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How The Brain Gives Rise To Cravings: Neuromarker Sheds New Light

Yale researchers have uncovered a pattern of brain activity that predicts drug and food craving, a potentially valuable biomarker for addiction.

National Heat Vulnerability Index Reveals Neighborhoods at High Vulnerability to Heat

As the Earth’s climate warms, abnormal heat waves remain an increasingly dire health hazard.

Found: A Protective Probiotic For ALS

A probiotic bacterium called Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114 prevents neurodegeneration in the C. elegans worm, an animal model used to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

The Three Dimensions Of A Flower

To better understand the evolution of flowers, a research team in biology from Université de Montréal, the Montreal Botanical Garden and McGill University have succeeded in using photogrammetry to quickly and precisely build, in three dimensions, a model of a flower from two-dimensional images.

AI to Be Used to Develop Nuclear Fusion Energy

Nuclear fusion scientists have developed a machine learning model to automatically spot and keep track of blobs of plasma that form inside nuclear reactors, paving the way to a better understanding of how plasma behaves.

Animals Dream Too—Here's What We Know

Rats practice running through mazes, cats envision future hunts in their heads—scientists are learning more than ever before about animal dreamers.

Hate Needles? Flu Vaccines Of The Future Could Be Skin Patches Delivered To Your Door

Vaxess, a Cambridge startup with ties to Harvard, MIT, and Tufts, raised $27 million to test its technology in clinical trials after developing the idea for more than a decade.

Fda Advisers Meet On Racial Disparities In Pulse Oximeters

A health worker uses a pulse oximeter to check the oxygen saturation level of another after administering COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Gauhati, India, Jan. 21, 2021.

New Plasma Stratification Computer Model Has Manufacturing, Space Science Uses

Manufacturers using plasma processes in semiconductor production and materials processing will have a new tool to avoid undesirable plasma stratifications using a computer striations model developed by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and CFD Research Corp (CFDRC).

NIH-Funded UAH Research Advancing Toward Day When Ultrasonic Therapy Makes Stronger Knees

Low-intensity ultrasound therapies may one day rebuild stronger knees following injury or surgery, thanks to research by Dr. Anu Subramanian at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) that’s being supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Lab Discovery Leads UAH Researchers to A Simple, Cost-Effective Electricity Generator

A bit of laboratory serendipity led University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researchers to a simple mechanical way to generate electricity to operate electronic devices, says a paper they have published.

Auburn Pharmacy Professor Kavookjian Helps Ring NASDAQ Opening Bell In Honor Of Diabetes Research Exploits

Spanning the country, working with Diabetes Care and Education Specialists, health care professionals and leaders of other diabetes organizations, every day is about diabetes awareness for Jan Kavookjian.

Climate And Biodiversity Matter to How Drylands Fare Under Higher Grazing Pressure

Drylands make up nearly half the Earth’s land surface, and the effects of grazing livestock on their ability to support people, plants and animals is a key question as the global climate changes and warms.

Finding The Answers Hidden In Our Antibodies

A new serological test in which an NAU professor played a pivotal role in developing can not only help humanity prepare for and respond to the next pandemic, but it also can be pivotal in the search for viral triggers of diseases like diabetes and celiac disease.

Greenland’s Glaciers Might Be Melting 100 Times As Fast As Previously Thought

AUSTIN, Texas — A computer model has been created by researchers at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin that determines the rate at which Greenland’s glacier fronts are melting.

Comet Impacts Could Bring Ingredients for Life to Europa’s Ocean

AUSTIN, Texas — Comet strikes on Jupiter’s moon Europa could help transport critical ingredients for life found on the moon’s surface to its hidden ocean of liquid water — even if the impacts don’t punch completely through the moon’s icy shell.

Oldest Evidence of Maya Calendar Discovered in Guatemala

AUSTIN, Texas — Evidence for the earliest known Maya calendar has been found in San Bartolo, Guatemala, by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

Doctors and Patients Have a New Tool to Aid in Conversations About Diet

AUSTIN, Texas — Talking with patients about nutrition can be delicate, and few medical doctors have training in nutritional science. But now, physicians will be able to get assistance from a new artificial intelligence system designed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

Brain-Powered Wheelchair Shows Real-World Promise

AUSTIN, Texas — In one of the first studies of its kind, several people with motor disabilities were able to operate a wheelchair that translates their thoughts into movement.