Overweight Danes are more likely to have overweight dogs
A new study reports that the prevalence of overweight dogs is markedly larger among overweight…
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New mechanism for dysfunctional insulin release identified
Researchers have identified a previously unknown mechanism that regulates release of insulin, a hormone that…
Neurological signals from the spinal cord surprise scientists
With a study of the network between nerve and muscle cells in turtles, researchers have…
Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomena
A new model for plasma flow within the sun provides novel explanations for sunspots, the…
Parental involvement plays key role in children’s academic attainment, research shows
New research has shown how parental engagement has a positive effect on a child’s academic…
Lighting the path to renewable energy
Scientists have developed a novel, standardized way of quantifying and comparing these variations in solar…
A new approach to touch-screen set-up position for best physical workload and visibility
This study aimed to propose a new method for a bi-objective optimization. Ten student participants…
New microbe discovered in wheat stem sawfly
A new article discusses the potential ramifications of the discovery for combating the serious damage…
Circulating molecules in blood may be stepping stone for type 1 diabetes early prediction
Researchers have found changes in molecules in the blood that might be new markers of…
AAN recommends people 65+ be screened yearly for memory problems
To help physicians provide the highest quality patient-centered neurologic care, the American Academy of Neurology…
Did a common childhood illness take down the neanderthals?
A new study suggests that the extinction of Neanderthals may be tied to persistent, life-long…
Suntanner, heal thyself: Exosome therapy may enable better repair of sun, age-damaged skin
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers have shown that exosomes harvested from human skin cells are…
New target regulating mitochondria during stress
Like an emergency response team that is called into action to save lives, stress response…
Engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source
Engineers have created what may be viewed as the world’s smallest incandescent lightbulbs, collections of…
Medications underused in treating opioid addiction
Though research shows that medication-assisted treatment can help people who are addicted to opioids, the…
Unlock your smartphone with earbuds
A research team is developing EarEcho, a biometric tool that uses modified wireless earbuds to…
How rock expands near soil surface in Southern Sierra Nevada
Weathering of subsurface rock in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California occurs due more…
Closing in on ‘holy grail’ of room temperature quantum computing chips
To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to…
Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum
Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts…
Green light given to fruit fly’s color preference
Researchers have made two unexpected discoveries. First, they found that, given a choice, fruit flies…
Grizzly research reveals remarkable genetic regulation during hibernation
New RNA sequencing-based genetic research shows grizzlies express a larger number of genes in preparation…
Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age
About 466 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, the Earth froze….
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A technological ‘leap’ in the Edomite Kingdom during the 10th century BCE
During the late 10th century BCE, the emerging Edomite Kingdom of the southern Levant experienced…
Learning to read boosts the visual brain
How does learning to read change our brain? Does reading take up brain space dedicated…
Rethinking scenario logic for climate policy
Current scenarios used to inform climate policy have a weakness in that they typically focus…
Actions to save coral reefs could benefit all ecosystems
Scientists say bolder actions to protect the world’s coral reefs will benefit all ecosystems, human…
Six galaxies undergoing sudden, dramatic transitions
Astronomers observed six mild-mannered LINER galaxies suddenly and surprisingly transforming into ravenous quasars — home…
Greenland’s growing ‘ice slabs’ intensify meltwater runoff into ocean
Thick, impenetrable ice slabs are expanding rapidly on the interior of Greenland’s ice sheet, where…
Fast MRIs offer alternative to CT scans for pediatric head injuries
Researchers have released a study that shows that a new imaging method ‘fast MRI’ is…
3D virtual reality models help yield better surgical outcomes
A new study has found that using three-dimensional virtual reality models to prepare for kidney…
Study questions routine sleep studies to evaluate snoring in children
A new finding suggests that the pediatric sleep study — used to diagnose pediatric sleep…
Brain tumors form synapses with healthy neurons
Scientists have shown for the first time that severe brain cancers integrate into the brain’s…
Babies’ gut bacteria affected by delivery method
Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria — their microbiome — than those delivered by…
The path of breast-to-brain cancer metastasis
Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that breast tumors exploit to metastasize to the brain….
‘Poor man’s qubit’ can solve quantum problems without going quantum
Researchers have built and demonstrated the first hardware for a probabilistic computer, a possible way…
Modeling a model nanoparticle
New research introduces the first universal adsorption model that accounts for detailed nanoparticle structural characteristics,…
Obesity associated with abnormal bowel habits — not diet
Because researchers demonstrated for the first time that a strong association between obesity and chronic…
Laser prototype for space-based gravitational wave detector
Researchers have announced a prototype for a laser at the heart of the first space-based…
Law-like progression of weapons technologies
Anticipating the technology and weapon systems of our future Army might not be entirely daunting,…
New factor in the development of childhood lymphoma
The immune system is highly complex and a detailed understanding of many underlying mechanisms is…
New tool improves beekeepers’ overwintering odds and bottom line
A new tool can predict the odds that honey bee colonies overwintered in cold storage…
Coastal birds can weather the storm, but not the sea
Coastal birds survive because their populations can absorb impacts and recover quickly from hurricanes —…
Scientists forecasted late May tornado outbreak nearly 4 weeks in advance
Scientists report that they accurately predicted the nation’s extensive tornado outbreak of late May 2019…
Interactions between bacteria and parasites
A team has completed the first study of the effects of a simultaneous infection with…
DNA ‘origami’ takes flight in emerging field of nano machines
‘DNA mechanotechnology’ is a new field to engineer DNA machines that generate, transmit and sense…
Supportive relationships in childhood leads to longer lives
Individuals raised in families with higher socioeconomic status were more optimistic in midlife, and in…
Researchers find new ways to improve CPR
An international research consortium was able to identify what is likely an optimal combination of…
Mechanism modeling for better forecasts, climate predictions
Modeling currents together with wind and waves provides more accurate predictions for weather forecasts and…
Preference for fentanyl higher among young, white, frequent opioid users
A minority of people who use illicit opioids indicated a preference for fentanyl, the super-potent…
Ecologists find strong evidence of fishing down the food web in freshwater lake
Research by ecologists shows strong evidence in a freshwater lake of ‘fishing down the food…