Follow ScienceDaily, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/rss46 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 04:35:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cpakq43IA9g6CY3L745TL_ Researchers offer a new method to disrupt spiral waves that uses less energy and that may be less painful than traditional defibrillation.]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 02:15:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cpakq43IA9g6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cpakq43IA9gylmFkX7M1Jw An innovative scientific instrument, the Compact Color Biofinder may change the game in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life.]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 02:15:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cpakq43IA9gylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cpakq43IA9g-T5HJgy6HUf An oral antiviral drug that targets a key part of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) polymerase and inhibits the synthesis of viral genetic material has been identified, a finding that could provide an effective treatment against RSV disease.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:20:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cpakq43IA9g-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cE9hi_BFAvrSlmFkX7M1Jw Researchers describe how the microbiomes of people and the homes they live in interact and change each other.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:07:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cE9hi_BFAvrSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cE9hi_BFAvrZVjH6qdYdAk While lower vertebrates can repair their adult hearts after a heart attack, mammals -- including humans -- cannot. The ability to regenerate dead muscle tissue in mammalian hearts disappears just a few days after birth because the heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, exit the cell cycle. In 2020, researchers reported that surgery to remove the left ventricle apex of the heart of pigs, one day after birth, somehow extended the replication ability of heart muscle cells. To better understand the underlying gene expression changes in this extended regeneration window, researchers now report nuclear RNA-sequencing of heart muscle cells, using this porcine model. From such knowledge, and much further research yet to come, clinicians may potentially learn how to regenerate adult heart cardiomyocytes after a heart attack.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:07:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cE9hi_BFAvrZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cyHvujLUVMuOzdsCmHakzH For decades, field-effect transistors enabled by silicon-based semiconductors have powered the electronics revolution. But in recent years, manufacturers have come up against hard physical limits to further size reductions and efficiency gains of silicon chips. That has scientists and engineers looking for alternatives to conventional metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:07:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cyHvujLUVMuOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cyHvujLUVMuMb1naedg1wr A research group has explored the potential production of micro-scale organic electronics for use in bioelectronics via multiphoton 3-D printers.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:06:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cyHvujLUVMuMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cyHvujLUVMuKCY3L745TL_ Over the last two decades, microscopy has seen unprecedented advances in speed and resolution. However, cellular structures are essentially three-dimensional, and conventional super-resolution techniques often lack the necessary resolution in all three directions to capture details at a nanometer scale. A research team has now investigated a super-resolution imaging technique that involves combining the advantages of two different methods to achieve the same resolution in all three dimensions; this is 'isotropic' resolution.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:06:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cyHvujLUVMuKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cyHvujLUVMuClmFkX7M1Jw Along with high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking, environmental factors such as air pollution are highly predictive of people's chances of dying, especially from heart attack and stroke, a new study shows.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:06:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3cyHvujLUVMuClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dOVX_CuSsn55s0ohxaO6Yr In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers estimated arsenic levels in U.S. private well water sources by county and compared estimates to documented birth outcomes. They found an association between estimated groundwater arsenic concentration and risk of low birth weight.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:06:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dOVX_CuSsn55s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dOVX_CuSsn5ylmFkX7M1Jw People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer's disease over the course of four years, according to a new study.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:38:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dOVX_CuSsn5ylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dOVX_CuSsn5yejEQ2Mq9rY Severe 'brain bleeds' experienced by some babies in the first year following their birth can lead to long-term sight problems, researchers have found as part of a ten-year follow-up study.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:54:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dOVX_CuSsn5yejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3c5swJxlkWk88b1naedg1wr Researchers have made a new discovery on how light behaves in complex media, media that tends to distort light significantly. They demonstrated that 'distortion' is a matter of perspective, outlining a simple rule that applies to all light and a vast array of media, including underwater, optical fiber, transmission in the atmosphere and even through living biological samples. Their novel quantum approach to the problem resolves a standing debate on whether some forms of light are robust or not, correcting some misconceptions in the community.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:54:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3c5swJxlkWk88b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3codnQyQjUmbSlmFkX7M1Jw A new study provides additional evidence that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies younger than 6 months from being hospitalized due to COVID-19.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:54:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3codnQyQjUmbSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3codnQyQjUmbeT5HJgy6HUf The neural and cognitive complexity of the octopus could originate from a molecular analogy with the human brain, according to a new study. The research shows that the same 'jumping genes' are active both in the human brain and in the brain of two species, Octopus vulgaris, the common octopus, and Octopus bimaculoides, the Californian octopus.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:51:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3codnQyQjUmbeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dR5CMohXNwhaCY3L745TL_ The female hormone estradiol was found to suppress psoriasis in mice by regulating neutrophil and macrophage cells. The conditional knockout mice without the natural ovarian hormones estradiol showed symptoms of severe skin inflammation.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:24:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dR5CMohXNwhaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dR5CMohXNwhSlmFkX7M1Jw Researchers created a special ultrathin sensor, spun from gold, that can be attached directly to the skin without irritation or discomfort. The sensor can measure different biomarkers or substances to perform on-body chemical analysis. It works using a technique called Raman spectroscopy, where laser light aimed at the sensor is changed slightly depending on whatever chemicals are present on the skin at that point. The sensor can be finely tuned to be extremely sensitive, and is robust enough for practical use.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:24:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dR5CMohXNwhSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dR5CMohXNwheT5HJgy6HUf Researchers say people with developmental dyslexia have specific strengths relating to exploring the unknown that have contributed to the successful adaptation and survival of our species.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:24:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dR5CMohXNwheT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dR5CMohXNwhZVjH6qdYdAk Researchers have developed a mathematical model of motor learning that reflects the motor learning process in the human brain. Their findings suggest that motor exploration -- that is, increased variability in movements -- is important when learning a new task. These results may lead to improved motor rehabilitation in patients after injury or disease.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:23:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dR5CMohXNwhZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dtur26PyC4e6CY3L745TL_ Newly identified genes may help explain why women experience different heart disease symptoms than men do, which often leads to misdiagnosing serious problems.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:42:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/eePbbD1UY3dtur26PyC4e6CY3L745TL_