Experimental compound counters diabetic complications
An experimental compound reduced complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in mice -- not by lowering blood sugar -- but by countering its consequences, a new study finds......»»
Finally, a Practical Use for Nuclear Fusion
Researchers used the roiling temperatures of an experimental fusion reactor for a surprising purpose—testing heat shield materials for spacecraft......»»
3 snow leopards with COVID-19 die at Lincoln Children"s Zoo
Three snow leopards have died at the Lincoln Children's Zoo in Nebraska of complications from COVID-19......»»
Anticoagulant has beneficial side-effects for COVID-19 patients, study finds
Clotting problems and resulting complications are common in COVID-19 patients. Researchers have now shown that a member of the anticoagulant group of drugs not only has a beneficial effect on survival of COVID-19 patients, but also influences the dur.....»»
Safety concerns raised for neuroblastoma candidate drug
Scientists have identified the primary target of the experimental cancer drug CX-5164, revealing a possible risk for late effects of treatment......»»
Compound provides innovative pain relief
Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are closer to developing a safe and effective non-opioid pain reliever after a study showed that a new compound they created reduces the sensation of pain by regulating a biological channel lin.....»»
How alike are the cancer cells from a single patient?
Using an experimental system involving new genetic technology, researchers analyzed the gene expression signatures of a representative sample of barcoded leukemia cells. After implanting some of the leukemia cells in mice, they discovered that distin.....»»
Mosaic brain evolution in guppies helps to explain vertebrate cognitive evolution
Researchers at Stockholm University have provided the first experimental evidence that brain regions can evolve independently of each other during cognitive evolution. This so called mosaic brain evolution was verified empirically in an artificial se.....»»
Can Sterile Neutrinos Exist?
Physicists have wondered if neutrino particles come in a mysterious fourth variety. Now new experimental findings complicate the question -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Researchers develop a tool to neutralize chemical weapons using rare-earth elements
Researchers at Concordia are studying the potential applications of a type of compound called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). They have designed a new kind of microscopic structure that can rapidly mitigate chemical weapons when exposed to ultraviol.....»»
Global PC sales fall 2% year on year, Chromebook shipments down 37 percent
According to Canalys, despite the slight dip in sales in Q3 2021, global shipments in the PC industry are comfortably ahead of pre-Covid levels, with a two-year CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 10 percent compared to Q3 2019......»»
Antibody treatment prevents inflammation in lungs, nervous system in macaques with SARS-CoV-2, study finds
Monoclonal antibodies protected aged, diabetic rhesus macaque monkeys from disease due to SARS-CoV-2 and reduced signs of inflammation, including in cerebrospinal fluid, according to a new study......»»
Study: Indoor air cleaners fall short on removing volatile organic compounds
Consumer-grade air cleaners that promise to reduce indoor levels of volatile organic compound (VOC) pollutants using chemical oxidation can be a source of VOCs themselves, according to a new study led by MIT researchers......»»
Three-channel Kondo effect discovered in cubic holmium compound
A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has applied numerical methods to capture the hallmarks of a quantum phenomenon known as the three-channel Kondo effect in an f-electron system for the first time. Professor Takashi Hotta showed how elect.....»»
Detector advance could lead to cheaper, easier medical scans
Researchers have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical image that doesn't require tomography, a mathematical process used to reconstruct images in CT and PET scans. The work could lead to cheaper, easier and more accurate medica.....»»
Detector advance could lead to cheaper, easier medical scans
Researchers in the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical image that doesn't require tomography, a mathematical process used to reconstruct images in CT and PET scans . The work, published Oct. 14 in Nature Ph.....»»
Promising new antimalarial compound discovered
A discovery opens the door to the development of new drugs targeting malaria, one of the deadliest infectious diseases on the planet. The researcher teams performed a screen of soil bacteria extracts for antimalarials and identified an extremely pote.....»»
ALS and dementia attacked by an RNA-hunting compound that recruits cell"s own virus fighter
A potential drug targets RNA that cause C9 ALS and frontotemporal dementia......»»
La Palma island braces for more quakes as volcano roars on
Residents on Spain's La Palma island braced Wednesday for the possibility of bigger earthquakes that could compound the damage from a volcano spilling lava more than five weeks since it erupted......»»
A breakdown in communication: Mitochondria of diabetic patients can’t keep time
Muscle cells in patients with type 2 diabetes have a disrupted biological clock. The new findings suggest that treatments for type 2 diabetes may be more or less effective depending on the time of day they are given......»»
Novel computational pipeline could help repurpose cancer drugs for rare diseases
By combining computational and experimental approaches, researchers identified cancer drugs that show promise for treating pulmonary hypertension, or PH, a rare and incurable lung disease......»»