Using fungi, researchers convert ocean plastic into ingredients for drug industry
Research on fungi has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into key…
Year: 2023
Circadian clock controls sunflower blooms, optimizing for pollinators
An internal circadian clock controls the distinctive concentric rings of flowering in sunflowers, maximizing visits…
In cells, UV-emitting nail polish dryers damage DNA and cause mutations
The ultraviolet nail polish drying devices used to cure gel manicures may pose more of…
Science of sediment transport key to river conservation and protection
Researchers have devised a better way to measure how fast sediment flows in rivers —…
Researchers create new system for safer gene-drive testing and development
Researchers have developed a new system for developing gene drives for areas ranging from human…
New research furthers case for exercise promoting youthfulness
Researchers compared aging mice that had access to a weighted exercise wheel with mice that…
Increased atmospheric dust is masking greenhouse gases’ warming effect
A study shows that global atmospheric dust — microscopic airborne particles from desert dust storms…
Endogenous molecule protects from life-threatening complications after stem-cell transplantation
Researchers find that an antimicrobial molecule modifies T-cell-signalling and thus attenuates overshooting immune reactions. Read…
Our future climate depends partly on soil microbes — but how are they affected by climate change?
The largest terrestrial carbon sink on Earth is the planet’s soil. One of the big…
The mechanism of cosmic magnetic fields explored in the laboratory
Recent research shows that magnetic fields can spontaneously emerge in a plasma if the plasma…
Security Council: UN rights official raises concerns over Ukraine religious freedoms
Addressing the Security Council on Tuesday, Ilze Brands Kehris, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human…
WHO launches Council to develop TB vaccines, hoping to save millions of lives
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to…
Iran’s detention of Belgian aid worker a ‘flagrant violation of international law’: UN rights experts
A group of UN Special Rapporteurs condemned Iran’s arbitrary detention of Belgian aid worker Olivier…
STAT+: Major purchasers predict expensive new therapies will keep driving drug price hikes
More than two dozen big buyers of prescription medicines expect that prices will rise by…
STAT+: Moderna says RSV vaccine worked, setting stage for competition with GSK and Pfizer
Moderna’s vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, reduced the rate of lower respiratory…
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Deepfake challenges ‘will only grow’
A new report by artificial intelligence (AI) and foreign policy experts predicts that deepfakes technology…
Little brain better visualized with the help of new technology
Researchers have developed a new method to look at the cerebellum in detail. Read Original…
Researchers gain deeper understanding of mechanism behind superconductors
Physicists have once again gained a deeper understanding of the mechanism behind superconductors. This brings…
STAT+: After four years of big talk, mega startup Sana prepares to deliver some data
SAN FRANCISCO — The last time Sana CEO Steve Harr was here for the J.P….
Probiotic markedly reduces S. Aureus colonization in phase 2 trial
A promising approach to control Staphylococcus aureus bacterial colonization in people — using a probiotic…
How the body’s B cell academy ensures a diverse immune response
A diverse immune response hinges on naive B cells mingling with high affinity ones in…
Climate change likely to uproot more Amazon trees
Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they’re also…
Even preschoolers can spot a cop-out
We’ve all been there. You made a promise you couldn’t keep. Or something came up,…
Salmonella exposure a risk for colon cancer
Researchers studied human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models and found that exposure to…
Vitamin D benefits and metabolism may depend on body weight
Researchers have found new evidence that vitamin D may be metabolized differently in people with…
Humans impact wolf packs in national parks
Studying wolves at the pack level is important because most previous research has focused on…
Glassy and reactive: Plants are more dynamic than you think
Is the inside of a plant cell more like a liquid or a solid? While…
Bees exposed to common weedkiller via wildflower nectar
Bees may be at risk from exposure to glyphosate — an active ingredient in some…
Unusual compound found in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
Scientists have discovered a rare lead compound (named lead formate) in Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Night…
Green environments in residential areas impact the composition of sugar molecules in breastmilk
Living in a greener environment has an impact on the composition of oligosaccharides in mother’s…
New fluorescent dye can light up the brain
Chemists have developed a tool for noninvasive brain imaging that can help illuminate hard-to-access structures…
Resistance training in older adults at the cellular level
Aging and related diseases are associated with alterations in oxidative status and low-grade inflammation, as…
Hydrogen’s place in an increasingly connected energy web shows need for regulatory change
Capturing the potential profits and jobs offered by a growing hydrogen industry may need as…
Strict-sounding teachers worse in the classroom than kind colleagues
Strict-sounding teachers are worse at inspiring the classroom than their kind colleagues, research has revealed….
STAT+: Pfizer says it will widen access to hundreds of off-patent medicines in poor countries
In another bid to widen access to its medical products, Pfizer plans to provide roughly…
Climate change presents a mismatch for songbirds’ breeding season
Climate change presents a mismatch for some breeding songbirds, finds a new study using a…
Separation leads to significant but temporary gender differences in parent-child time
Separation leads to a significant but temporary increase in gender inequalities in parent-child time, according…
Optimal genome mapping offers high-resolution method to better see, then target cancer-causing gene variants
Technology that enables an unprecedented, high-resolution look for all structural variants in our genes that…
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Preventing vehicle crashes by learning from insects
Despite only about 25% of car travel happening after dark, almost half of fatal accidents…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Lilly and AbbVie exit U.K. drug-pricing program; J&J scales back Covid-19 vaccine production
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week, which is only getting started on…
STAT+: Large health insurers lowered barriers to fair access to some drugs, analysis finds
Most of the largest health plans in the U.S. generally provide “fair access” to 19…
Scientists Find This Breathing Technique To Be Better Than Meditation At Reducing Stress
About 90% of the participants found the exercise to be a positive experience, according to…
Co-Infection Of Flu And Strep Can Become Very Serious In Kids; Doctors Explain Why
Both flu and strep A can turn into serious cases on their own. However, when…
Opinion: STAT+: 4 concrete steps to realize the AI Bill of Rights for clinical decision support software
The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights the White House recently published didn’t come…
The addiction crisis is causing a spike in endocarditis cases. Hospitals are struggling to respond
Increased injection drug use has led to a spike in cases of the life-threatening heart…
Opinion: Stop blaming Biogen for putting profit at the expense of patients. Blame the systems that enabled it
Two congressional committees recently released damning results of an 18-month investigation into the Food and…
STAT+: Hospitals gear up to expand market power, raise prices in 2023
SAN FRANCISCO — More than a dozen of the country’s large not-for-profit hospital systems descended…
Telehealth patients are scrambling for in-person care amid crackdown on online controlled substances
Catherine was getting nervous about her ADHD prescription. In 2022, the 29-year-old New Yorker had…
Pakistan: rights experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, child marriage
Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of…
Long COVID Found To Mimic Other Health Conditions In Some Cases
The condition becomes indistinguishable from other health problems, according to researchers. Read Original Article: Long…