Mindfully Curated
When the world shut down in March of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, people the world over experienced profound psychological stress to varying degrees. Now, a new study takes advantage of the unique situation and longitudinally studied the demo…
Controlling gene activity is important for engineering plants for improved bioenergy crops and other applications. This research developed synthetic genes that use Boolean logic gates to achieve specific patterns of gene expression within a plant. The …
Researchers have succeeded in identifying a new approach for the therapy of colorectal cancer. In preclinical models and studies on human immune cells, they found that urolithin A, a metabolite product from pomegranate, sustainably improves the functio…
The comparisons of power consumptions or luminosity delivered for a given power for future Higgs-producing colliders have been widely considered, but a new article considers the environmental impact of future ‘Higgs factories’ that could replace the La…
People with opioid-use disorder who enter treatment are at risk for relapse, overdose or death if they engage in less than two outpatient visits in their first month of care, according to a new study.
A new study quantifies for the first time the historical and future cost savings to the solar industry from globalized supply chains.
Scientists have discovered a way to create a material that can be made like a plastic, but conducts electricity more like a metal. The research shows how to make a kind of material in which the molecular fragments are jumbled and disordered, but can st…
Pumping up thermal water, separating lithium, and using it to produce batteries for electric mobility — the idea of lithium as an environmentally compatible and regionally available by-product of geothermal energy plants appears highly promising. Howe…
Hemophilia A is the most common severe form of hemophilia. It affects almost exclusively males. The disease can usually be treated well, but not for all sufferers. A study has now elucidated an important mechanism that is crucial for making the therapy…
An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star clusters. The finding challenges Newton’s laws of gravity, the researchers write in their publication. Instead, the observations are consistent with the…
A recent study used contract tracing data to produce a detailed map to date of SARS-CoV-2 spread in New York City. Researchers found that the city’s contact tracing program was efficient and produced data that can inform neighborhood-level intervention…
Public health researchers have found that the prevalence of school discipline and school policing — core elements of the school-to-prison pipeline — predict subsequent school-average levels of substance use and developmental risk.
Sometimes, in creating an alloy out of multiple metals, defects and structural instability can occur in the material. Now, researchers are harnessing those imperfections to make the material stronger while retaining its flexibility.
A new method to anchor single atoms of platinum-group metals on nanometer-sized islands allows for efficiently using these expensive metals as catalysts for a wide variety of applications. Researchers showed that platinum atoms could be confined on sma…
Giving the combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors relatlimab and nivolumab to patients with stage III melanoma before surgery was safe and completely cleared all viable tumor in 57% of patients in a Phase II study, researchers report.
A low-carbohydrate diet, if sustained, may be a useful dietary approach for preventing and treating type 2 diabetes, but more research is needed, according to a new study. The clinical trial looked at how low-carb diets affect blood sugar control.
Over the last two centuries, human actions have resulted in rising temperatures, a massive carbon imbalance, and tremendous biodiversity loss. However, there are cases in which human stewardship seems to help remediate this damage. Researchers examined…
An international coalition of researchers says in a new report that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened to the point that ‘humanity is unequivocally facing a climate emergency.’
New findings unexpectedly show that heroin, not its metabolites, is the best therapeutic target.
New findings unexpectedly show that heroin, not its metabolites, is the best therapeutic target.