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15-Apr-2025

Study reveals how age and head shape affect dogs' olfactory brain networks

Eötvös Loránd University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new brain imaging study from the ELTE NAP Canine Brain Research group has revealed that age and brain shape affect how strongly olfactory brain regions are connected. The researchers used resting-state fMRI on awake dogs to map olfactory functional connectivity. Published in Scientific Reports, this study marks the first exploration of this network in dogs and how it relates to individual characteristics.

Journal: Scientific Reports

15-Apr-2025

Paralyzed Veterans of America grant funds University of Cincinnati research with end users in mind

University of Cincinnati
Grant and Award Announcement

University of Cincinnati researchers, in collaboration with end users in the community, have received a $200,000 grant from Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) to design a user-centered, easy-to-use assistive device to help restore hand grasping motions for people with spinal cord injuries/diseases.

Funder: Paralyzed Veterans of America

15-Apr-2025

Preventing onset and development of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Baylor College of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of researchers has discovered a natural mechanism that protects the heart from heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a serious condition in need of effective treatment. The team reports that when the cardioprotective mechanism fails, it promotes the development of HFpEF. Importantly, restoring the mechanism prevents the progression of the condition. The findings provide a promising therapeutic target to prevent and treat this life-threatening disease.

Journal: Circulation

15-Apr-2025

The American Geriatrics Society names the Honorable Jan Schakowsky, United States House of Representatives, as its 2025 David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award recipient

American Geriatrics Society
Grant and Award Announcement

@AmerGeriatrics recognizes the Honorable Jan Schakowsky of the United States House of Representatives for her outstanding contributions to policy serving all Americans as we age with its 2025 David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award. https://ow.ly/nwKt50VAWCR

15-Apr-2025

Fiber optics detect crevasse icequakes on alpine glacier

Seismological Society of America
Meeting Announcement

Fiber optic cable deployed on a Swiss glacier detected the seismic signals of crevasses opening in the ice, confirming that the technology could be useful in monitoring such icequakes, according to a report at the Seismological Society of America’s Annual Meeting.

15-Apr-2025

On Jupiter, it's mushballs all the way down

University of California - Berkeley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing. UC Berkeley scientists found evidence for a complicated but apparently real process associated with fierce lightning storms: strong updrafts generate slushy, ice-coated hailstones of ammonia and water that eventually plunge into the planet and deplete areas of ammonia. This is part of the first 3D picture of the planet's atmosphere, which shows storms are primarily shallow.

Journal: Science Advances

15-Apr-2025

USTC develops high-performance biomimetic proton gating system

University of Science and Technology of China
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Professor ZHANG Zhen’s team at the Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), reported a solid-state proton gating membrane with an ultrahigh gating ratio of 5,740, surpassing existing technologies. The study was published in Nature Communications.

Journal: Nature Communications

15-Apr-2025

In a preclinical study, a new jararaca antivenom serum was three times more effective than the standard one

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Federal University of São Paulo and the Butantan Institute are working on an improved version of the antibothropic serum, with more neutralizing antibodies and fewer proteins associated with side effects.

Journal: Journal of Proteome Research
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

15-Apr-2025

Seismologists share early analyses of Myanmar earthquake

Seismological Society of America
Reports and Proceedings

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now confirmed. At the Seismological Society of America’s Annual Meeting, researchers from around the globe shared early insights into the earthquake’s fault properties, ground shaking and infrastructure damage.

15-Apr-2025

Glycan-coated magnets: A game-changer for safer food supply chains

Zhejiang University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new method using glycan-coated magnetic nanoparticles (gMNPs) is poised to change the way we detect foodborne pathogens like Escherichia coli and Salmonella in complex food matrices such as melons, lettuce, and raw chicken.