TECH & INNOVATION

Pneumonia bacterium leaves tiny lesions in the heart, study finds

Three institutions collaborate to develop vaccine to treat infection Three institutions collaborate to develop vaccine to treat infection The long-observed association between pneumonia and heart failure now has more physical evidence, thanks to research in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Genetic 'instruction set' for antibodies knocks down hepatitis C in mice

A triple-punch of antibodies both prevented hepatitis C infection and wiped out the disease after it had established itself in laboratory mice, according to a study led by Princeton University researchers. Instead of delivering the three antibodies directly, the researchers administered a genetic "instruction set" that, once in a cell, developed into antibodies that target the portions of the virus that do not mutate.

NOT ALL HISPANICS ARE THE SAME WHEN IT COMES TO DRINKING

Hispanics are often grouped into a single category when it comes to alcohol use. Yet a new Michigan State University study indicates that the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence can vary significantly among different subgroups within the population.

Bariatric surgery not a magic wand to curb depression

Yale researchers find that not all obese people feel better after such surgery Yale researchers find that not all obese people feel better after such surgery Most severely obese people experience much better spirits once they shed weight through a diet, lifestyle changes or medical intervention.

Time to Fall Back—New Fossil Sets Evolutionary Clock Back 60 Million Years

Documenting their findings in this week’s issue of the journal Nature, Virginia Tech geobiologist Shuhai Xiao and a team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found a multicellular fossil that predates the earliest of our known ancestors by nearly 60 million years; setting the evolutionary clock back quite a bit.

Distant Exoplanet Shows Signs of Water Vapor And Earth-like Skies

Pulling together the greatest resources in the world such as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Kepler Space Telescope, one team of international astronomers caught the break they were looking for when they discovered clear skies and more importantly water vapor on a planet 122 light years outside of our very own solar system.

NRL Researchers Develop Novel Method to Synthesize Nanoparticles

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Materials Science and Technology Division have developed a novel one-step process using, for the first time in these types of syntheses, potassium superoxide (KO2) to rapidly form oxide nanoparticles from simple salt solutions in water.
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