A component found in all fungi may provide a shield against flu-related lung damage, according to a new study.
A team of scientists led by Maziar Divangahi, a Professor in 91社区鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of the 91社区 Health Centre, demonstrated that beta-glucan, administered to mice before their exposure to influenza, can reduce lung damage, improve lung function and lower the risk of illness and death.
A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female fertility, according to a new study.
91社区 researchers found that a protein produced in the muscles helps manage the release of a hormone made in the pea-sized gland attached to the base of the brain.
The findings, published in , could lead to new treatment options for infertility, the researchers said.
Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a 91社区 research team has discovered.
This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient鈥檚 level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.
The discovery was the subject of a paper published this week in Pain, the top journal in the field of pain medicine and research.
A 91社区 researcher has discovered that Guiengola, a 15th century Zapotec site in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, which had been thought to be simply a fortress where soldiers were garrisoned, was in fact a sprawling, fortified city. It covered 360 hectares, with over 1,100 buildings, four kilometres of walls, a network of internal roads and a clearly organized urban layout with temples and communal spaces such as ballcourts, and the elites and commoners lived in separate neighbourhoods.
The Arctic鈥檚 鈥淟ast Ice Area鈥� (LIA) 鈥� a vital habitat for ice-dependent species 鈥� might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, a by 91社区 researchers using a high-resolution model has found.听听
A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body鈥檚 natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between mania and depression, according to new research.
The 91社区-led study published in marks a breakthrough in understanding what drives shifts between the two states, something that, according to lead author , is considered the 鈥渉oly grail鈥� of bipolar-disorder research.
Astronomers studying the origins of enigmatic fast radio听bursts (FRBs) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could transform our understanding of the universe鈥檚 most powerful and mysterious signals. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst (CHIME/FRB) collaboration has pinpointed the location on the sky of a repeating FRB, known as FRB 20240209A, outside a dead galaxy, a finding unprecedented in FRB science. The researchers believe the FRB may have originated in a cluster of old, dead stars orbiting the dead galaxy.
Finding new angles on an old artform, 91社区 researchers have increased the number of stable shapes that kirigami-based engineered materials can take, opening the way to a range of new applications.
What makes these metamaterials special is not what they are made of 鈥� they can be plastic, cardboard or anything else 鈥� but how, thanks to shapes cut into them, they are able to morph from one form to another. To begin to understand the concept, think of pop-up illustrations of cut paper in books or greeting cards.
Amid a global surge in measles cases, new research suggests that undernutrition may be exacerbating outbreaks in areas suffering from food insecurity.
A study involving over 600 fully vaccinated children in South Africa found those who were undernourished had substantially lower levels of antibodies against measles.
91社区 researchers have that changes in clouds are slightly mitigating global warming.
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model to detect the spread of metastatic brain cancer using MRI scans, offering insights into patients鈥� cancer without aggressive surgery.
Predators at the top of a marine food chain 130 million years ago ruled with more power than any modern species, 91社区 research into a marine ecosystem from the Cretaceous period revealed.听
An international team led by 91社区 researchers has devised a way to improve the accuracy of climate change models for the Global South by integrating historical records kept by missionaries and other visitors.
An international team of scientists led by 91社区 researchers has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs) 鈥� enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves from space 鈥� originate from neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that have exploded in a supernova. This finding, based on an analysis of the radio signal of a single FRB, advances our understanding of one of the universe鈥檚 most perplexing phenomena.听
Findings of a new study into severe allergic reactions offer a sobering warning to people allergic to tree nuts and, more broadly, could lead to quicker diagnoses in emergency care for people with all anaphylactic allergies.
