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Muscle Gene Linked To Type 2 Diabetes

People with type 2 diabetes tend to have poorer muscle function than others.

May Day: How Electricity Brought Power To Strikes

Areas in Sweden with early access to electricity at the start of the 1900s underwent rapid change.

Children's Fingernail Cortisol Among Bayaka Foragers of the Congo Basin: Associations with Fathers' Roles

Children and mothers’ cortisol production in response to family psychosocial conditions, including parenting demands, family resource availability and parental conflict, has been extensively studied in the United States and Europe.

A New Technique For Correcting Disease-Causing Mutations

Novel method, developed by McGovern Institute researchers, may lead to safer, more efficient gene therapies.

Researchers Identify Cells Likely Targeted By Covid-19 Virus

Study finds specific cells in the lungs, nasal passages, and intestines that are more susceptible to infection.

Foetus In Bishop’s Coffin Was Probably His Grandson

Bishop Peder Winstrup died in 1679, and is one of the most well-preserved human bodies from the 1600s

Fewer Breast Cancer Cases Between Screening Rounds With 3D-Mammography

3D-mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine screenings, when compared with traditional mammography, according to a large study from Lund University in Sweden.

Researchers Find Evidence Of Elusive Odderon Particle

For 50 years, the research community has been hunting unsuccessfully for the so-called Odderon particle.

New Study Sheds Light On How X And Y Chromosomes Interact

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated how the X and Y chromosomes evolve and adapt to each other within a population.

Chest Beats as an Honest Signal of Body Size in Male Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla Beringei Beringei)

Acoustic signals that reliably indicate body size, which usually determines competitive ability, are of particular interest for understanding how animals assess rivals and choose mates.

A Refitting Experiment on Long Bone Identification

Refitting is an important analytical tool in archaeology that can yield valuable information on site formation processes and on the range of activities practiced at a site, including tool production, tool curation, and discard behavior, among others.

Diminished Brain Response To Nutrients Observed In People With Obesity

A new study reveals a diminished response to nutrients among people with obesity — and that this brain response is not recovered after weight loss.

New Bioink Brings 3D-Printing Of Human Organs Closer To Reality

Researchers at Lund University have designed a new bioink which allows small human-sized airways to be 3D-bioprinted with the help of patient cells for the first time

Fluorescent Nanodiamonds Successfully Injected Into Living Cells

As odd as it sounds, many scientists have attempted to place extremely small diamonds inside living cells.

New Method Facilitates Development Of Antibody-Based Drugs

In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Bird Parents That Receive Help Live Longer

Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare.

New Clinical Method Could Lower Risk Of Recurring Heart Attacks

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now show that a new examination method identifies high-risk plaques in the blood vessels surrounding the heart, that cannot be seen solely with traditional angiograms

Physicists Bring Human-Scale Object To Near Standstill, Reaching A Quantum State

The results open possibilities for studying gravity’s effects on relatively large objects in quantum states.

Researchers Crack The Code To Muscle Generation

PROTEIN Loss of muscle mass presents a challenge especially among hospitalized elderly. It complicates treatment, rehabilitation and may result in reduced quality of life after bring discharged. However, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have recently identified a protein that the body uses to generate muscle mass and have even succeeded in artificially triggering it.

Physicists Uncover Secrets Of World’s Thinnest Superconductor

First experimental evidence of spin excitations in an atomically thin material helps answer 30-year-old questions, could lead to better medical diagnostics and more.