Newest Science News Blog 20190401

Roadworks ahead: Pompeiians patched potholes with iron
Ancient city's streets are paved with volcanic rock, studded with hundreds of repairs.
Bacteria may travel thousands of miles through the air globally
Study could shed light on harmful bacteria that share antibiotic resistance genes
New angle of attack drives cellular HIV-reservoirs to self-destruction
Novel angle of attack could selectively eradicate viral reservoir cells, yet leave healthy cells unscathed
Sex-based bias: Women in Japan are less likely to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public places from bystanders
Large Japanese study of sex-based disparities in treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest found that women under 65 were less likely to receive bystander CPR in public locations than men, report scientists in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Can you 'catch' cancer?
Parasitic worms cause cancer -- and could help cure it
Ancient Garbage Heaps Show Fading Byzantine Empire Was 'Plagued' By Disease and Climate Change
About a century before the fall of the Byzantine Empire - the eastern portion of the vast Roman Empire - signs of its impending doom were written in garbage.
New neurons for life? Old people can still make fresh brain cells, study finds
Study finds that even people long past middle age can make fresh brain cells
Study finds no causal link between smoking and dementia
Recent study demonstrates smoking is not associated with a higher risk of dementia
Red Yeast Rice Supplements Likely Damaged This Woman's Liver
Natural supplements may seem benign, but as highlighted in a new case report, that's not always the case.
Protein 'spat out' by cancer cells promotes tumor growth
Prostate cancer cells change the behaviour of other cells around them, including normal cells, by 'spitting out' a protein from their nucleus, new research has found.
Climate change: Drilling in 'Iceberg Alley'
It sounds a bit like sitting in the middle of the road when there's a queue of juggernauts coming straight at you.
Advanced paternal age increases risk of early-onset schizophrenia in offspring
The effect of advanced paternal age on offspring risk is not explained by parental predisposition for schizophrenia, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry
Japan's drugmakers look to orphan drugs to vie with Western rivals
Technology and government aid are improving viability of rare disease cures
Mumps outbreak at Nottingham universities
More than 220 suspected cases of mumps have been reported at two universities, Public Health England (PHE) has said.
Vitamin C can shorten the length of stay in the ICU
Administering vitamin C shortened average ICU stay by 7.8%.
Exercise helps prevent cartilage damage caused by arthritis
Exercise helps to prevent the degradation of cartilage caused by osteoarthritis, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.
Kids store 1.5 megabytes of information to master their native language
New research suggests language acquisition between birth and 18 is a remarkable feat of cognition rather than something humans are just hardwired to do
Mars Was Once Covered in Wide, Raging Rivers
Mars was wet, until suddenly it wasn't.
Take over pharma to create new medicines, says top adviser
Part of the drugs industry should be taken over to make new antibiotics, an influential economist has argued.
Interest in RNA editing heats up
RNA editing, which could offer advantages over CRISPR, has been gaining ground
Chinese Women Once Had to Point Out Their Medical Troubles on Ivory Dolls
For centuries, miniature ivory women helped real women seek medical help.
The bigger the evolutionary jump, the more lethal cross-species diseases could be
The bigger the evolutionary jump between species, the more likely the disease could be lethal in its new host
For Cancer Risk, a Bottle of Wine Equals This Many Cigarettes
Drinking a bottle of wine per week may be like smoking five to 10 cigarettes in the same time period, in terms of cancer risk, according to a new study from the United Kingdom.
Bacteria partners with virus to cause chronic wounds, Stanford study finds
A common bacterial pathogen called Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces a virus that substantially increases the pathogen's ability to infect us, according to a study by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Cancer prevention drug also disables H. pylori bacterium
A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than one trick in its bag when it comes to preventing stomach cancer, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
Dogs Detect the Scent of Seizures
These very good dogs are very good at what they do-taking a whiff of a chemical during an attack
Could dogs be the source of a new flu?
Results from a 10-year study suggest two strains of influenza that could mix and form a dangerous new strain of influenza spread by dogs.
The Worst Disease Ever Recorded
A doomsday fungus known as Bd has condemned more species to extinction than any other pathogen.
Chicxulub asteroid impact: Stunning fossils record dinosaurs' demise
Scientists have found an extraordinary snapshot of the fallout from the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
Tasmanian devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer'
There's fresh hope for the survival of endangered Tasmanian devils after large numbers were killed off by facial tumours.
Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains
A new theory challenges assumptions about when and how our ancestors altered their behaviors to boost brainpower.

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