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Study Links Omega-3s to Improved Brain Structure, Cognition at Midlife

Holy mackerel! Could eating salmon, cod, tuna, herring or sardines keep our brains healthy and our thinking agile in middle age? New research makes this connection.

UT Health San Antonio, University Health Trial Shows Bionic Pancreas Improves Type 1 Diabetes Management Compared to Standard Insulin Delivery Methods

A device known as a bionic pancreas, which uses next-generation technology to automatically deliver insulin, was more effective at maintaining blood glucose (sugar) levels within normal range than standard-of-care management among people with type 1 diabetes

Dozens More Genes Linked with Stroke; Potential Drug Targets Identified

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) are part of an international team that discovered 61 additional genetic loci associated with stroke and six genes that are potential targets for drug therapy to prevent or treat stroke.

Diabetes Self-Care Reached by 32% Who Built Trust with Community Health Workers

One-third of 986 patients achieved long-term self-care of their type 2 diabetes after building trusting relationships with community health workers (promotores in Spanish) over 12 weeks

Research Shows How Poliovirus Takes Over Cells from Within

For the first time, researchers at Umeå University can now show how the dreaded poliovirus behaves when it takes over an infected cell and tricks the cell into producing new virus particles. Polio was thought to be almost eradicated, but infection has now been rediscovered in London and New York.

Early Self-Regulation Boosts Children’s Educational Success

A study by the universities of Zurich and Mainz has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.

Threatened Aldabra Giant Tortoise Genome Decoded

They can live for more than 100 years and weigh up to 250 kilograms – Aldabra giant tortoises.

Self-Templating, Solvent-Free Supramolecular Polymer Synthesis

A green method for producing crystalline supramolecular fibers promises to make polymer production more sustainable

Nature’s Own Assembly Line

RIKEN-engineered microbes and plant lignin could soon help produce everything from car tires to engine components.

Fluorescent Molecules Revealed by Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning

Six fluorescent compounds have been uncovered by a novel strategy for designing molecules that combines machine learning and quantum chemistry calculations

Shining Light on a Fluid Completely Changes Its Dielectric Permittivity

Simply illuminating a fluid can cause its interaction with an electric field to greatly vary

Selective Synthesis of Meta Isomers Now Possible

A roof-like ligand permits the selective synthesis of one of the three possible isomers of a key class of aromatic chemicals

Strong, Stretchy, Self-Healing Polymers Rapidly Recover from Damage

A catalytic combination of multiple monomers generates a polymer that has an exceptional ability to self-heal

A New, Sustainable Way to Make Hydrogen for Fuel Cells and Fertilizers

A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan led by Ryuhei Nakamura.

Exercise Can Modify Fat Tissue in Ways That Improve Health—even Without Weight Loss

Exercise is one of the first strategies used to treat obesity-related health problems like Type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular disease, but scientists don’t understand exactly how it works to improve metabolic health.

Seeing Electron Movement at Fastest Speed Ever Could Help Unlock Next-Level Quantum Computing

New technique could enable processing speeds a million to a billion times faster than today's computers and spur progress in many-body physics

Animals in National Parks Impacted by Even Just a Few People

People often visit U.S. national parks to catch a glimpse of wildlife. But how does our presence impact the animals we hope to see?

Endangered Fruit-Eating Animals Play an Outsized Role in a Tropical Forest — Losing Them Could Have Dire Consequences

A new study by researchers at the University of Washington shows that losing a particular group of endangered animals

Global Biobank Collaboration Revealed New Risk Genes for a Devastating Rare Lung Disease

The study, led by the University of Helsinki, identified seven previously novel genetic risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.