Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction
Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History examined the end-Permian mass extinction (252 million years ...
Month: June 2022
Are drug regulators sufficiently independent from the companies they are meant to regulate?
Patients and doctors expect drug regulators to provide an unbiased, rigorous assessment of new medicines before they hit the market. ...
New study finds surprise billing dispute resolution outcomes in Texas anchored to median in-network allowed amount
Under the No Surprises Act, disputes between payers and providers are settled through arbitration while the patient is held harmless ...
Seeing the same GP is good for your health, but only half of patients are able to do so
People who benefit the most from seeing the same GP are those with long-term health conditions and people who visit ...
Autistic adults have become increasingly visible in media, books, television, and more in the past decade, but challenges with representation persist
New research from UC Santa Cruz shows incremental improvements in the representation of autistic adults in film, television, books, media ...
The art of getting DNA out of decades-old pickled snakes
Two levels underground, Chicago’s Field Museum has a secret bunker. The sub-basement Collections Resource Center houses millions of biological specimens ...
NTU Singapore study reveals powerful links between methane and climate change
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have shown that recent record-breaking increases in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse ...
Book gives fresh perspective on Black literature of 1930s
A new volume in Cambridge University Press’s “African American Literature in Transition” series brings a fresh perspective to a decade ...
The pair of Orcas deterring Great White Sharks – by ripping open their torsos for livers
A pair of Orca (Killer Whales) that have been terrorizing and killing Great White Sharks off the coast of South ...
Clashes of inference and perspective explain why children sometimes lose the plot in conversation
Children who suddenly appear to lose the thread of an otherwise obvious conversation often do so because they cannot combine ...
New research: Up to 540,000 lives could be saved worldwide by targeting speed and other main areas
A new series published in The Lancet today highlights the growing problem of road traffic injuries and lays out some ...
Study finds women have more brain changes after menopause
MINNEAPOLIS – Women who have gone through menopause may have more of a brain biomarker called white matter hyperintensities than ...
Shining some light on the obscure proteome
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are a class of drugs used in oncology. An international research team involving scientists at the ...
Endocrine Society Journals earn higher Impact Factors for 2021
WASHINGTON—The Endocrine Society’s Journals experienced sizeable Impact Factor gains, led by Endocrine Reviews, according to Clarivate’s recently released annual Journal ...
Researchers measure atmospheric water vapor using open-air spectroscopy
WASHINGTON — Researchers have shown that a new mid-infrared spectrometer can precisely measure the ratios of different forms of water ...
Romantic partners can influence each other’s beliefs and behaviors on climate change, new Yale study finds
Few would argue that romantic partners have the potential to shift each other’s beliefs and behaviors, but what about their ...
Oregon State survey suggests charismatic songbird’s numbers have dramatically declined
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The evening grosbeak, a noisy and charismatic songbird, once arrived at Oregon State University in springtime flocks ...
The world’s rivers are changing, here’s how
The way rivers function is significantly affected by how much sediment they transport and where it gets deposited. River sediment ...
Immune cells anchored in tissues offer unique defenses against pathogens and cancers
Scientists exploring how our immune system responds to pathogens and cancers have ramped up their attention to CD8+ T cells, ...
Organoids reveal similarities between myotonic dystrophy type 1 and Rett syndrome
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy, characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness ...