Science & Technology
Automation is fueling increasing mortality among U.S. adults, study finds
The automation of U.S. manufacturing — robots replacing people on factory floors — is fueling rising mortality rate among America’s working-age adults, according to a new study.
Brazilian babies born with Zika virus syndrome at greater risk of death in first three years of life than those born without
Babies born with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), due to infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy, are at more than 11x greater risk of dying during the first three years of life than those born without the syndrome, according to a new study.
Factors that shaped the massive Cauca River Canyon in the tropical Andes
A team of researchers recently embarked on a research expedition to the Tropical Andes of Colombia to study the massive Cauca River canyon. The team’s objective was to determine the age of formation of the Cauca River canyon and then compare that with …
New ‘cocktail’ drug could benefit up to 45 per cent of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
A new ‘cocktail’ drug under development could provide an effective and economical treatment to lessen symptoms for up to 45 per cent of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a chronic muscle-wasting disease.
Having a poor score on a simple memory test may be linked to Alzheimer’s biomarkers
Among people with no memory or thinking problems, having a poor score on a simple memory test may be linked to biomarkers in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease as well as very early signs of memory impairment that precede dementia by several…
Navigation tools could be pointing drivers to the shortest route — but not the safest
Time for a road trip. You punch the destination into your GPS and choose the suggested route. But is this shortest route the safest? Not necessarily, according to new findings.
High CAC, high cholesterol increase heart attack/stroke risk, cardiologists find
Patients with both a high lipoprotein(a) and high coronary artery calcium score (CAC) face a more than 20% risk of heart attack or stroke over the following 10 years, according to findings from a multicenter study led by preventive cardiologists.
A cellular stress state predicts a poor chemotherapy response in ovarian cancer patients
A discovery made in a new study helps to identify poor response tumors already prior chemotherapy is applied and opens new avenues for the development of combination therapies.
Older Japanese dog owners may face lower risk of disability than non-dog owners, study finds
An analysis of data from more than 11,000 older Japanese adults suggests that seniors who own a dog may be at lower risk of disability than those who have never been dog owners.
Global warming is amplifying our water cycle – and it’s happening much faster than we expected
A research team has used changing patterns of salt in the ocean to estimate that between 1970 and 2014, at least two times more freshwater shifted from the equator to the poles than our climate models predicted — giving us insights about how the globa…
Physicists observe an exotic ‘multiferroic’ state in an atomically thin material
Physicists observed an exotic ‘multiferroic’ state in a perfectly two-dimensional material for the first time. The findings could lead to faster, more efficient magnetic data storage devices.
Patients with rare skin cancer face 40% recurrence rate
Patients treated for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) face a five-year recurrence rate of 40% — markedly higher than the recurrence rates for melanoma and other skin cancers. Additionally, in the study cohort of more than 600 patients, 95% of MCC recurrenc…
Ancient DNA reveals surprises about how early Africans lived, traveled and interacted
A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced the earliest DNA from the continent, telling a fascinating tale of how early humans lived, traveled and even found their significant others.