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2-Jul-2021 12:45 PM EDT
Patients with Kidney Disease—Even without Anemia—May Benefit From Iron Treatment
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• Among individuals with chronic kidney disease, iron deficiency was linked with higher risks of death and cardiovascular events, in patients with and without anemia. • Clinical trials are needed to test the effects of iron treatment, even in the absence of anemia, in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 3:50 PM EDT
Populist anti-foreign aid rhetoric has an impact on the public - but only among fans of populist politicians, study shows
University of Exeter

Populist anti-foreign aid rhetoric works - but only fans of populist politicians are convinced by hostile messages about charity abroad, a new study shows. Those who distrust populist politicians are significantly less susceptible to these messages.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 2:50 PM EDT
A Detailed Study of Nickelate’s Magnetism Finds a Strong Kinship with Cuprate Superconductors
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Are new nickelate superconductors close kin to the original high-temperature superconductors, the cuprates? The first study of their magnetic properties says the answer is yes. Scientists from SLAC, Stanford and Diamond Light Source found important similarities but also subtle differences between the two.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 2:05 PM EDT
How a Large Cat Deity Helps People Share Space with Leopards in India
Wildlife Conservation Society

A new study led by WCS-India documents how a big cat deity worshipped by Indigenous Peoples facilitates coexistence between humans and leopards.

8-Jul-2021 2:05 PM EDT
Concussion calculator predicts recovery time, risk of long-term symptoms
University Health Network (UHN)

The ability to determine who will recover quickly, and who will continue to suffer from symptoms has largely eluded the medical community. Until now.

1-Jul-2021 4:15 PM EDT
Regular monitoring may be only way to prevent large COVID-19 outbreaks in schools
PLOS

New simulations suggest that waiting until a student tests positive is too late for prevention

Released: 8-Jul-2021 1:50 PM EDT
Glancing into a Nuclear Mirror: the Fate of Aluminum-26 in Stars
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Aluminum-26 has a quantum state difficult to study in a lab. Scientists instead use ion beam-target interactions to create an environment that adds a neutron to the radioactive isotope Silicon-26 to study excited quantum states in Silicon-27. This approach is possible because of the symmetry between protons and neutrons. This provides rare insight into processes in stars.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 1:05 PM EDT
People with ADHD and multiple psychiatric diagnoses stop their ADHD treatment more often
Aarhus University

A research study from the The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research iPSYCH shows that people with ADHD, who also have another psychiatric diagnosis, are more likely to stop taking their ADHD medicine.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 1:00 PM EDT
Identified an early neuronal dysfunction in Parkinson's that could help early diagnosis
University of Barcelona

Researchers from IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona (UB) have described that neurons derived from Parkinson's patients show impairments in their transmission before neurodegeneration.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:55 PM EDT
Machine learning models based on thermal data predict solar radiation
University of Cordoba

A research team at the University of Córdoba has developed and evaluated models for the prediction of solar radiation in nine locations in southern Spain and North Carolina (USA).

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:50 PM EDT
Slow music in tunnels can keep drivers focused and safe
Frontiers

Driving through a tunnel is a challenging and risky task. Drivers need to lower their speed and adapt to poor light, while the enclosed space may make them anxious.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:45 PM EDT
Do I buy or not?
University of Würzburg

You have probably often said to yourself: "This time, I will only buy what I need!" But then you still ended up coming home with things that were not on your shopping list.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:45 PM EDT
Wild birds learn to avoid distasteful prey by watching others
University of Helsinki

How do predators know to avoid brightly-coloured toxic prey? A collaboration of researchers has put social information theory to the test in a reliable real-world system to find the answer - by copying what others do, or do not, eat.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:40 PM EDT
Highly fit teenagers coped better with COVID-19 later in life
University of Gothenburg

Of the Swedish men in their late teens who performed well in the physical fitness tests for military conscription, a relatively high proportion were able to avoid hospital care when they became infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic up to 50 years later.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:35 PM EDT
Dancing with music can halt most debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease
York University

A new study published in Brain Sciences today, shows patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease (PD) can slow the progress of the disease by participating in dance training with music for one-and-a-quarter hours per week.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:30 PM EDT
Seismic monitoring of permafrost uncovers trend likely related to warming
Seismological Society of America (SSA)

Seismic waves passing through the ground near Longyearbyen in the Adventdalen valley, Svalbard, Norway have been slowing down steadily over the past three years, most likely due to permafrost warming in the Arctic valley.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:25 PM EDT
Technion Researchers Use Laser “Tweezers” to Study Structure and Dynamics of Chromatin
American Technion Society

Using optical tweezer technology, Technion researchers were able to gain a greater understanding of the poorly understood DNA packaging process, which impacts how genes are expressed.

