Newest Science News Blog 20200120

Herpes simplex viruses: new relationships between epidemiology and history
Scientists revise the dating of viral dispersal from Africa: it did not occur during ancient "Out of Africa" migrations, but rather, more recent events, including the transatlantic slave trade of the eighteenth century
A replacement for exercise?
A protein called Sestrin might be responsible for many of the benefits of a good workout
How police surveillance technologies act as tools of white supremacy
Although surveillance technologies appear to be race-neutral, modern police surveillance technologies do not operate outside racial bias.
Common foods can help 'landscape' the jungle of our gut microbiome
Compounds in the foods we eat can trigger phage production
Knee replacement timing is all wrong for most patients
People delay surgery and lose function; others get it too soon with less benefit
Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body
May increase the number of available organs for transplantation
New mechanism may safely prevent and reverse obesity
Researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center observed that blocking a cellular receptor not only prevented but reversed obesity, with no ill side effects, in mice.
Meteorite Grains Are the Oldest Known Solid Material on Earth
The oldest dust sample, perhaps 7 billion years old, predates the formation of our planet and the sun
New study finds evidence for reduced brain connections in schizophrenia
Advances in scanning have allowed researchers for the first time to show lower levels of a protein found in the connections between neurons in the living brains of people with schizophrenia
Gut bacteria could guard against Parkinson's, study finds
A common bacteria that boosts digestive health can slow - and even reverse - build-up of a protein associated with Parkinson's, new research suggests.
Unfruitful: Eating more produce will not cure, stop prostate cancer
Diets bolstered by more vegetables produced no extra protection from the increased micronutrients
Carb Restriction a Viable Choice for Reversal of Type 2 Diabetes?
Carbohydrate restriction is a viable patient choice for type 2 diabetes reversal, according to Sarah Hallberg, DO.
Scientists Discovered ‘Mini-Computers’ in Human Neurons―and That’s Great News for AI
Neurons in our cortex seem to have uniquely evolved to sustain incredibly complex computations in their input cables
The life of archaea
Cultivation of Asgard archaea brings us closer to understanding how complex life evolved.
Whooping cough evolving into a superbug
Australia needs a new whooping cough vaccine to ensure our most vulnerable are protected from the emergence of superbug strains, new UNSW research has shown.
Study shows lactate may prompt cancer formation
The byproduct of glucose may be catalyst that turns mutated cells to cancer
Supercomputer scours fossil record for Earth’s hidden extinctions
Palaeontologists have charted 300 million years of Earth's history in breathtaking detail.
Earth bacteria may have colonised other solar systems
Astronomers suggest microbes might hitch lifts on interstellar asteroids.
Bricks Alive! Scientists Create Living Concrete
"A Frankenstein material" is teeming with - and ultimately made by - photosynthetic microbes. And it can reproduce.
Zika virus' key into brain cells ID'd, leveraged to block infection and kill cancer cells
Working independently, two different UC San Diego research teams identified the same molecule -- ?v?5 integrin -- using brain organoids, tumor organoids and mouse models
America's most widely consumed oil causes genetic changes in the brain
Soybean oil linked to metabolic and neurological changes in mice
No shield from x-rays: How science is rethinking lead aprons
Fear of radiation is entrenched in the collective psyche
Human-caused biodiversity decline started millions of years ago
The human-caused biodiversity decline started much earlier than researchers used to believe.
The Lancet: Fewer than half of US clinical trials have complied with the law on reporting results, despite new regulations
Compliance remains poor, and is not improving, with US Government sponsored trials most likely to breach
Can You 'Catch' Cancer or Obesity from Other People?
Noncommunicable diseases cannot pass between people - or can they?

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