Day May 23, 2021

CLEVELAND – Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood pressure management — lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg — dramatically reduces…

IMAGE: With the PGAA-instrument at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Josef Lichtinger examines the lithium distribution in brain samples. In his… view more  Credit: Wenzel Schuermann / TUM Depressive disorders are…

Beijing, 19 May 2021: the journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just published a new issue, Volume 5 Issue 4. This issue brings together important research from leading cardiologists in US and China in a combination of reviews, original…

Social scientists have had a longstanding fixation on moral character, demographic information, and socioeconomic status when it comes to analyzing crime and arrest rates. The measures have become traditional markers used to quantify and predict criminalization, but they leave out…

IMAGE: The four fossil specimens of Micropholis stowi excavated in the Transantarctic Mountains by University of Washington professor Christian Sidor’s team and analyzed by UW postdoctoral researcher Bryan Gee. view more  Credit: Christian Sidor Paleontologists had to adjust to stay safe…

IMAGE: Pebble-bed reactors use passive natural circulation to cool down, making it theoretically impossible for a core meltdown to occur. view more  Credit: Dr. Jean Ragusa and Dr. Mauricio Eduardo Tano Retamales/Texas AM University Engineering When one of the largest modern…

IMAGE: A new study finds that gasdermin B (GSDMB) pokes holes in bacterial membranes containing cardiolipin as a novel immune defense strategy. Shown are pictures of GSDMB pores embedded in synthetic… view more  Credit: Justin M. Hansen DALLAS – May 21,…

IMAGE: Campylobacter view more  Credit: Stock image OKLAHOMA CITY AND DENMARK – Campylobacter infection, one of the most common foodborne illnesses in the Western world, can also be spread through sexual contact, according to a new research discovery by an OU…

Bethesda, MD (May 22, 2021) — An artificial intelligence tool under development at Duke University can be added to the standard toilet to help analyze patients’ stool and give gastroenterologists the information they need to provide appropriate treatment, according to…

IMAGE: (top) Intracellular localization of RUNX2 and YAP in MSCs on gelatin gels with different elastic moduli. Notice how more signal is seen in a single location (the nucleus) for stiffer… view more  Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan – Researchers…