Earth’s oldest trees in climate-induced race up the tree line
Credit: Brian Smithers/UC Davis Bristlecone pine and limber pine trees in the Great Basin region are like two very gnarled, ...
Month: February 2018
New research grant awarded to help cut heart disease in South Asia
A new international collaboration has received a £2 million award to fund research into combatting the rising numbers of deaths ...
Mice will help reveal the roles of human brown fat
Credit: Miao-Hsueh Chen, Baylor College of Medicine When it gets cold around you, your body turns up the heat to ...
‘The blob’ of abnormal conditions boosted Western US ozone…
Credit: Dan Jaffe/University of Washington Bothell An unusually warm patch of seawater off the West Coast in late 2014 and ...
Scientists find way to convert bad body fat into good fat
Credit: Irfan J. Lodhi There's good fat and bad fat in our bodies. The good fat helps burn calories, while ...
Intelligent gel attacks cancer
This news release is available in French. Montreal, Nov. 19, 2015 – A new injectable 'biogel' is effective in delivering ...
Neuron-integrated nanotubes to repair nerve fibers
Credit: Pixabay Carbon nanotubes exhibit interesting characteristics rendering them particularly suited to the construction of special hybrid devices – consisting ...
UTA bioengineer earns inaugural Embracing Challenge Award from Materials Today magazine
Credit: UT Arlington Kytai Nguyen, a nationally recognized professor of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, endured many ...
Plant-species hotspot maps identify priority conservation areas of tropical Africa
Credit: Jan Wieringa, Naturalis Biodiversity Center Identifying critical areas for global biodiversity is an important step when prioritising areas for ...
Cancer cells send signals boosting survival and drug resistance in…
Credit: Image courtesy of Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that cancer cells appear to ...
Three little letters that could make you a big hero at the beach this summer: CPR
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES – Imagine yourself relaxing at the beach when the worst happens — someone notices ...
MD Anderson team selected for national push to expand immunotherapy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A major national effort to expand the reach of cancer immunotherapy to benefit more patients ...
UTMB researchers shed new light on signals that trigger labor and…
GALVESTON, Texas – In a normal full-term pregnancy, signals from the mature organs of the fetus and the aging placental ...
Dahl’s toad-headed turtle threatened by fragmented habitat, shrinking populations
Credit: Germán Forero-Medina/WCS-TSA BOGOTÁ, Colombia (December 5, 2017)– A recent study published in Conservation Genetics by researchers from the Universidad ...
AGS honors Dr. Maura Brennan for commitment to training future leaders in geriatrics
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Maura Brennan, MD, AGSF, FACP, FAAHPM, ...
Does Chagas disease present a health risk to Canadians?
Credit: Dr. Momar Ndao, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Montreal/Winnipeg, December 13, 2017 – Believe it or ...
Group therapy is an effective and cost-efficient way to promote cardiovascular health
A simple support-group intervention program aimed at promoting general health, similar to the group-therapy activities of Alcoholics Anonymous, yields significant ...
Seeing the world through fresh eyes
Credit: Prof. Ichiro Masai There are many different structures in our eyes that work in conjunction to allow us to ...
Princeton researchers report new system to study chronic hepatitis B
Credit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Winer and Alexander Ploss, Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Scientists from Princeton University's Department ...
Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH study suggests
Credit: J. Gregory, Mount Sinai Health System Baby teeth from children with autism contain more toxic lead and less of ...
