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Phys.org / Factors that affect the spininess of plants in different locations
Plants often grow spines, thorns and prickles to defend against animals that feed on them, but why this happens in some places more than others has remained a mystery. Research in New Phytologist shows that plant spininess ...
Phys.org / Circulating microRNAs offer insights for detecting and treating cachexia in senior dogs
Cachexia—a syndrome characterized by progressive muscle wasting—affects both humans and dogs with chronic diseases such as cancer. A recent study in Molecular Oncology found that lower circulating levels of certain microRNAs—small ...
Medical Xpress / Hemodialysis mortality risks by blood type
Do you know your blood type? It is important information used for blood transfusions, but few realize that blood types could also be linked to disease risks. In the general population, people with blood type O have been reported ...
Phys.org / Tapeworm hijacks worker ants, giving them queen-like metabolism and longer lives
A tapeworm fundamentally changes the lives of ants: Workers of the species Temnothorax nylanderi infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis live several times longer than their uninfected nestmates. They are also less ...
Phys.org / How Gravity from Entropy theory connects the second law of thermodynamics with the emergence of cosmic structure
A new study by Queen Mary University of London mathematician Professor Ginestra Bianconi proposes a new perspective on one of the deepest questions in modern physics: How can the universe become increasingly structured and ...
Phys.org / From quantum error correction to emergent gravity: Probing holographic universes at QLab
One of the deepest ambitions in modern physics is understanding how the fabric of space and time could emerge from fundamental quantum degrees of freedom to establish a quantum theory of gravity.
Phys.org / Electyrolyzer experiment designated ready-to-fly by NASA
A Southwest Research Institute and University of Texas at San Antonio experiment has passed a critical NASA review, designating it ready for parabolic flight testing. The two institutions will evaluate the performance of ...
Medical Xpress / Women with PMOS at four-fold higher risk of heart disease
Women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS; also known as polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS) face a fourfold higher risk of heart disease than women without PMOS, according to a new nationwide U.S. study published ...
Phys.org / Breastfeeding rather than bottle-feeding is seen as the ideal of a good mother in Instagram comments
A study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) analyzes Instagram discourse that associates the ideal of being a good mother with exclusive breastfeeding and fosters guilt among women who cannot or do not wish to breastfeed, often ...
Phys.org / Droughts can boost inclusive institutions, social unity
Droughts have an immediate negative impact on agricultural production, but they can also trigger institutional and cultural transformations that help make societies more resilient to environmental crises. This is the main ...
Medical Xpress / Doctors 'cringe' at possibility of documenting which Medicaid enrollees are too sick to work
Dr. Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to "cringe" anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying ...
Phys.org / Rapid bacterial community profiling of equine microbiomes using Oxford Nanopore sequencing
Members of the Horse Microbiome Research Group recently published a new study in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, led by Dr. Joy Leng, who is currently undertaking the Alborada Well Foal 2 project. This research aims ...
