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Body Roundness Index Predicts Progression of Heart, Kidney and Metabolic Disease
A large UK Biobank study using multistate models found that a high body roundness index strongly predicts the onset of...
The Amoebae We Forgot: Tiny Predators May Hold the Key to Climate-Microbiome Dynamics
A new PLOS Ecosystems opinion article argues that free-living amoebae, long ignored in climate and public health surveillance, may be...
System Dynamics Model Shows Preventive Vaccination Beats Reactive Response to Rift Valley Fever in Kenya
A coupled epidemiological-economic system dynamics model of Rift Valley fever in Ijara County, Kenya, shows that annual preventive vaccination prevents...
Scientists Pinpoint a Blood Protein That Helps Drive Kidney Disease in Diabetes
A large mendelian randomization study identifies the circulating protein INHBC as a mediator linking Type 2 diabetes to chronic kidney...
Baltic Sea Sediments Drive Surprising Sexual Speciation in Bacteria
Genomic analysis of Shewanella baltica strains from Baltic Sea sediments reveals that recombination-driven, or sexual, speciation can produce distinct bacterial...
Bamboo-Derived Membrane Strips Oil From Water With Record Efficiency
Researchers at Sichuan Agricultural University have created a bamboo fiber, graphene oxide, and silica composite membrane that removes over 99...
Biodiversity and Asthma: What a Major Meta-Analysis Really Found
A new meta-analysis in Nature Communications finds that environmental bacterial richness shows a significant protective association with asthma, while vegetation...
Standard Tuberculosis Screening Tests Fall Short in People with Diabetes, South African Study Finds
A South African study of 673 adults with diabetes found that symptom screening detected only about 22 percent of tuberculosis...
Rain’s Hidden Power: Freshwater Lenses Supercharge the Ocean’s Carbon Uptake
A new global analysis finds that rain-induced dilution of the ocean surface nearly doubles previous estimates of rain's contribution to...
AI Reads Protein Shapes to Unmask Bacterial Weapons
A new multimodal deep learning framework called GeoEPred combines protein language model semantics with predicted 3D structures to more accurately...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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