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Harnessing the immune system to treat traumatic brain injury in mice
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:27
Researchers have designed a targeted therapeutic treatment that restricts brain inflammation. The effectiveness of this approach in improving outcomes was demonstrated following brain injury, stroke or multiple sclerosis...
All-optical computation of a group of transformations using a polarization-encoded diffractive network
Phys.org - 26 May 2022 11:09
Implementing large-scale linear transformations or matrix computations plays a pivotal role in modern information processing systems. Digital computer systems need to complete up to billions of matrix operations per seco...
Researchers May Have Found the Missing Link Between Alzheimer's and Vascular Disease
Neuroscience News - 26 May 2022 00:41
The FMNL2 gene links cerebrovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports. Changes of activity in the FMNL2 caused by cerebrovascular disease prevent the efficient cleaning of toxic proteins in the brain,...
What is progressive overload?
Live Science - 26 May 2022 23:59
Just what is progressive overload? We delve into the science behind how this type of resistance training works
Cockroach-eaten Apollo 11 moon dust goes up for auction
Live Science - 26 May 2022 23:34
For sale: One small sample of the moon brought back to Earth in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Condition: Well-traveled and once digested.
Early Sound Exposure in the Womb Shapes the Auditory System
Neuroscience News - 26 May 2022 21:24
Muffled sounds experienced in the womb prime the brain's ability to interpret some sounds and may be key for auditory development.
Discovery offers starting point for better gene-editing tools
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 21:18
New research has big implications for genomic medicine. Scientists have defined with atomic precision a new genome editing tool that is less than half the size of CRISPR-Cas9 -- currently the most reliable genome editing...
Finding coherence in quantum chaos
Phys.org - 26 May 2022 20:34
A theoretical breakthrough in understanding quantum chaos could open new paths into researching quantum information and quantum computing, many-body physics, black holes, and the still-elusive quantum to classical transi...
Smart, dissolving pacemaker communicates with body-area sensor and control network
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 20:15
Engineers have taken their transient pacemaker and integrated it into a coordinated network of four soft, flexible, wireless wearable sensors and control units placed on different anatomically relevant locations on the b...
Molecular profiling identifies new high-risk subtype of pediatric liver cancer
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 19:53
The characterization a new molecular type of high-risk pediatric liver cancer showed that these tumors had better outcomes when patients were treated by transplantation, rather than by chemotherapy and surgery alone.
New combined therapy helps extend lives of men with prostate cancer
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 18:57
Practice-changing research shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy -- a commonly used hormone injection -- plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept nearly 90% of clinical trial patients' prostate cancer at...
New light shed on cell membranes
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 18:21
Researchers are using light in novel ways to better image biological samples.
Zapping scrap plastic from cars can turn it into recyclable graphene
New Scientist - 26 May 2022 18:10
The average US car now contains hundreds of kilograms of plastic that end up in landfill when the vehicle has outlived its use, but a new process could convert those waste plastics into graphene that can be used to creat...
Professional 'guilds' of bacteria gave rise to the modern microbiome
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:28
Even the smallest marine invertebrates -- some barely larger than single-celled protists -- are home to distinct and diverse microbial communities, or microbiomes, according to biologists. The study underscores that a va...
Study tracking T-cell activation over time boosts search for immune disease treatments
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:28
Researchers have identified links between 127 genes and immune diseases, providing newfound insights into the sequence and timing of gene activity during the activation of T cells, a key process in regulating the body's ...
Fishing for new source of proteoglycans, an important health food ingredient
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:28
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), commonly obtained from salmon nasal cartilage, are a key ingredient of various health foods. As the popularity of health foods increases, scientists are searching for alternativ...
Drug resistance molecule can spread though bacterial 'communities'
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:28
DNA molecules called plasmids -- some of which protect bacteria from antibiotics -- can spread rapidly through bacterial 'communities' that are treated with antibiotics, new research shows.
Breathing to win: Scientists show importance of screening breathing patterns in athletic populations
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:28
Dysfunctional breathing patterns are associated with a high risk of musculoskeletal conditions, resulting in poor physical performance. Now, a study has found that among athletes across age groups, there is a high preval...
3D in a snap: Next generation system for imaging organoids
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:28
A team of researchers has built a better system to quickly produce high-resolution 3D images in real time, providing a quantitative analysis of organoids.
Inappropriate antibiotics for nonhospitalized kids cost US at least $74 million
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:27
Children who were prescribed antibiotics inappropriately were more likely to develop complications such as diarrhea and skin rashes than children who were treated according to medical guidelines, according to a new study...
Mysterious dead beaked whale covered in unusual injuries washes up on California beach
Live Science - 26 May 2022 17:13
A dead beaked whale with mysterious injuries on its face recently washed up on a California beach. Experts are unsure why the animal died or even which species it belongs to.
A 'meteor storm' of 1,000 shooting stars per hour may light up the skies over North America next week
Live Science - 26 May 2022 16:53
The Tau Herculids could bring up a meteor storm, but there's a good chance it won't happen at all.