Certain proteins might provide clues to underlying biological mechanisms, say researchers.
People with mentally stimulating jobs have a lower risk of dementia in old age than those with non-stimulating jobs, finds a study published by The...
Fibromyalgia, or fibromyalgia syndrome, is a condition that causes aches and pain all over the body.
New research has shown that many of the symptoms in fibromyalgia syndrome are caused by antibodies that increase the...
Mount Sinai researchers have found an important clue to a rare but serious aftereffect of COVID-19 in children, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children or MIS-C.
The researchers reported that RNA sequencing of blood...
The study focused on Occator crater (left), which contains Ceres’ most prominent bright spots. The newly reported map (right) reveals higher concentrations of hydrogen than expected if the near sub-surface within Occator crater and...
Scales of descriptors — from whole nanoparticle to unit cell to individual atoms. Credit: University of Birmingham
Researchers have developed a ‘library of properties’ to help identify the environmental impact of nanomaterials faster and more...
Overall Winner and Best Image for ‘Conservation Biology.’ A school of jack fish in a spiral formation at Heron Island in the Great Barrier Reef. A visual metaphor for the spiraling crisis unfolding within...
In Yosemite’s Illilouette Creek basin, a stand of young Sierra lodgepole pine grow in a forest clearing that was created by wildfire 20 years prior. Mt. Starr King appears in the background. Credit: UC...
This infrared view of Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede was obtained by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its July 20th, 2021, flyby. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM
The spacecraft used its infrared...
Wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new research from the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Desert Research Institute, Washoe County Health District, and Renown...
The illustration shows an aluminum-26 nucleus (green) escaping a supernova explosion. It will subsequently decay via gamma-ray emission that can be observed by satellites. Credit: Erin O’Donnell, FRIB
Scientists from the University of Surrey and the FRIB...
Farnesol is found in fruit, such as peaches.
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and reverses brain...
Rising seas will exacerbate problems that coastal communities are already dealing with, including high-tide, or “nuisance,” floods. Inundated roadways like this one in Virginia are among the consequences of such floods. Credit: Aileen Devlin,...
Findings independent of age, sex, general health and lifestyle.
Widespread pain is linked to a heightened risk of all types of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, and stroke, finds research published online in the journal Regional Anesthesia...
Global eradication of COVID-19 probably feasible, and more so than for polio, say public health experts.
Main challenges lie in securing high vaccine uptake and response to emergence of variants.
The global eradication of COVID-19 is...
A collection of strontium and vanadium oxide (SrVO3) metallic films of increasing thickness. Credit: ICMAB-CSIC
The electrons of some metal oxides, due to their large effective mass when coupled with the ionic lattice of the...
Support for mandates has increased across partisan and demographic subgroups.
As infections from the delta variant surge, the percentage of Americans who support vaccine mandates has risen to 64% from 58% in April.
According to the...
Types of venom fangs in snakes: rear fangs (crab-eating water snake), fixed front fangs (taipan), and hinged front fangs (Gaboon viper); fangs highlighted in red. Credit A. Palci
‘Dental origami’ exploited by multiple species.
Ever wondered...
Study authors (from left to right) Andrew K. Lau, Thomas Eng, and Deepanwita Banerjee stand in front of a two-liter bioreactor containing P. putida cells that are producing indigoidine, which causes the strong dark...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Credit: NASA
The Space Telescope Science Institute Will Host Roman’s Science Operations Center and Data Archive
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has just successfully completed the critical design review...
This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in close proximity to the asteroid for over two years. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
In a study released today (August...
Ever since humans began committing their view of the world to flat slabs of rock and papyrus, we had a sense that our mental maps are laid out in much the same way. However,...
From left: Martin Eklund and Tobias Nordström, associate professors at Karolinska Institutet. Credit: Stefan Zimmerman
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnoses and thereby improve prostate...
Suono Bio, co-founded by MIT alumnus Carl Schoellhammer and two MIT professors, uses ultrasound waves to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, leveraging research made in MIT labs over more than three decades. Credit:...
The top row of images show the degradation of AIA’s 304 Angstrom wavelength channel over the years since SDO’s launch. The bottom row of images are corrected for this degradation using a machine learning...