Day December 24, 2018

IMAGE: Estimated global migration flows by region from 2010 to 2015. Numbers indicate millions of people. view more  Credit: Azose and Raftery, PNAS, 2018 On today’s increasingly crowded globe, human migration can strain infrastructure and resources. Accurate data on migration flows…

New York, NY (December 24, 2018) – Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Rockefeller University have discovered a new use for a long-standing computational concept known as “blacklisting,” which is commonly employed as a…

IMAGE: A chart from the paper shows how residential electrical use sharply spikes upward once the temperature reaches about 23 Celcius (73 Fahrenheit). view more  Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A new study from Duke University and Fudan University in…

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Scientists have long struggled to explain how tropical forests can maintain their staggering diversity of trees without having a handful of species take over – or having many other species die out. The answer, researchers say, lies…

IMAGE: Meteor burst communication (Russian legend). view more  Credit: Kazan Federal University The paper appeared in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. Meteor burst communication is based on using meteors as cryptography assistants. Meteor trails reflect radio waves, which makes them…

Galanin-like peptide (GALP) is a short peptide made up of 60 amino acid residues. This sequence is homologous across several species. The hypothalamic arcuate nucleus is the place where GALP is produced. GALP has diverse physiological effects such as the…

IMAGE: This review illustrates a perspective on prostate cancer imaging summarizing current imaging approaches with a special focus on Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA), Bombesin (BN) and Androgen Receptor (AR) targeted… view more  Credit: Dr. Ghulam Murtaza, Bentham Science Publishers Prostate…

IMAGE: This is Michael Shoykhet, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Children’s National Health System, the study’s senior author. view more  Credit: Michael Shoykhet, M.D., Ph.D WASHINGTON-(Dec. 24, 2018)-Children with life-threatening respiratory failure who require mechanical ventilation…

A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don’t require land or fresh water — resources that are scarce in much of the world. The polymer is derived from microorganisms that feed on seaweed.…

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 24, 2018 – A hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington’s is the progressive death of nerve cells in the brain. The cells don’t die quickly, though. They first start to disconnect from each other because their neurites —…