Red light controls signaling in human cells
Credit: IST Austria Compared with the blue light mostly used in current approaches, red light has major benefits, particularly with ...
Month: February 2018
Lack of appropriate clothing can hinder people with disabilities
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – There are many important events in a person's life, including weddings, graduations, school ...
HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) announces initiation of HPTN 084
Credit: HPTN DURHAM, N.C. – The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) today announced the initiation of HPTN 084, a Phase ...
Faster detection of pathogens in the lungs
Credit: (Image: IMM / UZH) What used to take several weeks is now possible in two days: thanks to new ...
How the genome sets its functional micro-architecture
Credit: Pierre Fabre and Lucille Lopez-Delisle/EPFL The genes that are involved in the development of the fetus are activated in ...
Mechanism explains how seizures may lead to memory loss
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although it's been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits ...
Leaving the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula
Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy ...
Efforts to restore imperiled Pando show promise says USU ecologist
Credit: Paul Rogers/Utah State University LOGAN, UTAH, USA — If you're depending on a room filled with 90-year-olds to repopulate ...
Virginia Tech researchers explore gigantic volcanic eruptions that led to mass extinctions
Credit: Virginia Tech A paper published in Nature Communications by Virginia Tech researchers confirms a major feature in the formation ...
Potentially lethal parasite rat lungworm found throughout Florida
Credit: Photo: Heather Stockdale Walden GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that ...
Controlling the body clock
Credit: RIKEN A new study from the laboratory of Hiroki Ueda at the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center investigates circadian timekeeping ...
A better way to wash pesticides off apples
Polishing an apple with your shirt might remove some dust and dirt, but getting rid of pesticide residues could take ...
Treetop leaves of tall trees store extra water
A research team led by Associate Professor Ishii Roaki and Doctoral Student Azuma Wakana from the Kobe University Graduate School ...
Monkey fights help explain tipping points in animal societies
Credit: A.J. Haverkamp. Previous studies of flocks, swarms, and schools suggest that animal societies may verge on a "critical" point–in ...
Study finds variation within species is a critical aspect of biodiversity
Credit: Nash Turley Concerns about biodiversity tend to focus on the loss of species from ecosystems, but a new study ...
Intestinal worms may solve allergy puzzle
Credit: Photo: Evind Sennetset Researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway were surprised when they found that intestinal ...
Tumor cells get stiff before becoming invasive
Credit: Sandra Tavares, IGC. A study published now on Nature Communications* shows that breast cancer cells undergo a stiffening state ...
Scientists discover hydrothermal vents on deep ocean voyage
Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Photo Two University of Wyoming researchers led a voyage to the bottom of the Pacific ...
$1.6M from NSF to UC Davis to study water, land use in disadvantaged communities
Credit: Joe Proudman/UC Davis The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.6M to the University of California, Davis to analyze the ...
Responsive filtration membranes by polymer self-assembly
Credit: TECHNOLOGY A team of researchers from Tufts University in Medford, MA have put together a review article, which discusses ...
