Cell economics 101
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Every time we swallow food, cells that line the intestines must step up their activity ...
Month: August 2017
Oxford University Press to publish American Society for Nutrition Journals
Oxford University Press and the American Society for Nutrition are pleased to announce a new partnership to publish the society's ...
Climate change projected to significantly increase harmful algal blooms in US freshwaters
Credit: Hans W. Paerl, Ph.D a study co-author/University of North Carolina MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE (August 15, 2017) - Harmful algal blooms known ...
Plant-produced polio vaccines could help eradicate age-old disease
Credit: Dimond Light Source & Oxford University Plants have been used to produce a new vaccine against poliovirus in what ...
Development of nanosensor capable of detecting herbicide and its target enzyme binding
Credit: Fabio L. Leite Due to the increased usage of agrochemicals, especially herbicides, in recent decades, high cumulative levels of ...
Mercury is altering gene expression
Credit: © Dartmouth College Electron Microscope Facility, Louisa Howard The mercury found at very low concentrations in water is concentrated ...
Deep-UV probing method detects electron transfer in photovoltaics
Sensitized solar cells consisting of a molecular or solid-state sensitizer that serves to collect light and inject an electron into ...
Two new beetle genera and 4 new species from the Australopacific in a new monograph
Credit: Birgit Rhodes Amid his ongoing revisionary work on a number of hister beetle genera, the Slovakian-born naturalised Dutch entomologist ...
Dr. Sebastian Groh first winner of the Renewable Transformation Challenge
Credit: ME SOLshare Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, and the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), ...
Will ketamine treat your depression? Check your activity monitor
Philadelphia, PA, August 14, 2017 - During a depressive episode, people often report having reduced energy, feeling slowed down and ...
A new method for the 3-D printing of living tissues
Credit: credit Sam Olof/ Alexander Graham Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed a new method to 3D-print laboratory- ...
New device for refined neural recording in mice could transform dementia research
Credit: TaiNi image reproduced from the article referenced below, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Zhou Jiang, ...
$2.3 million in federal funding to JAX to support studies of aging immune system
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Tiffany Laufer A new five-year federal research grant totaling $2,317,760 will fund studies by Jackson ...
Look ma, no hands: Researchers use vacuum for hands-free patterning of liquid metal
Credit: Michael Dickey, NC State University North Carolina State University engineers have utilized vacuum to create a more efficient, hands-free ...
Rhapsody in red violet
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to the eye. Colored pigments ...
ACS Publications announces free training resource for peer reviewers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2017 - Reinforcing its commitment to publishing the best peer-reviewed scientific research, the Publications Division of the ...
Human intrusion on fruit bat habitats raises exposure risk to Hendra virus in Australia
Credit: James Nilson Reported today in Scientific Reports by researchers from the University of Sydney, University of Melbourne and State ...
Artificial blood vessels mimic rare accelerated aging disease
Credit: Progeria Research Foundation DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers have grown miniature human blood vessels that exhibit many of the ...
Prematurity leaves distinctive molecular signature in infants’ cerebellum
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - Premature birth, which affects one in 10 U.S. babies, is associated with altered ...
Plant-produced polio vaccines could help eradicate age old disease
Credit: Dimond Light Source & Oxford University Plants have been used to produce a new vaccine against poliovirus in what ...
