People With Prediabetes Significantly More Likely to Suffer a Heart Attack, Stroke
Prediabetes May Not Be As Benign as Once Thought Study shows greater risk of serious cardiac events; suggests need for more aggressive treatment. People with…
Want to Treat Heart Attacks Faster? There’s an App for That
App-based coordination between paramedics, hospital team speeds treatment by 10 minutes. Patients suffering a heart attack received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a procedure to clear…
Too Much or Too Little Sleep Linked to Elevated Heart Risks in People Free From Disease
Sleep should be assessed along with other factors that increase heart disease. People who clock six to seven hours of sleep a night had the…
New “Key-Hole Surgery” Technique to Extract Metals From the Earth – Could Revolutionize the Future of Mining
A team of international researchers, including Dr. Rich Crane from the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, have developed a new method to extract…
New Allergy Guidelines for Schools Recommend Against Food Bans
Staff should be trained on food allergies and have epinephrine available to treat anaphylaxis. Schools and child care centers should train staff on food allergies…
“Hot Spots” of Aging and Disease Revealed by How Brain Cells Repair Their DNA
Salk scientists reveal new insights into neurodegenerative disorders and potential for genetic therapies. Neurons lack the ability to replicate their DNA, so they’re constantly working…
How Llamas Wally and Winter Are Helping Scientists Find Effective COVID-19 Treatments
X-rays from Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source turn llama antibodies into potential therapies. While the world has welcomed the news of multiple vaccines against COVID-19, the…
New Map Reveals Genes That Control the Skeleton – Will Help Find Therapies for Bone Disease
Researchers have mapped the gene activity of osteocytes to improve their understanding of skeletal disease. Research led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has…
Experiments Show Cryptic Sixth Sense of Orientation of Bats Lies in the Eye
Mammals see with their eyes, hear with their ears and smell with their nose. But which sense or organ allows them to orient themselves on…
Alternative to Conventional Fertilizers: Fungi Could Manipulate Bacteria to Enrich Soil With Nutrients
Researchers have discovered a group of soil bacteria that could yield alternatives to conventional fertilizers for enriching soil and improving crop yields. A team of…
Solution Proposed to Mystery of Incredibly Strong White Dwarf Magnetic Fields
University of Warwick astronomer co-authors new study in Nature Astronomy that proposes a solution to long-running question of how white dwarf stars generate magnetic fields…
Plastic Pollution in the Deep Sea: A Geological Perspective on a Global Problem
A new focus article in the May issue of Geology summarizes research on plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments. Authors I.A. Kane of the Univ. of…
MIT’s “Programmable Matter” Technique: A Zap of Light Switches Objects’ Colors and Patterns
“Programmable matter” technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with ease. When was the last time you repainted your car? Redesigned your coffee…
New Study Deconstructs Dunbar’s Number: Yes, You Can Have More Than 150 Friends
An individual human can maintain stable social relationships with about 150 people. This is the proposition known as ‘Dunbar’s number’ – that the architecture of…
No! Loan Applications Processed Around Midday Are More Likely to Be Rejected
Bank credit officers are more likely to approve loan applications earlier and later in the day, while ‘decision fatigue’ around midday is associated with defaulting…
200-Year-Old Poop Shows Rural Wealthy Elites in New England Had Parasitic Infections
Study finds parasites in fecal samples from the 1830s-1840s in privy on Dartmouth’s campus. In the early 19th century in North America, parasitic infections were…
Radio Astronomers Discover 8 New Millisecond Pulsars With MeerKAT Telescope
A group of astronomers has discovered 8 millisecond pulsars located within dense clusters of stars, known as “globular clusters,” using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope….
High Dose of Vitamin D Fails to Improve Condition of Moderate to Severe COVID-19 Patients
A clinical trial was conducted with 240 patients who were given 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission to hospital. The supplementation did not reduce…