Disappeared Greenland ice sheet in the mid-Pliocene?
Whether Greenland ice sheet will be completely melted in the future gains people`s interests. New model simulations indicate that in the mid-Pliocene (~3Ma), a period analogous to the climate in the...
View ArticleFindings indicate technical challenges remain before reliably using...
In an exploratory study involving 12 adults, the use of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was associated with incomplete coverage of inherited-disease genes, low reproducibility of detection of genetic...
View ArticleStudy finds comparable outcomes for commonly used surgeries to treat vaginal...
For women undergoing surgery for vaginal prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, neither of 2 common repair procedures was superior to the other for functional or adverse event outcomes, and...
View ArticleTheoretical analysis of patterns formed on the ancient damascus blades
Metallurgists have puzzled for several centuries as to how the unique patterns on the ancient Damascus blades were formed. Using a modern metallurgical computational software package, the relevant...
View ArticlePD-L1: a potential treatment target for multiple sclerosis
Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis is a mouse model of human multiple sclerosis with similar pathology and pathogenesis.
View ArticleIron overload is a risk factor for diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Iron overload can lead to cytotoxicity, and it is a risk factor for diabetic peripheral neuropathy. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear.
View ArticlePeripheral nerve regeneration using a nerve growth factor-containing fibrin...
Complete regeneration is usually very difficult following peripheral nerve damage, though microsurgical techniques have vastly increased the success rate of surgery to repair the injured nerve.
View ArticleAfter-sex vaginal gel protects against HIV
A vaginal gel can protect users from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), even when applied up to 3 hours after sex, reports a new study in monkeys. Up until now, all previous microbicides have been...
View ArticleMindfulness-based meditation helps teenagers with cancer
Mindfulness-based meditation could lessen some symptoms associated with cancer in teens, according to the results of a clinical trial intervention led by researchers at the University of Montreal and...
View ArticleDespite few food options, abundant array of species
A close look at tropical flies and the parasitic wasps that lay eggs inside them reveals an incredibly complex web of interactions, including some that would have remained hidden without advanced...
View ArticleUnraveling a histone mark mystery
In plants, a particular mark on heterochromatin, or tightly packed DNA, known as H3K27me1, must be preserved when a cell divides so that its daughter cells’ receive similarly organized DNA.
View ArticleNew way to break down natural gas for its goods
Scientists have discovered inexpensive materials that can convert natural gas into useful chemicals under mild conditions, a new study reports. This new approach could eventually compete with current...
View ArticlePitfalls of the 'big data revolution'
Big data is providing new opportunities to study human behavior and interactions at the broadest levels. However, analyses of such data sets have been complicated by the fact that so much big data has...
View ArticleMajor advances of science, technology and engineering in China in 2013
Based on the event every year for selecting the annual important advances about science, technology and engineering held by our publishing house, with the same principles of evaluating within each...
View ArticleTaipei city to host the 5th Asia Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in November 2014
The International Osteoporosis Foundation invites clinicians and researchers from all medical specialties with an interest in bone, muscle and joint diseases to attend the 5th Asia-Pacific...
View ArticleBreast cancer gene implicated in brain size control
A study suggests that BRCA1, a gene implicated in breast and ovarian cancer risk, might play a role in controlling brain size in mammals. The breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) is a tumor...
View ArticleReputation in group cooperation
Reputation may provide an incentive to contribute toward a publicly-accessible community resource, according to a study. The long-studied “tragedy of the commons” problem states that cooperation is...
View ArticlePest resistance to insecticide-producing maize
According to a study, western corn rootworm (WCR), a dominant pest of maize, can develop resistance to Bt toxin after feeding on transgenic maize engineered to produce the insecticide. Transgenic Bt...
View ArticlePre-colonization populations of extinct New Zealand moa
A study finds that populations of moa in New Zealand, extinct since around 1400 A.D., bore no genetic signs of population decline before humans arrived.
View ArticleBacteria programmed to monitor gut environment
According to a study, E. coli can be engineered to detect an environmental stimulus inside the gut of a living mouse, and record and report the stimulus noninvasively. Previous research has...
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