’s super-hot atmosphere
Images of the sun captured by the IRIS mission show new details of how low-lying…
Researchers develop unique process for producing light-matter mixture
In groundbreaking new research, an international team of researchers has developed a unique process for…
Researchers use genomics to identify diabetic retinopathy factors
Researchers have identified genes that respond differently in response to high glucose in individuals with…
Synthetic llama antibodies rescue doomed proteins inside cells
Researchers created a new technology using synthetic llama antibodies to protect endangered proteins inside cells….
Marine ecosystems: No refuge from the heat
Over the past several decades, marine protected areas (MPAs) have emerged as a favored conservation…
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Bend, don’t break: New tool enables economic glass design
Computer scientists develop a design tool that opens up the use of a cost-efficient technology…
New geological findings from eastern Fennoscandia add new dimensions to the history of European ice
In Finland, the majority of the glacial and warm interval records have been interpreted to…
Molecular mechanism of plant immune receptors discovered
Research teams explore the activation of plant immune receptors by pathogens. Read Original Article: Molecular…
Wind tunnel tests will help design future Army tiltrotor aircraft
After more than three years in development, a team of U.S. Army researchers and industry…
Aluminium alloy research could benefit manned space missions
Manned space missions in spacecraft made of aluminium that is light yet resistant to radiation…
The natural ‘Himalayan aerosol factory’ can affect climate
Large amounts of new particles can form in the valleys of the Himalayas from naturally…
Java’s protective mangroves smothered by plastic waste
The mangrove forests on Java’s north coast are slowly suffocating in plastic waste. The plastic…
Split wave: Component for neuromorphic computer
Neural networks are some of the most important tools in AI. So far, they run…
Central Europe: Dry Aprils pave the way for summer droughts
In the past 20 years, Central Europe has experienced six summer heat waves and droughts….
California’s 2018 wildfires caused $150 billion in damages
Researchers quantify the economic costs of California wildfires in 2018, finding they totaled more than…
Covid-created Anxiety; An Epidemic in the Making
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, anxiety is on the rise. Read Original Article: Covid-created Anxiety; An…
Peatland preservation vital to climate
Preserving the world’s peatlands — and the vast carbon stores they contain — is vital…
Harnessing quantum properties to create single-molecule devices
Researchers report that they have discovered a new chemical design principle for exploiting destructive quantum…
New semiconductor detector shows promise for medical diagnostics and homeland security
This method allows users to identify legal versus illegal gamma rays. Detectors like these are…
Self-learning algorithms for different imaging datasets
AI-based evaluation of medical imaging data usually requires a specially developed algorithm for each task….
This flexible and rechargeable battery is 10 times more powerful than state of the art
A team of researchers has developed a flexible, rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery with a five…
Quick and sensitive identification of multidrug-resistant germs
Researchers have developed a sensitive testing system that allows the rapid and reliable detection of…
Improved Afghan law still fails victims of sex crimes and violence against women, UN report finds
Afghanistan’s justice system is continuing to fail female victims of violence and sex crimes, despite…
Grasping an object: Model describes complete movement planning in the brain
Neurobiologists have developed a model that for the first time can completely represent the neuronal…
Useful ‘fake’ peptides
Some useful drugs consist of peptides acting on their protein targets. To make them more…
When playing favorites can hurt growth
Industrial parks in China perform less well when developed on the apparent basis of preexisting…
Military flights biggest cause of noise pollution on Olympic Peninsula
A new study provides the first look at how much noise pollution is impacting the…
Development of a new method for decoding viral genes
A research team developed a new decoding method for viral genes that can easily and…
Newly discovered Greenland plume drives thermal activities in the Arctic
A team of researchers understands more about the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. They…
Seventeen genetic abnormalities that cause brain aneurysms
Intracranial aneurysm is a dilation of a blood vessel forming a fragile pocket. Rupture results…