The authors test the effect of petroleum-based and bio-based microplastics on the growth of two microalgae species.
Read More...Differential physiological response of microalgae exposed to petroleum- and bio-based microplastics
The authors test the effect of petroleum-based and bio-based microplastics on the growth of two microalgae species.
Read More...How to improve at chess: Uncovering insights using regression analysis
The authors looked at how different factors related to practicing and playing chess would impact a player's rating.
Read More...Evaluating the relationship between United States housing prices and United States markets
The authors assessed the correlation between the stock, commodity, and consumer markets with the housing market.
Read More...CDK7 inhibition disrupts androgen signaling and induces metabolic rewiring in prostate cancer cells
The authors used RNA-seq datasets to assess the effect of CDK7 inhibition on transcriptional pathways in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells.
Read More...A five-year retrospective analysis of Tuberculosis risk factors and their variability in the United States
The main goal of this study is to determine what demographics are related to tuberculosis incidence in the United States populations, particularly if changing demographics are related to differences in tuberculosis risk over two discrete time periods. The major finding is that in the two studied time periods, tuberculosis risk factors were somewhat consistent and may be influenced by things such as immigration, healthcare access, and race or ethnicity, although the top predictor did change.
Read More...Innovative use of recycled textile fibers in building materials: A circular economy approach
Textile waste from the fashion industry is a major environmental pollutant, but recycling waste into novel building material is a strategy to reduce the negative effects. This manuscript characterized five different binders that can be used to repurpose textile waste into bricks for construction purposes. Water-based glue, cement, white cement, plaster of Paris, and epoxy resin were mixed with shredded textile waste, and the mechanical characteristics and thermal insulation of each brick type were measured. Bricks with increased mechanical strength had the poorest thermal resistance, and the contrasting properties would suit different building purposes. This work provides a first step in generating recycled textile bricks for construction in a circular economy framework.
Read More...Computational evidence for differential endocrine disruption by DEHP and PET via estrogen receptor beta binding
The authors demonstrate computationally that two types of nanoplastics can bind to estrogen receptor beta and potentially disrupt endocrine systems.
Read More...Analysis of antibiotic resistance genes in publicly accessible Staphylococcus aureus genomes
The authors looked at how the presence of difference antibiotic resistance genes would influence antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Read More...Decline in vocabulary richness in individuals with Alzheimer's disease
The authors looked at how vocabulary is impacted in Alzheimer's disease and whether it could be used a predictor of disease onset.
Read More...A systematic study of cut-resistant socks for hockey players