Multiple mosquito blood meals accelerate malaria transmission
Multiple mosquito blood meals accelerate malaria transmission
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Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmission potential, according to a new study.
Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics
Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics
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Diamond is the hardest material in nature. It also has great potential as an excellent electronic material. A research team has demonstrated for the first time the large, uniform tensile elastic straining of microfabricated diamond arrays through the nanomech
Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration
Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration
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Producing clean water at a lower cost could be on the horizon after researchers solved a complex problem that has baffled scientists for decades, until now.
Traditional Ghanaian medicines show promise against tropical diseases
Traditional Ghanaian medicines show promise against tropical diseases
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The discovery of new drugs is vital to achieving the eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Africa and around the world. Now, researchers have identified traditional Ghanaian medicines which work in the lab against schistosomiasis, onchocerciasi
Transfusions with higher red blood cell levels do not improve preterm baby outcomes
Transfusions with higher red blood cell levels do not improve preterm baby outcomes
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A randomized clinical trial is the largest study to-date to compare thresholds for blood transfusions in premature babies, offers guidance for health care providers.
Blood vessel cells implicated in chronic inflammation of obesity
Blood vessel cells implicated in chronic inflammation of obesity
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When fat cells in the body are stuffed with excess fat, the surrounding tissue becomes inflamed. That chronic, low-level inflammation is one of the driving factors behind many of the diseases associated with obesity. Now, scientists have discovered a type of
Study points the way to boost immunotherapy against breast cancer, other solid tumors
Study points the way to boost immunotherapy against breast cancer, other solid tumors
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Researchers report that adding a small molecule to a chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) cell therapy can help immune system T cells to effectively attack solid tumors, such as breast cancers. The boost helps recruit more immune cells into battle at the tumo
Social media safety messages: Pictures should match the words
Social media safety messages: Pictures should match the words
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When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviors, it's critical to make sure the words match the pictures, according to a new study. After looking at social media posts, parents of young children were better able to recall safety mess
New research may explain severe virus attacks on the lungs
New research may explain severe virus attacks on the lungs
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In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases. The s
Scientists explore deficits in processing speed in individuals with spinal cord injury
Scientists explore deficits in processing speed in individuals with spinal cord injury
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A new study examined the neural mechanisms of higher order cognitive tasks of individuals with SCI.
Potential new RX strategy for stroke
Potential new RX strategy for stroke
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new research reports that a combination of a new drug and selected DHA derivatives is more effective in protecting brain cells and increasing recovery after stroke than a single drug.
Development of fusion energy
Development of fusion energy
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Physicists are working to develop a unique tokamak fusion device called 'SPARC.'
A pursuit of better testing to sort out the complexities of ADHD
A pursuit of better testing to sort out the complexities of ADHD
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The introduction of computer simulation to the identification of symptoms in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has potential to provide an additional objective tool to gauge the presence and severity of behavioral problems, researc
Sustained cellular immune dysregulation in individuals recovering from COVID-19
Sustained cellular immune dysregulation in individuals recovering from COVID-19
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Observational clinical research of COVID-19 patients can help clinicians better understand how the previously unknown SARS-CoV-2 virus acts, and findings from this research can better inform treatment and vaccine design.
More effective training model for robots
More effective training model for robots
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Multi-domain operations, the Army's future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside the warfighter. New research reduces the unpredictability of current training reinforcement learning policies so that they a
College football players underestimate risk of injury and concussion
College football players underestimate risk of injury and concussion
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College football players may underestimate their risk of injury and concussion, according to a new study.
Scientists develop high-throughput mitochondria transfer device
Scientists develop high-throughput mitochondria transfer device
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Scientists have developed a simple, high-throughput method for transferring isolated mitochondria and their associated mitochondrial DNA into mammalian cells.
General anesthesia and normal sleep affect brain in an amazingly similar way as consciousness fades
General anesthesia and normal sleep affect brain in an amazingly similar way as consciousness fades
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What happens in the brain when our conscious awareness fades during general anesthesia and normal sleep? Scientists studied this question with novel experimental designs and functional brain imaging. They succeeded in separating the specific changes related t
Sugars influence cell-to-surface adhesion
Sugars influence cell-to-surface adhesion
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An international team of researchers examined how movement and adhesion in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can be manipulated. To this end, the researchers altered the sugar modifications in proteins on the cell surface. As a result, the so-called ad
Detective work in theoretical physics
Detective work in theoretical physics
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Physicists have published a review article on the so-called dynamical density functional theory (DDFT). This is a method for describing systems consisting of a large number of interacting particles such as are found in liquids, for example.
Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease
Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease
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Small studies have suggested that a group of medications called RAS inhibitors may be harmful in persons with advanced chronic kidney disease, and physicians therefore often stop the treatment in such patients. Researchers now show that although stopping the
A single gene 'invented' haemoglobin several times
A single gene 'invented' haemoglobin several times
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Thanks to the marine worm Platynereis dumerilii, an animal whose genes have evolved very slowly, scientists have shown that while haemoglobin appeared independently in several species, it actually descends from a single gene transmitted to all by their last c
Brain imaging predicts PTSD after brain injury
Brain imaging predicts PTSD after brain injury
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder brought on by physical and/or psychological trauma. How its symptoms, including anxiety, depression and cognitive disturbances arise remains incompletely understood and unpredictable. Trea
Common brain malformation traced to its genetic roots
Common brain malformation traced to its genetic roots
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Researchers have shown that Chiari 1 malformation can be caused by variations in two genes linked to brain development, and that children with large heads are at increased risk of developing the condition.
Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion
Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion
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Researchers have always known that waves were an important part of the cliff erosion process, but they haven't been able to separate the influence of waves and rain before. After decades of debate over the differing roles that both play, new findings provide
Discovery about how cancer cells evade immune defenses inspires new treatment approach
Discovery about how cancer cells evade immune defenses inspires new treatment approach
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Researchers have learned how chromosomal instability allows cancer cells to avoid immune defenses and metastasize (spread). The discovery opens up potential new avenues for treatment.
Important milestone in the creation of a quantum computer
Important milestone in the creation of a quantum computer
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One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices that go into a quantum computer and perform the actual calculations, the qubits, have hitherto been made by universities and in small numbers. But
Vaping could cloud your thoughts, new studies suggest
Vaping could cloud your thoughts, new studies suggest
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Both adults and kids who vape were more likely to report difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions than their non-vaping, non-smoking peers on two annual national surveys. Survey results also suggest that kids were more likely to experience m
Music-induced emotions can be predicted from brain scans
Music-induced emotions can be predicted from brain scans
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Researchers have discovered what type of neural mechanisms are the basis for emotional responses to music. Altogether 102 research subjects listened to music that evokes emotions while their brain function was scanned with functional magnetic resonance imagin
Carbon capture: Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres
Carbon capture: Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres
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A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital component for carbon capture technology and for new ways of storing renewable energy, has been developed. The method produces spheres that have good capacity for carbon c
Quick look under the skin
Quick look under the skin
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Imaging techniques enable a detailed look inside an organism. But interpreting the data is time-consuming and requires a great deal of experience. Artificial neural networks open up new possibilities: They require just seconds to interpret whole-body scans o
Chemists develop a new drug discovery strategy for 'undruggable' drug targets
Chemists develop a new drug discovery strategy for 'undruggable' drug targets
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A research team has developed a new drug discovery method targeting membrane proteins on live cells.
High-speed atomic force microscopy takes on intrinsically disordered proteins
High-speed atomic force microscopy takes on intrinsically disordered proteins
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A pioneering high-speed atomic force microscope technology has now shed light on the structure and dynamics of some of life's most ubiquitous and inscrutable molecules - intrinsically disordered proteins.
Study suggests link between word choices and extraverts
Study suggests link between word choices and extraverts
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Psychologists have found a link between extraverts and their word choices.
Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth arose from RNA-DNA mix
Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth arose from RNA-DNA mix
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Chemists have made a discovery that supports a surprising new view of how life originated on our planet. They demonstrated that a simple compound called diamidophosphate (DAP), which was plausibly present on Earth before life arose, could have chemically knit
Primordial black holes and the search for dark matter from the multiverse
Primordial black holes and the search for dark matter from the multiverse
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Astronomers are studying black holes that could have formed in the early universe, before stars and galaxies were born. Such primordial black holes (PBHs) could account for all or part of dark matter, be responsible for some of the observed gravitational wave
Mathematical modeling can help balance economy, health during pandemic
Mathematical modeling can help balance economy, health during pandemic
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Using mathematical modeling, new interdisciplinary research determines the best course of action when it comes to walking the line between economic stability and the best possible health outcomes.
COVID-19 severity affected by proportion of antibodies targeting crucial viral protein
COVID-19 severity affected by proportion of antibodies targeting crucial viral protein
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COVID-19 antibodies preferentially target a different part of the virus in mild cases of COVID-19 than they do in severe cases, and wane significantly within several months of infection, according to a new study.
Early mammal with remarkably precise bite
Early mammal with remarkably precise bite
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Paleontologists have succeeded in reconstructing the chewing motion of an early mammal that lived almost 150 million years ago. This showed that its teeth worked extremely precisely and surprisingly efficiently.
Evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami at ancient Tel Dor, Israel
Evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami at ancient Tel Dor, Israel
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Underwater excavation, borehole drilling, and modelling suggests a massive paleo-tsunami struck near the ancient settlement of Tel Dor between 9,910 to 9,290 years ago, according to a new study.
