Damaged nerve behind athletes' post-concussion issues
Depression, dizziness, difficulty focusing the gaze and balance problems. Many professional athletes who have sustained head trauma in sports have lin...
April 4, 2022, 6:32 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Catalysts: The platinum riddle
Platinum is an important catalyst. But up until now, nobody know how exactly single platinum atoms behave during catalysis.
April 4, 2022, 6:32 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Aggressive warming during surgery does not reduce major complications
Patients kept at a body temperature of 37 C during major surgery had no fewer cardiac complications than patients kept at 35.5 C, according to new dat...
April 4, 2022, 6:32 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Understanding the use of bicycle sharing systems with statistics
Though bicycle sharing systems (BSSs) are popular in many big cities, it is necessary to actively rebalance the number of bicycles across the various ...
April 4, 2022, 6:31 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Freshwater mussels can inhibit bacterial diseases
Researchers have found brown trout better survived a Flavobacterium disease outbreak if the fish had larvae of freshwater pearl mussel in their gills....
April 4, 2022, 5:05 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Converting body heat into electricity: A step closer towards high-performance organic thermoelectrics
Researchers have introduce a new path towards superior organic thermoelectric devices: highly efficient modulation doping of highly ordered organic se...
April 4, 2022, 5:05 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
What's the skinny on those pandemic pounds?
More Americans weighed in as obese during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic than in the previous year. A new study presents evidence from a larg...
April 4, 2022, 4:04 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Omicron 'less severe' than Delta for children ages 4 and younger, study suggests
New research suggests that the children younger than age 5 who are infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant have less risk of severe health outcomes...
April 2, 2022, 2:04 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Learning from the single cell: A new technique to unravel gene regulation
How is the activity of genes regulated by the packaging of DNA? To answer this question, researchers developed a technique to measure both gene expres...
April 1, 2022, 11:45 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New polymer membrane tech improves efficiency of CO2 capture
Researchers have developed a new membrane technology that allows for more efficient removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from mixed gases, such as emission...
April 1, 2022, 11:44 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New research shows what it takes to make society change for the better
New research suggests that social change may depend on the relationship between beneficial behaviors and policies. Using an innovative mathematical mo...
April 1, 2022, 11:40 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
'Flash droughts' coming on faster, global study shows
Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast -- drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. These events can wipe out crops and cause huge ec...
April 1, 2022, 11:40 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Monkeys routinely consume fruit containing alcohol, shedding light on our own taste for booze
Scientists analyzed the ethanol content of fruit eaten by spider monkeys in Panama, and found that the fruit regularly contained alcohol: between 1% a...
April 1, 2022, 9:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Pandemic's urgency drove new collaborative approaches worldwide
In a new paper, nearly 130 authors from institutions around the world describe their groundbreaking collaborative work, 'Defining the risk of SARS-CoV...
April 1, 2022, 9:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Are 'person' or 'people' gender-neutral concepts? New study finds male tilt in analysis of billions of words
The concept of a 'person' or 'people' is, despite its definition, not gender-neutral when it comes to how we use these terms. In fact, we tend to prio...
April 1, 2022, 9:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Shapeshifting volcano virus points to new ways to deliver drugs, vaccines
A discovery about a shapeshifting virus found in hot volcanic springs could have very useful implications.
April 1, 2022, 9:12 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Improving the targeted treatment of movement disorders
Recent discoveries may prove vital in improving the treatment of dystonia, a neurological movement disorder. Their findings show that very specific ne...
April 1, 2022, 9:11 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Wildfire smoke exposure in early pregnancy affects infant monkey behavior
Infant monkeys conceived while their mothers were naturally exposed to wildfire smoke show behavioral changes compared to animals conceived days later...
April 1, 2022, 9:11 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Study sheds light on why immunodeficiency affects only one identical twin
Scientists have long queried the causes of immune disorders in only one of two identical twins with identical genes. New research has found the answer...
April 1, 2022, 9:11 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Estimates of the carbon cycle - vital to predicting climate change - are incorrect, new researchers show
Researchers have discovered that key parts of the global carbon cycle used to track movement of carbon dioxide in the environment are not correct, whi...
April 1, 2022, 9:11 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Crowdsourcing campaign identifies drivers of tropical forest loss
To combat forest loss in the tropics, a new study uses crowdsourcing to identify the drivers of deforestation. The resulting dataset can be used to cr...
April 1, 2022, 9:11 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Higher blood fats more harmful than first thought
The increased levels of blood fats in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity are more harmful than previously thought, a new study has found. The res...
April 1, 2022, 9:11 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Study shows: Fish can calculate
Cichlids and stingrays can perform simple addition and subtraction in the number range of one to five. This has been shown in a recent study by the Un...
April 1, 2022, 7:57 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Can weekly prednisone treat obesity?
Obese mice that were fed a high-fat diet and that received prednisone one time per week had improved exercise endurance, got stronger, increased their...
April 1, 2022, 7:57 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Polarized speech: A function of self-persuasion
A new study finds competitive debaters, randomly assigned a position, persuade themselves to the superiority of their side, even if it falls contrary ...
