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Imagine an entire twenty storey concrete building which can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such a vision could someday be a reality. Researchers from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering recently published an article outlining a new concept for rechargeable batteries - made of cement.

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba found that levels of interleukin 1β, a protein that mediates the inflammatory response, are lower in aggressive mice in the dorsal raphe nucleus, a brain region that is important in aggressive behaviors. Higher interleukin 1β may cause lower levels of aggression via its effects on serotonin neurons. These findings might lead to new drug targets for aggression, which is common in many neuropsychiatric diseases and lacks effective treatments.

Using the intensity of local women's liberation movements as an instrument for gender roles, we find consistent evidence that the more traditional the gender roles in a community, the lower the employment rates and earnings of women in that community

A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date. Called STARFORGE (Star Formation in Gaseous Environments), the computational framework is the first to simulate an entire gas cloud -- 100 times more massive than previously possible and full of vibrant colors -- where stars are born.

The research teams at the University of Hong Kong led by Professor Xuechen LI from the Research Division for Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, and Professor Yu WANG from the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, reported a synthetic biotherapeutics with promising anti-tumour, insulin sensitising and hepatoprotective activities in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers say "topographic templates" can help forest conservation managers develop strategies for protecting and restoring the most fire-resistant parts of vulnerable forests across a range of ecosystems.

UC San Diego researchers report that medications commonly prescribed to reduce the severity of physical and mental health symptoms associated with schizophrenia may have a cumulative effect of worsening cognitive function in patients.

Research shows that a lack of insurance leads to worse cancer outcomes for patients 60-64 compared to Medicare beneficiaries aged 66-69. This work highlights the fact that many people cannot take advantage of potentially lifesaving treatments due to the high costs.

Indigenous subsistence of the Bears Ears region modified the landscape, leaving ecological legacies that persist today. A blend of Indigenous knowledge and western science can be used to build management plans for effective stewardship of the region's botanical and cultural resources.

Cultural diversity -- indicated by linguistic diversity -- and biodiversity are linked, and their connection may be another way to preserve both natural environments and Indigenous populations in Africa and perhaps worldwide, according to an international team of researchers.

Monoclonal antibodies, a COVIDa-19 treatment given early after coronavirus infection, cut the risk of hospitalization and death by 60% in those most likely to suffer complications of the disease, according to an analysis of UPMC patients who received the medication compared to similar patients who did not.

Early preterm births may be dramatically decreased with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplements, with a dose of 1000 mg more effective for pregnant women with low DHA levels than the 200 mg found in some prenatal supplements.

Research team from Cincinnati Children's reports that excessive fat deposition in the liver due to obesity can alter the microenvironment of the liver in a way that attracts a highly specific population of immune T cells to the liver. These cells help trigger NAFLD.

Konstantinos Giapis delves into the science of the iconic accident for a PBS special.

So far, only a handful of siRNA, or other RNA interference-based therapeutics that can shut down harmful genes to keep viruses from spreading have been approved. Chemical engineering researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering have created several nanoparticles to help solve the problem of getting the siRNA into the body and guiding it to the target.

New research from the University of Notre Dame helps to close the gap between what is and isn't known about food recalls.

It is a photoreceptor of cyanobacteria which protects them from excessive exposure to light. The design and production of a mutant variant of OCP and exploitation of state-of-the-art spectroscopic approaches made it possible to describe a photochemcial reaction that is new for carotenoids. These results will open up prospects for the development of new light-controlled systems and biomaterials.

A team of scientists from The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center in Melbourne, Australia, discovered a new checkpoint mechanism that fine-tunes gene transcription.

An international study has found that four out of five women in prison in Scotland have a history of head injury, mostly sustained through domestic violence. Published recently in The Lancet, researchers, including SFU psychology graduate student Hira Aslam, say the study has important implications for the female prison population more broadly and could help to inform mental health and criminal justice policy development.

Microdiamonds with nitrogen vacancy centers are increasingly used as biological tracers thanks to the optical fluorescence of NV centers. But the NV centers also can be spin-polarized by low-power lasers, and the polarized centers then polarize nearby carbon-13 atoms occurring naturally in the diamonds. These hyperpolarized C-13 atoms can be detected by NMR imaging. UC Berkeley chemists now demonstrate dual-mode imaging with NV-center diamonds, potentially allowing high-quality imaging 10 times deeper than with optics alone.