Preventing truck crashes needs to take ‘dashcam’ approach to driver ‘microsleeps’
Researchers using dashcam footage of real-world collisions involving large trucks to analyze driver and vehicle behavior has found that anti-drowsiness ...
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Temperature is stronger than light and flow as driver of oxygen in US rivers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The amount of dissolved oxygen in a river is a matter of life or death for ...
Brown widow spiders’ aggression likely driver of black widow decline
Annapolis, MD; March 13, 2023—Black widow spiders have earned a fearsome reputation for their venomous bite. But in parts of ...
Machine learning to identify cancer type-specific driver mutations for the development of new drug targets and treatment strategies
According to Statistics Korea, cancer is the top cause of death in 2021, accounting for 26% of deaths. Most cancer ...
Oncotarget | Oncogenic driver FGFR3-TACC3 requires 5 coiled-coil heptads for activation and disulfide bonds for stability
“Together, this work highlights the need to investigate different breakpoints of fusion proteins, as they may potentially lack the necessary ...
Computers that power self-driving cars could be a huge driver of global carbon emissions
In the future, the energy needed to run the powerful computers on board a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could ...
Rogue immune cells linked to leukemia are a key driver of autoimmune diseases
Gene variants associated with leukaemia can produce ‘rogue’ immune cells that drive autoimmune diseases, according to a new study from ...
As the 2022 UN climate change conference (COP27) approaches, this week’s special issue of The BMJ focuses on the climate emergency, its impact on health, and the power of hope as a driver to achieve change
In an editorial to launch the issue, editors Kamran Abbasi, Sophie Cook, and Juliet Dobson argue that hope is “a ...
Goldilocks influencers: Why high follower count may not be the best driver of engagement on social media
Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, and KU Leuven published a new article in the Journal ...
Study provides further evidence that immune cell dysregulation is a driver of COVID-19 severity
New York, NY (October 4, 2022) – In one of the largest single-center COVID-19 cohort studies to date, researchers at the ...
Researchers discover new molecular driver of retinoblastoma
Despite decades of medical advances, children who develop the pediatric eye cancer retinoblastoma often lose their vision or an eye ...
Climate anxiety an important driver for climate action – new study
The first-ever detailed study of climate anxiety among the UK adult population suggests that whilst rates are currently low, people’s ...
New driver for a rare form of liver cancer discovered
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have identified in mice ...
‘RNA fishing’ reveals new driver of melanoma malignancy and metastasis
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have identified several proteins involved in the progression of melanoma, the deadliest ...
New study appears to have the answer to one of F1’s oldest questions: Which is more important car and team, or driver?
Which is more important to driving success in Formula 1, driver, or team and machine? A new eight-season-long study out ...
Global database of plants reveals human activity biggest driver of homogenization of plant communities
Species extinction, the introduction of non-native plants, climate change, and pollution are all major drivers of changes in biological communities ...
Hungry caterpillars an underappreciated driver of carbon emissions
A study led by the University of Cambridge has found that periodic mass outbreaks of leaf-munching caterpillars can improve the ...
First-ever Africa-wide great ape assessment reveals human activity, not habitat availability, is greatest driver of ape abundance
NEW YORK (21 October 2021) – The first-ever Africa-wide assessment of great apes – gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees – finds ...
Algorithm finds personalized sound zones in cars for driver, passengers
WASHINGTON, September 14, 2021 -- Creating an individualized listening experience for each passenger has been an ambition for the auto ...
Enzyme could be major driver of preeclampsia
A new study by UT Southwestern scientists indicates that an enzyme called protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A) appears to be a ...
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Multiple sclerosis more prevalent in Black Americans than previously thought
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UTHSC researchers’ work on human pangenome aids understanding of common chromosomal abnormality
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Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer
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American Indian and Alaska native men less likely to receive prostate cancer screening
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University of Sydney launches innovative research fellowship scheme to tackle global challenges
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal