IMAGE: An initially flat thin circular sheet of elastomer with embedded electrodes morphs into a saddle shape view more Credit: Image courtesy of the Clarke Lab/Harvard SEAS Mechanical systems, such as engines and motors, rely on two principal types of motions…
IMAGE: The ribosome translates genes enriched in optimal codons (green circles) faster than genes with non-optimal codons (red circle). It has consequences in the stability of mRNA and the amount of… view more Credit: Rodolfo Carneiro Today, thousands of databases with…
SALT LAKE CITY – New research published today in the journal Pediatric Blood and Cancer shows how early cancer screening and surveillance in patients with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) results in additional years of life, and is cost effective for third-party…
Hormone concentrations during early fetal development — that may affect the child’s development and increase the mother’s risk for breast and ovarian cancer years later — are significantly affected by maternal age, body mass index and race rather than lifestyle,…
People with strong religious beliefs are more likely to buy fat-free, sugar-free or gluten-free foods than natural or organic foods, according to new research that could influence the marketing of those specialty food products. Testing the theory that religious and…
Climate change is warming the ocean, but it’s warming land faster and that’s really bad news for air quality all over the world, says a new University of California, Riverside study. The study, published February 4 in Nature Climate Change,…
Experts know that in adults younger than 65, having high cholesterol levels in your blood can raise your risk for heart attacks and strokes. However, in adults 80 years old and older, researchers have not–until now–thoroughly studied high cholesterol’s impact…
Arctic permafrost is thawing as the Earth warms due to climate change. In some cases, scientists predict that this thawing soil will release increasing amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, that is known to trap more heat in our…
While oral appliances such as splints and bite guards are the most common treatment for facial pain from temporomandibular disorders (TMD), patients rate them as less helpful than self-care treatments, such as jaw exercises or warm compresses, finds a new…
New work from MIT researchers peers under the hood of an automated fake-news detection system, revealing how machine-learning models catch subtle but consistent differences in the language of factual and false stories. The research also underscores how fake-news detectors should…
