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Environment

One of the world’s fastest ocean currents is remarkably stable

Pranjal Malewar

Study challenges previous assertions of Gulf Stream slowdown.

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Social Science

The psychological and political characteristics of cryptocurrency owners

PLOS

Cryptocurrency investors are more likely to report "Dark Tetrad" personality traits.

View across Boquerón Bay, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, with the Ortiz site in the distance.
Science

Oldest human remains reveal a complex cultural landscape since 1800BC

Editorial Team

The earliest inhabitants of Puerto Rico might have used common burial sites and mortuary practices across many centuries, according to a study published, in...

rare brine pools
Science

Rare deep-sea brine pools discovered in the Red Sea

Amit Malewar

These newly discovered extreme environments offer clues to extraterrestrial life.

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Space

Primordial black holes account for all dark matter in the Universe

Amit Malewar

Are black holes and dark matter the same?

Study highlights how diet ultimately reshapes language
Social Science

Study highlights how diet ultimately reshapes language

Pranjal Malewar

The results of the study offer significant evidence that languages are affected by external factors that differ across populations.

Health

Mosquitoes are now a year-round threat to Miami-Dade County, study

Pranjal Malewar

Mosquitoes that can transmit dangerous viruses are now a year-round threat to Miami-Dade County, according to a new study.

Probiotics can reduce morphine tolerance in mice
Health

Probiotics can reduce morphine tolerance in mice

Pranjal Malewar

Prolonged exposure to opioids results in analgesic tolerance, drug overdose, and death. The mechanism underlying morphine analgesic tolerance remains unresolved. A new study by scientists...

How does heart failure develop in people with chronic kidney disease?
Health

How does heart failure develop in people with chronic kidney disease?

Pranjal Malewar

If you have kidney disease, you are more likely to get heart disease. Heart disease is the most common cause of death among people...

3D illustration of glucose-induced insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells.
Health

New discoveries in diabetes call into question some approaches to treatment and research

Pranjal Malewar

Pancreatic islets can offer the details on the normal glucose level in different species. Also, the first programming stays, notwithstanding when the islets are transplanted...

Blood analysis
Health

Scientists uncovered clues to treatment for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Pranjal Malewar

Chemotherapy can expand life, or even give a cure, however sporadically with reactions so extreme that patients diminish or discontinue treatment. Take the instance...

Surgical room in hospital with robotic technology equipment, machine arm surgeon in futuristic operation room.
Health

First major study comparing robotic to open surgery

Pranjal Malewar

The Randomized Open Versus Robotic Cystectomy (RAZOR) preliminary indicated lower blood loss and blood transfusion rates and shorter hospital stays for patients who got...

Dr. Stephen Nimer and Gloria Mas Martin in the lab.
Technology

Targeting CARM1 inhibits AML and spares normal cells

Amit Malewar

A new study by the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has suggested that inhibiting the enzyme CARM1 (likewise...

Exercising regularly performed better on thinking skills tests than those who did not.
Science

How much exercise is required to help improve thinking skills?

Amit Malewar

Exercise improve thinking skills. But there is no suggestion that exactly how much exercise is required. In order to find out the answer, scientists...

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