Day November 17, 2019

IMAGE: This is the eruption of the Merapi on 11 May 2018. view more  Credit: Université de Strasbourg/Uppsala University/Technical University of Munich/The University of Leeds/Universitas Gadjah Mada/German Research Center for Geosciences When will the next eruption take place? Examination of samples…

The public might not even know that scientists from the University of Tartu in cooperation with Finnish colleagues have established our “own” Estonian-Finnish beamline at the Swedish national MAX IV Laboratory in Lund. The FinEstBeAMS, which was completed two years…

The world’s tropical forests store huge quantities of carbon in their biomass and thus constitute an important carbon sink. However, current estimates of the amount of carbon dioxide stored in tropical forests of the Amazon vary largely. Scientists at the…

(Boston)–Computational modeling is the use of computers to simulate and study the behavior of complex systems. Computational approaches are widely adopted in the bioimedical sciences and can be used to sift through large volumes of complex data to extract recurrent…

Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand times lower than previously assumed. This was shown by Researchers at the UFZ in their latest study published in Scientific Reports. For understanding…

Scientists at the University of Sheffield have identified an antibody that has the ability to stop and reverse the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare but fatal disease which is only currently cured by lung…

IMAGE: Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin LecB can block the cell cycle. view more  Credit: Credit: AG Römer Areas of skin that have been damaged by an injury are ideal niches for the concentration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium which impairs the healing…

IMAGE: Should you take omega-3 pills? Or try to have two to servings of omega-3 rich fish a week, as the American Heart Association recommends? It may seem a bit murky… view more  Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Should you take omega-3 pills?…

Researchers from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have identified new mutations in a gene commonly associated with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDC), a disease that weakens the heart muscle, making it more difficult to adequately circulate blood…

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive and life-threatening form of atherosclerosis that narrows the arteries serving the legs, arms, chest, and abdominal organs. It affects more than 8.5 million people in the United States, including 10 to 20 percent…

IMAGE: David J. Goldberg, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia view more  Credit: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia The largest-ever clinical trial of a medication for pediatric cardiology patients found that an oral drug significantly improved exercise capacity…