   
Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:20 PM EDT
Study Sheds Light on Mechanism of Liposome Accumulation in Tumors
University of Colorado Cancer Center

Dmitri Simberg, PhD, associate professor in the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, released a new study of the effectiveness of different types of fluorescent labels used to monitor the accumulation of liposomes in tumors. The study was published on July 1, 2021, in ACS Nano.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:10 PM EDT
Do All of Us Understand Coronavirus News Coverage?
American Technion Society

A study to discern the extent to which the average adult understands the quantitative information appearing in the news about COVID-19 showed that fear of math can significantly hinder one’s ability to engage with such information.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 12:00 PM EDT
Women with recurrent UTIs voice 'fear and frustration' over treatment options
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) experience frustration related to their treatment – particularly the risks from repeated use of antibiotics, according to a focus group study in The Journal of Urology®, Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 11:50 AM EDT
How air pollution changed during COVID-19 in Park City, Utah
University of Utah

Throughout the pandemic, air sensors watched during lockdowns as air pollution fell in residential and commercial areas, and then as pollution rose again with reopenings. The changing levels, the researchers found, which behaved differently in residential and commercial parts of the city, show where pollution is coming from and how it might change in the future under different policies.

7-Jul-2021 4:50 PM EDT
Study identifies gut microbes associated with toxicity to combined checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma patients
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found specific intestinal microbiota signatures correlate with high-grade adverse events and response to combined CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade treatment.

7-Jul-2021 4:30 PM EDT
New Alzheimer’s Treatment Targets Identified
Washington University in St. Louis

A research team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified potential new treatment targets for Alzheimer’s disease, as well as existing drugs with therapeutic potential.

7-Jul-2021 4:05 AM EDT
Dealing with Global Carbon Debt
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

IIASA researchers and international colleagues are calling for immediate action to establish responsibility for carbon debt by implementing carbon removal obligations.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 10:15 AM EDT
Precision medicine helps identify “at-risk rapid decliners” in early-stage kidney disease
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A novel therapeutic may halt rapid kidney function in some type 1 diabetic kidney disease patients.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 10:10 AM EDT
How Fishing Communities Are Responding to Climate Change
Wellesley College

Wellesley professor Becca Selden examines how fishers are adapting to climate-related changes in species distribution and location, and finds they have adapted to those changes in three specific ways.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 10:00 AM EDT
Imaging Test May Predict Patients Most at Risk of Some Heart Complications from COVID-19
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that a type of echocardiogram, a common test to evaluate whether a person’s heart is pumping properly, may be useful in predicting which patients with COVID-19 are most at risk of developing atrial fibrillation — an irregular heartbeat that can increase a person’s risk for heart failure and stroke, among other heart issues. The new findings, published online May 30 in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, also suggest that patients with COVID-19 who go on to develop atrial fibrillation more commonly have elevated levels of heart-related proteins called troponin and NT-proBNP in blood test samples.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 9:50 AM EDT
Better-placed rodent traps more effectively prevent food contamination
Cornell University

Placing rodent traps and bait stations based on rat and mouse behavior could protect the food supply more effectively than the current standard of placing them set distances apart, according to new research from Cornell University.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 9:35 AM EDT
Multimodal Analgesia: The New 'Standard of Care' for Pain Control After Total Joint Replacement
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Until relatively recently, opioids were a mainstay of treatment for pain following total hip or knee replacement. Today, a growing body of evidence supports the use of multimodal analgesia – combinations of different techniques and medications to optimize pain management while reducing the use and risks of opioids, according to a paper in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Reading the Rocks: Geologist Finds Clues to Ancient Climate Patterns in Chert
Binghamton University, State University of New York

East Africa has been getting progressively drier over the past million years, according to examinations of ancient rock by researchers including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 9:00 AM EDT
NUS researchers bring attack-proof quantum communication two steps forward
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have come up with two new ways to protect quantum communications from attacks - the first is an ultra-secure cryptography protocol, and the other is a first-of-its-kind quantum power limiter device. These two approaches hold promise to ensure information systems used for critical services such as banking and healthcare can hold up any potential future attacks.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 8:05 AM EDT
Making Cities Naturally Safe From Supply Chain Shocks
Northern Arizona University

A study, published in Nature and is co-authored by Northern Arizona University professors Benjamin Ruddell and Richard Rushforth, looks at the importance of diversity within the supply chain, which helps to reduce damaging disruptions from supply chain shocks.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 2:05 AM EDT
Unlocking Radiation-Free Quantum Technology with Graphene
Aalto University

New research shows how it is possible to create heavy fermions with cheap, non-radioactive materials. To do this, the researchers used graphene.

