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- Mindfulness meditation reduces pain by separating it from the self
- Universal influenza B vaccine induces broad, sustained protection, biomedical sciences researchers find
- Swans sacrifice rest to squabble
- How society thinks about risk
- Whole exome sequencing predicts whether patients respond to cancer immunotherapy
- A 'wise counsel' for synthetic biology
- Electric vehicles pass the remote road test
- Potential energy surfaces of water mapped
- Immune system uses two-step verification to defend against HIV
- Major step forward in fabricating an artificial heart, fit for a human
- Brain ripples may help bind information across the human cortex
- Surfaces at realistic conditions
- Hidden in plain sight: Seven showy tropical forest ferns described as new to science
- Narwhals show physiological disruption in response to seismic survey ship noise
- Genetically-enhanced biocontrols can help fight large invasive mammals, study finds
- Scientists discover key genes behind insect migrations
- Researchers identify cells causing neuronal death in a mitochondrial disease animal model
- Functioning of antibodies in autoimmune encephalitis deciphered
- Online art viewing can improve well-being
- Long term high-fat diet expands waistline and shrinks brain
- Molecules boosting plant immunity identified
- Carbon conservation efforts would be enhanced by highlighting threatened forest primates
- Researchers create method for breaking down plant materials for earth-friendly energy
- Balancing protein in your diet could improve water quality
- Inhaled nitric oxide reduces hospital stay and improves oxygenation in pregnant patients with COVID-19 pneumonia
- New research finds deep-sea mining noise pollution will stretch hundreds of miles
- Gestures can improve understanding in language disorders
- Rising tide in adverse drug reactions
- Parkinson's disease: Copper leads to protein aggregation, study finds
- Electric vehicle buyers want rebates, not tax credits
- Nanoparticle 'backpacks' restore damaged stem cells
- Experts predict top emerging impacts on ocean biodiversity over next decade
- Scientists use mini-kidney models to identify potential drugs for polycystic kidney disease
- Mouse study links changes in microbiome to prenatal opioid exposure
- Oceanographers develop new model to better predict barrier island retreat
- Researchers build long, highly conductive molecular nanowire
- Scientists hijack bacteria to ease drug manufacturing
- Unlocking the secrets of the ancient coastal Maya
- Alzheimer's disease biomarkers can predict postoperative delirium
- Opioid prescriptions significantly higher for patients with lifelong disabilities, study finds
| Mindfulness meditation reduces pain by separating it from the self Posted: 08 Jul 2022 01:27 PM PDT Mindfulness meditation is effective in reducing pain relief; a new study reveals the underlying neural circuitry. |
| Posted: 08 Jul 2022 01:27 PM PDT A new universal flu vaccine protects against influenza B viruses, offering broad defense against different strains and improved immune protection, according to a new study. |
| Swans sacrifice rest to squabble Posted: 08 Jul 2022 11:15 AM PDT Swans give up resting time to fight over the best feeding spots, new research shows. |
| Posted: 08 Jul 2022 11:15 AM PDT From pandemics to nuclear energy -- the world is full of risks. Psychologists have developed a new method of determining how risk is perceived within a society. |
| Whole exome sequencing predicts whether patients respond to cancer immunotherapy Posted: 08 Jul 2022 09:36 AM PDT Immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors, have transformed the treatment of advanced stage cancers. Unlike chemotherapies that kill cancer cells, these drugs help the body's immune system to find and destroy cancer cells themselves. Unfortunately, only a subset of patients responds long-term to immune checkpoint inhibitors -- and these treatments can come at a high cost and with side effects. Researchers have developed a two-step approach using whole exome sequencing to zero in on genes and pathways that predict whether cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy. The study, published in Nature Communications and conducted by researchers at New York University, Weill Cornell Medicine, and the New York Genome Center, illustrates how the use of whole exome sequencing can better predict treatment response than current laboratory tests. |
| A 'wise counsel' for synthetic biology Posted: 08 Jul 2022 09:36 AM PDT Researchers develop user-friendly software system to optimize biological systems. |
| Electric vehicles pass the remote road test Posted: 08 Jul 2022 09:36 AM PDT A new study, which demonstrates that even the most rural areas of Australia are feasible for electric vehicles, provides new hope for how the technology could be spread around the most secluded locations in other parts of the world. The study found the vast majority of residents, or 93 per cent, could travel to essential services with even the lower-range of electric vehicles currently available on the Australian market, without needing to recharge en route. |
| Potential energy surfaces of water mapped Posted: 08 Jul 2022 09:36 AM PDT Liquids are more difficult to describe than gases or crystalline solids. Researchers have now mapped the potential energy surfaces of water molecules in liquid water under ambient conditions. The work contributes to a better understanding of the chemistry of water and in aqueous solutions. |
| Immune system uses two-step verification to defend against HIV Posted: 08 Jul 2022 09:36 AM PDT A discovery could offer new methods for treating HIV, while uncovering the innate immune system's role in other diseases. |
| Major step forward in fabricating an artificial heart, fit for a human Posted: 08 Jul 2022 09:36 AM PDT Bioengineers have developed the first biohybrid model of human ventricles with helically aligned beating cardiac cells, and have shown that muscle alignment does, in fact, dramatically increases how much blood the ventricle can pump with each contraction. |
