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Scientists discover the possible triggers for bacterial pathogens, opening the door for new treatment strategies
The legendary Alexander Fleming, who famously discovered penicillin, once said ‘never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.’ And the path of science often leads to just that. New research is turning the page in our understanding of harmf…
Fluctuating blood pressure: A warning sign for dementia and heart disease
The link between high blood pressure and a range of health problems is well known, and researchers have now found that fluctuating blood pressure can be just as risky and a potential precursor to dementia and vascular disease.
Novel hydrogel finds new aptamers, or ‘chemical antibodies,’ in days
A new method uses a hydrogel — a polymer network that holds its shape and can expand when it takes in a large amount of water — to retain ‘high-affinity,’ or well-fitting, aptamers while the rest of the aptamer candidates leave the gel in 60 hours.
Unique marimo threatened by rising lake temperatures
Rising lake water temperatures threaten the survival of marimo, unique algal balls found only in cold lakes. Researchers clarified that the warmer it gets, the more the inward decomposition outpaces the outward growth of these life forms, making them i…
Empathetic cancer clinicians promote psychological well-being in breast cancer patients
Clinicians who show more empathy promote better psychological health among breast cancer patients, according to a new study examining how oncology doctors facilitate psychological well-being.
Researchers develop organic nanozymes suitable for agricultural use
Nanozymes are synthetic materials that mimic the properties of natural enzymes for applications in biomedicine and chemical engineering. They are generally considered too toxic and expensive for use in agriculture and food science. Now, researchers hav…
Genomic analysis in snakes shows link between neutral, functional genetic diversity
In the world of threatened and endangered species conservation, the genomic revolution has raised some complicated questions: How can scientists justify assessing species genetic diversity without consulting entire genomes now that they can be sequence…
Signatures of the Space Age: Spacecraft metals left in the wake of humanity’s path to the stars
Using tools hitched to the nose cone of their research planes and sampling more than 11 miles above the planet’s surface, researchers have discovered significant amounts of metals in aerosols in the atmosphere, likely from increasingly frequent launche…
Parents of elementary-aged children may engage in more helicopter parenting than they think
While most parents agree that kids benefit from opportunities to be independent, they may be engaging in more ‘helicopter parenting’ than they realize, suggests a new poll.