In a tumultuous time humanity looks to the ancient world for guidance and inspiration. It’s a dynamic at least as old as Petrarch, the 13th-century Italian poet whose scholarship on the Greeks and Romans helped kick-start the Renaissance. Paul Skallas, a 36-year-old technology lawyer and writer, has today picked up antiquity’s torch. He’s an evangelist…
DetailsIMAGE: Axial T1-weighted MR images obtained using (A) standard-dose gadoterate and (B) reduced-dose gadobutrol 4 days later. Mean score across the three readers for standard-dose gadoterate and reduced-dose gadobutrol was 3.4… view more Credit: American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) Leesburg, VA, June 17, 2021–According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR),…
DetailsIMAGE: A fully printable biosensor made of soft bio-inks interfaces with a pig heart. Research about the biosensor, developed by researchers at Purdue University and Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been… view more Credit: Bongjoong Kim WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Surgeons may soon be able to localize critical regions in tissues and organs during a surgical…
DetailsIMAGE: Infectious diseases expert Stan Houston helped lead a new study showing that incidents of the parasitic disease have been on the rise in Alberta since 2013. “We should be paying… view more Credit: Photo: Supplied A rare parasitic infection imported from Europe continues to take root in Alberta, Canada. The province is now the North…
DetailsIMAGE: A new PME imaging and machine learning technique can measure glycolysis at both the cellular and sub-cellular levels, potentially leading to new methods for treating a wide array of diseases,… view more Credit: Fang Lab at University of Chicago Understanding cellular metabolism – how a cell uses energy- could be key to treating a wide…
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PHILADELPHIA – Sour taste does not have the nearly universal appeal that sweet taste does. Slightly sour foods or drinks such as yogurt and lemon juice are yummy to many, but such highly sour foods as spoiled milk are yucky, even dangerous. Like humans, many other animals, including insects, prefer slightly acidic over very acidic…
DetailsIMAGE: Controlling of brain state transitions using a molecule responsive to light. view more Credit: IBEC/IDIBAPS The brain presents different states depending on the communication between billions of neurons, and this network is the basis of all our perceptions, memories, and behaviours. It is often considered a “black box”, with difficult access for clinicians and researchers,…
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Columbia, SC — Christina Andrews, associate professor of health services policy and management at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health and an expert on addiction treatment will lead a study funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to examine the effectiveness of Medicaid-covered alcohol use disorder treatment. Andrews…
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MADISON – In early January 2021, travelers returning to Tokyo, Japan, from Amazonas, Brazil, were screened for COVID-19 at the airport. A few days later, the National Institute of Infectious Disease of Japan announced that the travelers had returned with a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. That variant, known as gamma, or P.1, led…
DetailsIMAGE: How much do traditional practices contribute to the protection of local biodiversity? Why and how are sacred groves locally valued and protected, and how can this be promoted and harnessed… view more Credit: Zahed Shakeri How much do traditional practices contribute to the protection of local biodiversity? Why and how are sacred groves locally valued…
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