| Brain ripples may help bind information across the human cortex Posted: 08 Jul 2022 09:36 AM PDT Researchers provide some of the first empirical evidence that brain ripples exist. These electrical waves have long been hypothesized as a way for the brain to integrate and encode memories. |
| Surfaces at realistic conditions Posted: 08 Jul 2022 09:36 AM PDT Researchers have been engaged in describing how surfaces change in contact with reactive gas phases under different temperature and pressure conditions. |
| Hidden in plain sight: Seven showy tropical forest ferns described as new to science Posted: 08 Jul 2022 06:57 AM PDT Researchers have described seven new fern species from the rainforests of tropical America. Many of the species were uncovered as the by-product of ecological research: the species diversity in tropical forests is still so poorly known that field trips and herbarium work keep discovering previously unknown species. |
| Narwhals show physiological disruption in response to seismic survey ship noise Posted: 08 Jul 2022 06:56 AM PDT The reaction of narwhals to the loud noise from seismic air guns used in oil exploration involves a disruption of the normal physiological response to intense exercise as the animals try to escape the noise. The overall effect is a large increase in the energetic cost of diving while a paradoxically reduced heart rate alters the circulation of blood and oxygen. |
| Genetically-enhanced biocontrols can help fight large invasive mammals, study finds Posted: 08 Jul 2022 06:56 AM PDT Genome engineering using CRISPR offers novel solutions for controlling invasive alien species, but its efficiency for eradicating harmful vertebrates is yet to be tested. In a new study, researchers confirm that genetic biocontrols could rapidly eradicate animals like rats, mice and rabbits. Others -- like cats and foxes -- would, however, take a lot longer. |
| Scientists discover key genes behind insect migrations Posted: 08 Jul 2022 06:56 AM PDT Scientists have identified more than 1,500 genetic differences between migratory and non-migratory hoverflies. |
| Researchers identify cells causing neuronal death in a mitochondrial disease animal model Posted: 08 Jul 2022 06:56 AM PDT Microglia, a type of central nervous system cell, is primarily responsible for neuronal death in Leigh Syndrome and the neurological symptoms related to this mitochondrial disease, according to a new study carried out in a mouse model. |
| Functioning of antibodies in autoimmune encephalitis deciphered Posted: 08 Jul 2022 06:56 AM PDT Using a state-of-the-art method, researchers have succeeded for the first time at unraveling the effects of autoimmune antibodies, that are directed against the brain, in detail at the atomic level. To this end, they studied two antibodies that dock to so-called GABA-A receptors in one variant of autoimmune encephalitis. Their findings on the structural mechanisms are an important step towards the development of effective therapies -- and they also pave the way for further promising investigations using the new method. |
| Online art viewing can improve well-being Posted: 08 Jul 2022 06:56 AM PDT Viewing art while visiting galleries and museums can have powerful effects on an individual's mood, stress and well-being. But does the same hold true for viewing art in digital space? A new study investigated whether engaging with art online also has this effect. Their conclusion: a short three-minute visit to an online art or cultural exhibition also shows significant positive effects on subjective well-being. |
| Long term high-fat diet expands waistline and shrinks brain Posted: 07 Jul 2022 07:40 PM PDT New research shows that fatty foods may not only be adding to your waistline but may also be aggravating Alzheimer's disease, and causing depression and anxiety. |
| Molecules boosting plant immunity identified Posted: 07 Jul 2022 02:19 PM PDT Researchers have discovered natural cellular molecules that drive critical plant immune responses. These compounds have all the hallmarks of being small messengers tailored by plants to turn on key defense-control hubs. Harnessing these insights may allow scientists and plant breeders to design molecules that make plants, including many important crop species, more resistant to disease. |
| Carbon conservation efforts would be enhanced by highlighting threatened forest primates Posted: 07 Jul 2022 02:18 PM PDT Efforts to conserve the carbon stored in tropical forests would be enhanced by linking the work to the charismatic, threatened primates that live there, researchers say in a new paper. |
| Researchers create method for breaking down plant materials for earth-friendly energy Posted: 07 Jul 2022 02:18 PM PDT With energy costs rising, and the rapidly emerging effects of burning fossil fuels on the global climate, the need has never been greater for researchers to find paths to products and fuels that are truly renewable. |
| Balancing protein in your diet could improve water quality Posted: 07 Jul 2022 02:18 PM PDT Balancing how much protein you eat with the amount your body needs could reduce nitrogen releases to aquatic systems in the U.S., a new study found. |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2022 02:18 PM PDT Researchers found that high dose nitric oxide given to pregnant women with severe COVID-19 pneumonia resulted in reductions in the need for supplemental oxygen as well as in hospital and ICU lengths of stay, with no adverse events reported in mothers or newborns. |
| New research finds deep-sea mining noise pollution will stretch hundreds of miles Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:21 AM PDT New research examines the potential for underwater noise pollution from seabed mining operations, which could affect the understudied species that live in the deep sea -- the largest habitat on Earth. |