7-Jul-2021 10:50 AM EDT
Study: Hospitalizations For Eating Disorders Spike Among Adolescents During COVID
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

At one center, the number of hospital admissions among adolescents with eating disorders more than doubled during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 11:05 PM EDT
McMaster Researchers Identify How VITT Happens
McMaster University

A McMaster University team of researchers recently discovered how, exactly, the COVID-19 vaccines that use adenovirus vectors trigger a rare but sometimes fatal blood clotting reaction called vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 5:20 PM EDT
Os casos relatados de miocardite em homens jovens após a vacinação contra a COVID-19 são raros e a vacinação ainda é muito importante
Mayo Clinic

Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic estão examinando de perto os casos raros de inflamação do músculo cardíaco, ou miocardite, em homens jovens que desenvolveram sintomas logo após receberem a segunda dose da vacina de RNA mensageiro (mRNA) contra a COVID-19 dos laboratórios Moderna ou Pfizer.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 4:55 PM EDT
A biological fireworks show 300 million years in the making
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists using the Advanced Photon Source have determined that amphibian eggs release showers of zinc upon fertilization, just like mammalian eggs. This research could have implications for human fertility studies.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 4:55 PM EDT
Tiny but Mighty Precipitates Toughen a Structural Alloy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have found a way to simultaneously increase the strength and ductility of an alloy by introducing tiny precipitates into its matrix and tuning their size and spacing.

1-Jul-2021 6:05 PM EDT
Could Ketogenic Diet Be Helpful with Brain Cancer?
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

A modified ketogenic diet may be worth exploring for people with brain tumors, according to a new study published in the July 7, 2021, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The diet is high in fat and low in carbohydrates.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 3:50 PM EDT
Arctic seabirds are less heat tolerant, more vulnerable to climate change
McGill University

The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study led by researchers from McGill University finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are especially vulnerable to heat stress caused by climate change.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 3:40 PM EDT
Researchers detail the most ancient bat fossil ever discovered in Asia
University of Kansas

A new paper appearing in Biology Letters describes the oldest-known fragmentary bat fossils from Asia, pushing back the evolutionary record for bats on that continent to the dawn of the Eocene and boosting the possibility that the bat family's "mysterious" origins someday might be traced to Asia.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 3:40 PM EDT
New clues to why there's so little antimatter in the universe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Imagine a dust particle in a storm cloud, and you can get an idea of a neutron's insignificance compared to the magnitude of the molecule it inhabits.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 3:40 PM EDT
Cutting Through Noise for Better Solar Cells
University of Utah

Physicists used cross-correlation noise spectroscopy to measure miniscule fluctuations in electrical current flowing between materials inside silicon solar cells. They identified crucial signals that are invisible to conventional methods, and pinpointed the likely physical processes causing the noise.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 3:30 PM EDT
حالات التهاب عضلة القلب المُبلّغ عنها لدى الرجال الأصغر سنًا بعد التطعيم ضد فيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19) نادرة؛ ولا يزال التطعيم مهمًا
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا- يُلقي باحثو مايو كلينك نظرة فاحصة على الحالات النادرة من التهاب عضلة القلب أو التهاب العضلة القلبية لدى الشباب الذين ظهرت عليهم الأعراض بعد فترة وجيزة من تلقي الجرعة الثانية من لقاح موديرنا أو فايزر وهما لقاحا الحمض النووي الريبوزي المرسال (mRNA) لفيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19).

Released: 7-Jul-2021 3:25 PM EDT
Mapping Dengue Hot Spots Pinpoints Risk for Zika and Chikungunya
Emory Health Sciences

Data from nine cities in Mexico confirms that identifying dengue fever “hot spots” can provide a predictive map for future outbreaks of Zika and chikungunya. All three of these viral diseases are spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 3:00 PM EDT
Faulty Memories of Our Past Whereabouts: The Fallacy of an Airtight Alibi
Association for Psychological Science

Where were you this time last week? How about two weeks ago? A month? Recalling where you were at a specific time on a specific date may seem like a simple task, but new research reveals that our recollections of our past whereabouts are often imperfect.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 2:55 PM EDT
Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Gravitational Waves
Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers at Argonne have used artificial intelligence to dramatically reduce the time it takes to process data coming from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 2:55 PM EDT
Study: Hospitals Not  Adequately Prepared  for Next Pandemic
University of Maryland Medical Center

.s the COVID-19 pandemic wanes in the U.S., a new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) finds that hospitals nationwide may not be adequately prepared for the next pandemic.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 2:50 PM EDT
Son raros los casos de miocarditis en hombres jóvenes después de la vacuna contra la COVID-19 y la vacunación continúa siendo importante
Mayo Clinic

Los investigadores de Mayo Clinic están analizando más estrechamente los casos raros de inflamación del músculo cardíaco, o miocarditis, entre hombres jóvenes que presentaron síntomas poco después de recibir la segunda dosis de las vacunas con ARN mensajero (ARNm) contra la COVID-19 de Moderna o de Pfizer.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Phage Display-Based Gene Delivery: A Viable Platform Technology for COVID-19 Vaccine Design and Development
Rutgers Cancer Institute

Researchers at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) and the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) at Rice University in Houston, Texas, have demonstrated that a technology with favorable biological attributes known as phage display could be a viable platform for the development of new vaccines to protect against COVID-19.



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