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Surface Chemistry Reveals Corrosive Secrets

October 14, 2021
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Houghton, MI — One can easily see with the naked eye that leaving an old nail out in the rain causes rust. What does require the keen eyes and sensitive nose of microscopy and spectroscopy is observing...

‘Broken Heart’ Syndrome Is on the Rise in Women, Study Shows

October 14, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), suggests middle-aged and older women are being diagnosed with broken heart syndrome more frequently—up...

Outdated Attitudes Risk Widening Inequalities in Hybrid Workplace, Think-Tank Warns

October 14, 2021
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Lancaster, UK — Employers could undo the progress made over the last 18 months and deepen workplace inequalities if organisations fail to override the deep-rooted perceptions of ‘office culture’, a...

Artificial Intelligence-Based Technology Quickly Identifies Genetic Causes of Serious Disease

October 14, 2021
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Salt Lake City, UT — An artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology rapidly diagnoses rare disorders in critically ill children with high accuracy, according to a report by scientists from University...

Study Finds Large Doses of Intensive Therapy Better for Children With Cerebral Palsy

October 14, 2021
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Blacksburg, VA — Children with cerebral palsy can gain greater use of an impaired arm and hand with larger doses of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) – without increasing stress for parents,...

The Role of Circulating miRNAs and ca19-9 in Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis

October 13, 2021
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Orchard Park, NY — Oncotarget published “The role of circulating miRNAs and CA19-9 in pancreatic cancer diagnosis” which reported that the expression profile of microRNAs was measured in...

Study Finds Sex Matters When It Comes to Immune Responses Against Infection and Disease

October 13, 2021
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — A University of Alberta-led study shows that when it comes to susceptibility to infections and other health conditions, sex matters. The research, published in the journal...

Arctic Ocean’s ‘Last Ice Area’ May Not Survive the Century, Says Study

October 13, 2021
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New York, NY — With warming climate, summer sea ice in the Arctic has been shrinking fast, and now consistently spans less than half the area it did in the early 1980s. This raises the question: It...

Direct Photons Offer Glimpse of Gluons’ Dynamic Motion

October 13, 2021
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Upton, NY — Scientists seeking to explore the teeming microcosm of quarks and gluons inside protons and neutrons report new data delivered by particles of light. The light particles, or photons, come...

Changes in Menstrual Cycle Length Before Menopause May Predict Risk of Heart Disease

October 13, 2021
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Pittsburgh, PA – As women near menopause, their menstrual cycle length often becomes longer. The timing of these changes could provide clues about a person’s risk of developing heart disease, according...

Chemists Discover Faster-Acting Forms of Insecticide Imidacloprid

October 12, 2021
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New York, NY — Scientists have developed seven crystal forms of imidacloprid—one of the world’s most widely used insecticides—in an effort to sharply reduce its environmental impact, according to a...

Genomics Study Unlocks Secrets of the Past to Help Shape Future of Healthcare for Millions

October 12, 2021
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Doha, Qatar — Researchers in Qatar have unveiled a high-resolution map of the genetic structure of Arab and Middle Eastern populations, providing new insights into human history in the region and ancestral...

Antioxidants to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

October 12, 2021
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Quebec, Canada — Research conducted by the Ph.D student Mohamed Raâfet Ben Khedher and the postdoctoral researcher Mohamed Haddad of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has shown...

Study Reveals Impact of Wild Meat Consumption on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

October 8, 2021
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Norwich, UK — Consuming sustainably sourced wild meat instead of domesticated livestock reduces greenhouse gas emissions and retains precious tropical forest systems, which in turn mitigates the effects...

The Climate-Driven Mass Extinction No One Had Seen

October 8, 2021
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Durham, NC – Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth’s climate shifted from swampy...

Tracking How the Environment Influences Circadian Rhythms

October 8, 2021
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Troy, NY — Having challenged the idea that our environment cannot alter our genetically controlled 24-hour sleep-wake cycle, circadian rhythm researcher Jennifer Hurley has embarked on a new project...

Non-English-Language Science Could Help Save Biodiversity, Says Research

October 8, 2021
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Sydney, Australia — It is commonly assumed that any important scientific knowledge would be available in English, and so scientific knowledge used in international studies is predominantly sourced...

Scientists Assemble a Biological Clock in a Test Tube to Study How It Works

October 8, 2021
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Santa Cruz, CA — Daily cycles in virtually every aspect of our physiology are driven by biological clocks (also called circadian clocks) in our cells. The cyclical interactions of clock proteins keep...

A Cousin of Viagra Reduces Obesity by Stimulating Cells to Burn Fat, Study Suggests

October 7, 2021
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Baltimore, MD — Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease reduces obesity and fatty liver in mice...

Scientists Find Vital Link to Identify People at Risk of Aneurysms

October 4, 2021
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Adelaide, Australia — It’s called a silent killer. Warnings are rare, but of the million people who suffer a ruptured brain aneurysm each year, almost half will die and only a third will recover without...

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