Recipe for valuable chemical improved
Theorists show why salt gives a significant speed boost to valuable 2D molybdenum disulfide, an effect they say may work for other 2D materials as wel...
April 18, 2022, 7:39 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Extract from a common kitchen spice could be key to greener, more efficient fuel cells
Researchers have discovered a novel way to combine curcumin -- the substance in turmeric -- and gold nanoparticles to create an electrode that require...
April 18, 2022, 6:24 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Neural network model helps predict site-specific impacts of earthquakes
In disaster mitigation planning for future large earthquakes, seismic ground motion predictions are a crucial part of early warning systems. The way t...
April 18, 2022, 5:15 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Taylor Swift, the millipede: Scientists name a new species after the singer
Taylor Swift, an American singer known for her musical talents, has earned a new accolade. She now has a new species of millipede named after her. The...
April 18, 2022, 5:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Tumors partially destroyed with sound don't come back
Noninvasive sound technology breaks down liver tumors in rats, kills cancer cells and spurs the immune system to prevent further spread -- an advance ...
April 18, 2022, 5:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
AF2Complex: Researchers leverage deep learning to predict physical interactions of protein complexes
Proteins are the molecular machinery that makes life possible, and researchers have long been interested in a key trait of protein function: their thr...
April 18, 2022, 5:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Study shows simple, computationally-light model can simulate complex brain cell responses
Studying how brain cells respond to signals from their neighbors can aid the understanding of cognition and development. However, experimentally measu...
April 18, 2022, 5:13 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Some children with cerebral palsy scoliosis may not need pelvic fixation, study shows
A new study finds that some children with cerebral palsy and scoliosis do not require pelvic fixation when undergoing growth-friendly treatment. Resea...
April 18, 2022, 4:32 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
With dwindling water supplies, the timing of rainfall matters
A new study shows it's not how much extra water you give your plants, but when you give it that counts. Researchers observed that in summer, plants gr...
April 18, 2022, 4:31 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Body's response to different strains of tuberculosis could affect transmission
Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, according ...
April 16, 2022, 11:46 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
US Nationwide maps of bird species can help protect biodiversity
Researchers have developed the maps at a fine-enough resolution to help conservation managers focus their efforts where they are most likely to help b...
April 16, 2022, 2:22 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Changes in vegetation shaped global temperatures over last 10,000 years
Follow the pollen. Records from past plant life tell the real story of global temperatures. Warmer temperatures brought plants -- and then came even w...
April 16, 2022, 12:13 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New knowledge on lymphoid cell maturity could lead to more effective IBD therapies
A research group has analyzed how certain immune cells known as innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) develop into mature cells that play a part in inflammator...
April 16, 2022, 12:12 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
A key brain region for substance use disorders now has a searchable atlas of distinct cell populations
In a work of systematic biology that advances the field, researchers have identified 16 distinct cell populations in a complex area of the midbrain ca...
April 16, 2022, 12:12 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Engineers enlist AI to help scale up advanced solar cell manufacturing
Perovskite materials could potentially replace silicon to make solar cells that are far thinner, lighter, and cheaper. But turning these materials int...
April 15, 2022, 9:29 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Rain, floods and green infrastructure: Are cities mitigating the hazards equitably?
New research combines demographic data with the distribution of GI and geographic areas prone to rainwater flooding in Portland, Phoenix and Atlanta a...
April 15, 2022, 8:22 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
A new toolkit to engineer safe and efficient therapeutic cells
Researchers undertook a systematic analysis of the molecular building blocks used to engineer therapeutic cells. Their work resulted in a comprehensiv...
April 15, 2022, 8:22 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Methane from waste should not be wasted: Exploring landfill ecosystems
Scientists explore microbial communities flourishing in leachate, a liquid percolating through solid waste in a landfill. They find that the compositi...
April 15, 2022, 8:22 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Research could enable assembly line synthesis of prevalent amine-containing drugs
A research team has discovered a new chemical reaction that provides a simple, rapid way of making tertiary amines -- swinging the door wide open to t...
April 15, 2022, 7:33 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Socioeconomic factors affect response to depression treatment
A new research study shows how socioeconomic factors affect outcomes for patients being treated for depression even when receiving equal access to car...
April 15, 2022, 6:56 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Study reveals male sex hormones are new targets for cancer immunotherapy
A study examined the differences in intratumoral immune responses between male and female cancers of non-reproductive origin.
April 15, 2022, 6:56 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Smoking reduces wealth's tendency to increase life expectancy
A new study finds that the percentage of Americans surviving from age 65 to 85 was 19 percentage points higher for someone with at least $300,000 in w...
April 15, 2022, 6:56 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Decoding a direct dialog between the gut microbiota and the brain
Gut microbiota by-products circulate in the bloodstream, regulating host physiological processes including immunity, metabolism and brain functions. S...
April 15, 2022, 5:40 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Lost South American wildflower named 'extinctus' rediscovered (but still endangered)
This South American wildflower was presumed extinct -- to the point that its official scientific name is Gasteranthus extinctus. But now, scientists a...
