Seed ferns: Plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago
According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today’s…
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Physicists explain–and eliminate–unknown force dragging against water droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces
Researchers adapt a novel force measurement technique to uncover the previously unidentified physics at play…
New Inflammatory Bowel Disease testing protocol could speed up diagnosis
Patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could benefit from better testing protocols that would…
Health behaviors accumulate and remain relatively stable throughout middle adulthood
According to a recent study, either healthier or unhealthier health behaviors cluster among individuals. These…
New insights could unlock immunotherapy for rare, deadly eye cancer
New research explains why metastatic uveal melanoma is resistant to conventional immunotherapies and how adoptive…
Biodiversity is key to the mental health benefits of nature
New research has found that spaces with a diverse range of natural features are associated…
A single atom layer of gold: Researchers create goldene
For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single…
Most countries struggle to meet climate pledges from 2009
Nineteen out of 34 countries surveyed failed to fully meet their 2020 climate commitments set…
Twisted pollen tubes induce infertility
Plants with multiple sets of chromosomes, known as polyploids, are salt-tolerant or drought-resistant and often…
Quantum electronics: Charge travels like light in bilayer graphene
An international research team has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move…
Deadly bacteria show thirst for human blood
Some of the world’s deadliest bacteria seek out and feed on human blood, a newly-discovered…
Creating an island paradise in a fusion reactor
In their ongoing quest to develop a range of methods for managing plasma so it…
Researchers can help shipowners achieve ambitious climate targets
International shipping does not want to be a climate bad guy and is aiming to…
Crucial connection for ‘quantum internet’ made for the first time
Researchers have produced, stored, and retrieved quantum information for the first time, a critical step…
Teen stress may raise risk of postpartum depression in adults
A research team reports that social stress during adolescence in female mice later results in…
Opinion: Practicing medicine at a predominantly Black institution gave me the gift I didn’t realize I needed
“You have a big voice, Dr. Grubbs,” the clinic manager said. I flinched. The last…
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Scientists identify cell vulnerability ‘fingerprint’ related to Parkinson’s, Lewy body dementia
A new study offers a first look into the complex molecular changes that occur in…
Public awareness campaign on risks of accessing weight loss surgery overseas is crucial
Patients need clearer warnings about the risks of having surgery abroad.1 Health tourism in weight…
New death certification process for England and Wales will start in September
NHS trusts and GPs will be required by law to share records of all patients…
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious…
TRIPOD+AI statement: updated guidance for reporting clinical prediction models that use regression or machine learning methods
Prediction models are used across different healthcare settings. They are used to estimate an outcome…
Biohaven’s data delay degrades stock price
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about CVS and Humira biosimilars, Schumer’s broken insulin promise, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Clear blue skies…
Why the fuss about physician associates?
Features of the debate around physician associates (PAs) have crystallised a range of underlying problems…
Mortality in working age people is still significantly higher than pre-pandemic, data show
Mortality among working age people in England and Wales remains higher than before the covid-19…
Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to adolescent brains
A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding…
Family and media pressure to lose weight in adolescence linked to how people value themselves almost two decades later
People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media,…
Illuminating the path to hearing recovery
Scientists aim to uncover the mysteries surrounding a specific receptor protein associated with hearing. Read…
AI enhances physician-patient communication
A study shows that AI enhances physician-patient communication. Read Original Article: AI enhances physician-patient communication…
Hidden threat: Global underground infrastructure vulnerable to sea-level rise
As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also…
How Pluto got its heart
The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally…
Unlocking the ‘chain of worms’
An international team of scientists has published a single-cell atlas for Pristina leidyi (Pristina), the…
Millions of gamers advance biomedical research
4.5 million gamers around the world have advanced medical science by helping to reconstruct microbial…
Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs
Researchers have found that microplastics — are having a significant impact on our digestive pathways,…
GeoAI technologies for sustainable urban development
From heatwaves to pandemic diseases, the urban environments of the world face numerous challenges. Researchers…
Epilepsy drug prevents brain tumors in mice with NF1
Researchers have discovered that an FDA-approved epilepsy drug can prevent or slow the growth of…
Digging up new species of Australia and New Guinea’s giant fossil kangaroos
Palaeontologists have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New…
Evolution’s recipe book: How ‘copy paste’ errors cooked up the animal kingdom
A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions…
Switch to green wastewater infrastructure could reduce emissions and provide huge savings according to new research
Researchers have shown that a transition to green wastewater-treatment approaches in the U.S. that leverages…
Tropical forests can’t recover naturally without fruit-eating birds
Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon….
STAT+: Intra-Cellular reports positive results in depression study aimed at expanding use of antispsychotic medicine
Intra-Cellular Therapies reported positive results Tuesday from a late-stage clinical trial seeking to expand the…
NHS England does U turn on staff mental health service after outcry by doctors
NHS England has reversed its decision to halt new sign-ups to the NHS Practitioner Health…
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Refocusing the World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines on the needs of low and middle income countries
Key messagesThe World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines promotes equitable access to medicines…
Alternative routes into clinical research: a guide for early career doctors
Working in clinical research alongside clinical practice can make for a rewarding and worthwhile career.123…
STAT+: Chuck Schumer’s broken promise on affordable insulin
WASHINGTON — In February 2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stood alongside constituents in Buffalo,…
STAT+: A new PIPE lawsuit challenges the fairness of sharing confidential, stock-moving information
The fairness of PIPEs, particularly the preferential sharing of confidential, stock-moving information, is now a…
STAT+: Grocers are pushing legislation they claim would enhance food safety. Advocates say it would gut FDA rules
WASHINGTON – In the last decade, Americans have been sickened by salmonella from cucumbers, listeria…
Opinion: Autism doesn’t discriminate. Autism research shouldn’t either
The face of autism was once predominantly white. No longer. The Centers for Disease Control…
Breast cancer: Inaction on inequalities has led to unequal progress, say experts
Despite tremendous advances in breast cancer research and treatment over the past three decades many…
World News in Brief: ‘Reckless attacks’ on Ukraine nuclear plant must cease, Chibok abductions 10 years on, action against plant pests
A recent spate of “reckless attacks” on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine…