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Corn ethanol reduces carbon footprint, greenhouse gases
Research shows that the use of corn ethanol reduces the carbon footprint and diminishes greenhouse gases.
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Sterilizing skeeters
Mosquitoes are one of humanity's greatest nemeses, estimated to spread infections to nearly 700 million people per year and cause more than one million deaths.
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Evacuating under dire wildfire scenarios
As climate change intensifies, wildfires in the West are behaving in ways that were unimaginable in the past--and the common disaster response approaches are woefully unprepared for this new reality. In a recent study, a team of researchers led by the University of Utah proposed a framework for simulating dire scenarios, which the authors define as scenarios where there is less time to evacuate an area than is required.
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To unpack colonial influence on ecology, researchers propose five strategies
Researchers proposed five strategies to untangle the impacts of colonialism on research and thinking in ecology.
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Dual impacts of extreme heat, ozone disproportionately hurt poorer areas
Scientists at UC San Diego, San Diego State University and colleagues find that extreme heat and elevated ozone levels, often jointly present during California summers, affect certain ZIP codes more than others.
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Facilitating speech comprehension in rare inherited hearing loss patients
Facilitating speech comprehension in rare inherited hearing loss patients. IBS research team found a novel deafness gene and developed a customized treatment for auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder.
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Lundquist investigator Wei Yan solves longstanding fallopian tube transport debate
Yan research group has solved a longstanding scientific debate about the mechanism underlying the gamete and embryo transport within the Fallopian tube. Using a mouse model where the animals lacked motile cilia in the oviduct, they demonstrated that motile cilia in the very distal end of the Fallopian tube, the infundibulum, are essential for oocyte pickup. The finding was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Enzymes of a feather: CRISPR-Cas components work together to enhance protection from viruses
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Russia and the US have shown that the two components of the bacterial CRISPR-Cas immunity system, one that destroys foreign genetic elements such as viruses and another that creates "memories" of foreign genetic elements by storing fragments of their DNA in a special location of bacterial genome, are physically linked. This link helps bacteria to efficiently update their immune memory when infected by mutant viruses that learned to evade the CRISPR-Cas defense.
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Storytelling reduces pain and stress, and increases oxytocin in hospitalized children
A new research, carried out by the D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) and the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), has shown for the first time that storytelling is capable of providing physiological and emotional benefits to children in Intensive Care Units (ICUs).
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Simple diagnostic tool predicts individual risk of Alzheimer's
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine.
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COVID-19 infection rates of dentists remain lower than other health professionals
More than a year after COVID-19 appeared in the U.S., dentists continue to have a lower infection rate than other front-line health professionals, such as nurses and physicians, according to a study published online ahead of the June print issue in The Journal of the American Dental Association. The study, "COVID19 among Dentists in the U.S. and Associated Infection Control: a six-month longitudinal study," is based on data collected June 9 - Nov. 13, 2020.
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Specialized inhibitory cluster gates plasticity in fear learning
Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) have uncovered a new role for a distinct inhibitory cell cluster in the amygdala, acting to dynamically modulate synaptic connections during fear learning.
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Weight-loss treatment prevents accumulation of lipid linked to cardiac mortality
Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet, University of Oxford and University of Copenhagen have shown that elevated levels of lipids known as ceramides can be associated with a ten-fold higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Treatment with liraglutide could keep the ceramide levels in check, compared with placebo. The results have been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Built environments don't play expected role in weight gain
People don't gain or lose weight because they live near a fast-food restaurant or supermarket, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. And, living in a more "walkable", dense neighborhood likely only has a small impact on weight.
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Impact of school nutrition policies in California varies by children's ethnicity
California state school nutrition policies and federal policies for school meals have mixed impacts on childhood obesity in children of Pacific Islander (PI), Filipino (FI) and American Indian/Alaska native (AIAN) origins, according to a new study published this week in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Mika Matsuzaki of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, and colleagues.
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Study: Diet to lower blood pressure also improved other factors in cardiac health
Study shows that a diet proven to lower elevated blood pressure, known as the DASH diet, reduces inflammation. The findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also showed that the DASH diet, alone or in conjunction with a low-sodium diet, reduces heart injury and strain.
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Fat around the heart linked to increased risk of heart failure
Study shows risk doubles in women and goes up by 50 percent in men.
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The brain learns faces fastest in person
The neural representation of a familiar face strengthens faster when you see someone in person, according to a new study published in JNeurosci.
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Regular physical activity linked to better organized preteen brains
Regular physical activity has positive effects on children's developing brain circuits, finds a Boston Children's Hospital study using neuroimaging data from nearly 6,000 early adolescents. Physical activity of any kind was associated with more efficiently organized, flexible, and robust brain networks, the researchers found. The more physical activity, the more "fit" the brain.
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New research shows ridesharing services reduce sexual assault
CATONSVILLE, MD, May 24, 2021 - Contrary to portraits painted in popular media, new research involving ridesharing services shows they provide an additional level of protection for potential sexual assault victims, particularly in neighborhoods with inadequate public transportation or in circumstances that are more prone to sex crimes.
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