| Gestures can improve understanding in language disorders Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:19 AM PDT When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across -- especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of people with aphasia more often and for much longer than previously thought. This has implications for the use of gestures in speech therapy. |
| Rising tide in adverse drug reactions Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:19 AM PDT Researchers have identified an increasing trend in medicine-related harm leading to hospital admission. |
| Parkinson's disease: Copper leads to protein aggregation, study finds Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:19 AM PDT Copper exposure in the environment and the protein alpha-synuclein in the human brain could play an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Researchers were able to show how the protein takes on an unusual shape when exposed to large amounts of copper ions. The findings could help develop new strategies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. |
| Electric vehicle buyers want rebates, not tax credits Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:19 AM PDT Financial incentives play an important role in the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. New research, however, finds that not all financial incentives are created equal in the eyes of prospective car buyers, and the current federal incentive -- a tax credit -- is, in fact, valued the least by car buyers. |
| Nanoparticle 'backpacks' restore damaged stem cells Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:18 AM PDT Bioengineers have shown that a new strategy can restore damaged stem cells and enable them to grow new tissues again. The new drug delivery system could help infants born from complicated pregnancies. |
| Experts predict top emerging impacts on ocean biodiversity over next decade Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:18 AM PDT Lithium extraction from the deep sea, overfishing of deeper-water species, and the unexpected ocean impacts of wildfires on land are among fifteen issues experts warn we ought to be addressing now. |
| Scientists use mini-kidney models to identify potential drugs for polycystic kidney disease Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:18 AM PDT Scientists hsve generated simple kidney-like structures called organoids and used them to identify potential drugs to treat adult-onset polycystic kidney disease. To accelerate the quest for new treatments for ADPKD, researchers used pluripotent stem cells to grow organoids consisting of one or two structures resembling the kidney's filtering units, known as nephrons. To make the organoids useful for studying ADPKD, the scientists used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to inactivate PKD1 or PKD2. As anticipated, the gene-edited organoids began to form cysts. After testing a collection of 247 enzyme inhibitor compounds on the organoids, the scientists found nine that inhibited the growth of the cysts, without stunting the overall growth of the organoids. One compound, quinazoline, was particularly effective. |
| Mouse study links changes in microbiome to prenatal opioid exposure Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:18 AM PDT Researchers identified significant changes to the infant gut microbiome of mice associated with maternal exposure to oxycodone, a commonly used and abused opioid. |
| Oceanographers develop new model to better predict barrier island retreat Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:18 AM PDT Barrier islands protect the coastline from storms, storm surge, waves and flooding. They can act as a buffer between the ocean and beachfront property. As sea level rises, barrier islands retreat, or move closer toward the shore, which diminishes the buffer and protection. New information shows the retreat of coastal barrier islands will accelerate by 50 percent within a century, even if sea level continues to rise at its present rate. |
| Researchers build long, highly conductive molecular nanowire Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:18 AM PDT Researchers announced today that they have built a nanowire that is 2.6 nanometers long, shows an unusual increase in conductance as the wire length increases, and has quasi-metallic properties. Its excellent conductivity holds great promise for the field of molecular electronics, enabling electronic devices to become even tinier. |
| Scientists hijack bacteria to ease drug manufacturing Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:18 AM PDT For more affordable, sustainable drug options than we have today, the medication we take to treat high blood pressure, pain or memory loss may one day come from engineered bacteria, cultured in a vat like yogurt. And thanks to a new bacterial tool, the process of improving drug manufacturing in bacterial cells may be coming sooner than we thought. |
| Unlocking the secrets of the ancient coastal Maya Posted: 07 Jul 2022 11:17 AM PDT After more than a decade of research, scientists share what they have learned about the people who lived on a stretch of coastline in Quintana Roo Mexico over a span of 3,000 years. |
| Alzheimer's disease biomarkers can predict postoperative delirium Posted: 07 Jul 2022 10:37 AM PDT A new study in patients reveals that two newly identified plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease can predict postoperative delirium, one of the most common postoperative complications in older patients. The findings indicate the potential overlap between the mechanisms that cause Alzheimer's disease and postoperative delirium. |
| Opioid prescriptions significantly higher for patients with lifelong disabilities, study finds Posted: 07 Jul 2022 07:09 AM PDT People with two pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental disorders are prescribed opioids at a rate up to five times higher than those who do not have those conditions, a new study finds. Researchers say the findings raise concerns over addiction, overdose and mental health issues. |
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