Day August 2, 2018

IMAGE: This is National MagLab physicist Arkady Shekhter. view more  Credit: Stephen Bilenky/National MagLab TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Scientists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have discovered a behavior in materials called cuprates that suggests they carry current…

The number of people who died as a result of Hurricane Maria — which hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 — may be as high as 1,139, surpassing the official death count of 64, according to researchers. Jeffrey T.…

IMAGE: This is Lawrence Feldman. view more  Credit: UIC Data from a lung cancer screening program at the University of Illinois at Chicago provides evidence that national lung cancer screening guidelines, which were developed based on the National Lung Screening Trial,…

IMAGE: Dr. Rosen studies specific proteins that regulate genes, called transcription factors, focusing on those that are critical for adipose function and metabolism. view more  Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Abundant in human babies and small mammals, brown…

Amsterdam, NL, August 2, 2018 – Almost two-thirds of non-diabetic patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) may be insulin resistant, despite having normal blood sugar, report scientists in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. Their findings suggest that insulin resistance in PD…

IMAGE: TOP: Representative axial slices of PET/CT overlay of pancreas uptake (white arrows) for each dopaminergic radioligand A) 11C-(+)-PHNO B) 11C-FLB457 and C) 11C-raclopride. All SUV images summed from 20-30 minutes…. view more  Credit: J Bini et al., Yale University, New…

IMAGE: This is Jeff Kretschmar. view more  Credit: CWRU Juveniles who complete diversion programs for their crimes are less likely to continue their criminal activity as adults, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. The researchers got a rare…

IMAGE: Using 100-year-old minerals processing methods, chemical engineering students have found a solution to a looming 21st-century problem: how to economically recycle lithium ion batteries. view more  Credit: Lei Pan, Michigan Tech Lei Pan’s team of chemical engineering students had worked…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Drawing on genomic data from more than one million individuals, researchers from the University of Michigan have led a large collaborative effort to discover as-yet unknown genetic risk factors for atrial fibrillation: an irregular, often rapid…

Rockville, Md. (Aug. 2, 2018)–A high-fat diet may promote the growth of pancreatic cancer independent of obesity because of the interaction between dietary fat and cholecystokinin (CCK), a digestive hormone. In addition, blocking CCK may help prevent the spread of…