April 15, 2022, 5:40 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Energy-burning brown fat less active in boys with obesity
Researchers performed MRI scans to measure BAT activity in 26 boys between the ages of eight and 10. They studied the BAT tissue in the neck before an...
April 15, 2022, 2:25 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Hybrid quantum bit based on topological insulators
With their superior properties, topological qubits could help achieve a breakthrough in the development of a quantum computer designed for universal a...
April 15, 2022, 12:43 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Drug reduced frequency of breathing pauses in sleep apnea
A new study has paved the way for the first drug treatment for sleep apnea. Compared to before receiving the treatment, breathing pauses decreased wit...
April 15, 2022, 4:18 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Light amplification accelerates chemical reactions in aerosols
Aerosols in the atmosphere react to incident sunlight. This light is amplified in the interior of the aerosol droplets and particles, accelerating rea...
April 14, 2022, 10:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New research sheds fresh light on the 'presenteeism'
Employees who are unwell only engage in 'presenteeism' -- continuing to work when experiencing ill-health -- when they have not met their daily work g...
April 14, 2022, 10:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Open sharing of biotechnology research: Transparency versus security
As biotechnology advances, the risk of accidental or deliberate misuse of biological research like viral engineering is increasing. At the same time, ...
April 14, 2022, 10:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Declining nitrogen availability found in our nitrogen-rich world
Following years of attention to surplus nitrogen in the environment, our evolving understanding has led to new concerns about nitrogen insufficiency i...
April 14, 2022, 10:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Structures considered key to gene expression are surprisingly fleeting
Scientists find that loops in the genome may be much rarer and shorter-lived than previously thought, lasting only tens of minutes, which suggests cur...
April 14, 2022, 10:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Key signaling pathway in immune cells could be new Alzheimer’s target
Inhibiting an important signaling pathway in brain-resident immune cells may calm brain inflammation and thereby slow the disease process in Alzheimer...
April 14, 2022, 9:27 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
A novel computing approach to recognizing chaos
A new paper proposes using the single nonlinear node delay-based reservoir computer to identify chaotic dynamics.
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Spatial maps of melanoma
Melanoma is a somewhat unusual cancer -- one that blooms before our very eyes, often on sun-exposed skin, and can quickly become deadly as it turns ou...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Pandemic adversely impacts already stressed national forests, research finds
Researchers found a dramatic increase during the pandemic of visitors to the parks and protected areas of New England that resulted in significant soc...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Your mental health may impact your chances of breakthrough COVID
A new study has shown that people who are vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and have a history of certain psychiatric conditions, have a heightened risk ...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Chlorinated water supplies don’t disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children
Scientists find chlorinated water supplies in Bangladesh have little effect on the abundance and diversity of bacteria in children's guts. This set of...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
How to balance biodiversity goals with limited economic resources
In 2019, a landmark report gave the world its first report card on biodiversity loss. There was one crystal clear conclusion: human actions threaten m...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Nova outbursts are apparently a source for cosmic rays
The MAGIC telescopes have observed the nova RS Ophiuchi shining brightly in gamma rays at extremely high energy. The Gamma rays emanate from protons t...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Huge Amazon swamp carbon stores under threat
The largest peatlands in the Amazon rainforest, which hold a vast, concentrated amount of carbon, are under increasing threat from changing land use, ...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Key characteristics of immune cells in ovarian cancer
Researchers want to improve their understanding of the immune environment in ovarian cancer in hopes of making immunotherapy an option for these patie...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Giant stars undergo dramatic weight loss program
Astronomers have found a slimmer type of red giant star for the first time. These stars have undergone dramatic weight loss, possibly due to a greedy ...
April 14, 2022, 8:26 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Seafloor spreading has been slowing down
A new global analysis of the last 19 million years of seafloor spreading rates found they have been slowing down. Geologists want to know why the seaf...
April 14, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Factors including extreme winds, topography and vegetation influenced the severity of burns from Oregon's devastating 2020 megafires
In a new study examining burn patterns from the 2020 Labor Day fires, researchers studied the influence of weather, topography, vegetation and other f...
April 14, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Exposure assessment for Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Health outcomes
Mathematicians have developed statistical methods that lay the framework for the crucial first step of determining whether there are any linkages betw...
April 14, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
The link between transit use and early COVID cases
A new study looks at the association between America's mass transportation usage and case counts in opening months of the pandemic.
April 14, 2022, 6:44 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Phase 3 clinical trial results lead to approval of oral drug for red blood cell disorder
Results from a phase 3 clinical indicate that the oral drug mitapivat is safe and effective for treating adults with pyruvate kinase deficiency, a gen...
April 14, 2022, 6:44 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Vitamin E can boost immunotherapy responses by reinvigorating dendritic cells
Using retrospective clinical data and in-depth lab studies, researchers have discovered that vitamin E can enhance immunotherapy responses by stimulat...
April 14, 2022, 6:43 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Unlocking the molecular mechanism of PTSD treatment
Unlocking the molecular mechanism of PTSD treatment. Scientists discover that modulating NMDA receptor activity is the key to successful treatment.
April 14, 2022, 6:43 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