April 1, 2022, 7:57 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Are COVID-19-linked arrhythmias caused by viral damage to the heart's pacemaker cells?
The SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect specialized pacemaker cells that maintain the heart's rhythmic beat, setting off a self-destruction process within the...
April 1, 2022, 7:57 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Origins of the Avars elucidated with ancient DNA
Less known than Attila's Huns, the Avars were their more successful successors. They ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for almost 250 years. We...
April 1, 2022, 7:56 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Perseverance records the first ever sounds from Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been surveying the surface of Mars since February 2021, has for the first time recorded the acoustic environment ...
April 1, 2022, 7:56 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Researchers roll out data on COVID vaccine distribution and waste
Researchers are rolling out a data set that provides detailed information on COVID-19 vaccine shipments and wastage across the United States, with the...
April 1, 2022, 7:56 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Pandemic lockdowns had severe mental health consequences for women in the developing world
While potentially crucial to preventing the spread of COVID-19, lockdowns are associated with increased rates of depression and anxiety as well as foo...
April 1, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Lost bioscapes window into Polynesian settlement circa 12th century
Polynesian explorers discovered a treasure trove of unique plants and animals when they arrived in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, accordin...
April 1, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Periodic volcanism triggered multiple Jurassic extinctions
Geologists have provided critical new evidence for the timing of volcanic activity in the Karoo province, the largest of the Jurassic magma systems. T...
April 1, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Study shows COVID-19's lingering impacts on the brain
Researchers have shown in detail how COVID-19 affects the central nervous system, according to a new study. The findings are the first comprehensive a...
April 1, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Easy test can see if breeding bulls have the right stuff
Forget sending bull semen out for complicated laboratory tests to learn whether the agricultural animal is virile. Scientists have developed a faster,...
April 1, 2022, 2:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
MARATHON measures mirror nuclei
Scientists are holding up a 'mirror' to protons and neutrons to learn more about the particles that build our visible universe. The MARATHON experimen...
April 1, 2022, 2:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
How giant viruses mature: New evidence from the medusavirus sheds light
Medusavirus, a giant virus, is more closely related to eukaryotic cells than other giant viruses are. In an exciting new study, scientists have used e...
April 1, 2022, 2:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Graphene gets enhanced by flashing
Scientists who developed the flash Joule heating process to make graphene have found a way to produce doped graphene to customize it for applications....
April 1, 2022, 2:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Quantum 'shock absorbers' allow perovskite to exhibit superfluorescence at room temperature
Semiconducting perovskites that exhibit superfluorescence at room temperature do so due to built-in thermal 'shock absorbers' which protect dipoles wi...
April 1, 2022, 2:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Technology has the potential to change the patient-provider relationship
As personal health records (AKA patient portals) allowing patients to see test results, medications and other health information gain in popularity, s...
April 1, 2022, 2:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Viral transformations in the female genital tract can spell trouble for women’s health
A new study uses next-generation gene sequencing to get a clearer read on the community of viruses present in vaginal microbiome samples and its impli...
April 1, 2022, 2:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Burst of accumulated zinc shows how the mineral boosts immune function, suggesting ways to improve health
Zinc's immune-boosting properties are well-established, but scientists haven't known exactly how it works. Scientists now reveal two ways the mineral ...
April 1, 2022, 2:28 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Scientists develop environmentally safe, frost-resistant coatings
Engineers have developed a longer-lasting alternative to conventional deicers.
April 1, 2022, 2:28 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Polynesian Island yields 'treasure trove' of fungal biodiversity
Researchers have provided a detailed description of the stunning array of fungi that make their home on the Polynesian island of Mo'orea. The collecti...
April 1, 2022, 12:43 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
'We're more alike than we might think'
A study published in advance of World Autism Day suggests we need a more evidence-based approach to neurodiversity.
April 1, 2022, 12:43 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
German and Austrian deer thus far spared SARS-CoV-2 infections, unlike in North America
In North America, SARS-CoV-2 has spread from humans to white-tailed deer. The deer are now considered SARS-CoV-2 reservoirs and may even spill virus b...
March 31, 2022, 10:50 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Complete human genome deciphered for the first time
Twenty years after scientists first reported reading the human genome, the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium has now unveiled a complete version. Their ...
March 31, 2022, 10:50 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
First complete, gapless sequence of a human genome reveals hidden regions
The first truly complete sequence of a human genome, covering each chromosome from end to end with no gaps and unprecedented accuracy, is now accessib...
March 31, 2022, 10:50 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Now fully complete, human genome reveals new secrets
A research team has finally completed the sequence of the human genome, filling in the last 8 percent of the genome's 3 billion nucleotides. These reg...
March 31, 2022, 10:50 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New human reference genome opens unexplored regions
A complete sequence of the human genome has finally been published by an international consortium of scientists. The new reference genome fills in man...
March 31, 2022, 10:50 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome
Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft ...
March 31, 2022, 10:50 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
