OPTIMISTIC study: Advance care planning in nursing homes challenging but critical
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — The goal of advance care planning is to ensure that the ...
Month: February 2018
Research examines impact of coral bleaching on Western…
Credit: Dr Steeve Comeau Researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA), ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, ...
Plant response to carbon dioxide emissions depends on their neighbors
Plant species that have evolved to withstand elevated levels of carbon dioxide grow poorly when moved to a plant community ...
Ancient amphibian had mouthful of teeth ready to grab you: UTM research
Credit: University of Toronto Mississauga The idea of being bitten by a nearly toothless modern frog or salamander sounds laughable, ...
Targeting blood vessels to improve cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Credit: Ella Maru Studio (free to use with credit) EPFL scientists have improved the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy by ...
Lighter weights just as effective as heavier weights to gain muscle,…
New research from McMaster University is challenging traditional workout wisdom, suggesting that lifting lighter weights many times is as efficient ...
New ‘Tomato Expression Atlas’ dives deep into the fruit’s flesh
Credit: The Tomato Expression Atlas From fried green tomatoes to pizza pie, the world savors the tomato across many stages ...
Counting chromosomes: Plant scientists solve a century-old mystery about reproduction
Credit: Martienssen Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Counting is vital in nature. Counting chromosomes is something that most ...
Workplace stress can take a toll on your brain surgeon, too
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III/Keck Medicine of USC LOS ANGELES – When it comes to workplace stress, even doctors aren't immune ...
Livestock can uproot protected wildlife from prime real estate
Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability The story of wildlife conservation is usually framed as man ...
Changing temperatures and precipitation may affect living skin of…
Credit: Jennifer LaVista, USGS Public domain Arid and semiarid ecosystems are expected to experience significant changes in temperature and precipitation ...
Biodiversity project in Azores delivers detailed abundance data for 286 arthropod species
Credit: Pedro Cardoso In 1999, a long-term biodiversity project started at the Azores Islands (Portugal, Atlantic Ocean), the Biodiversity of ...
LSUHealthNO awarded $2.5m grant to develop better dental filling…
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry New Orleans, LA – The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research ...
Lack of opportunities promotes brood care
Credit: Wolfgang Goymann/ MPI for Ornithology Male black coucals who care for their broods alone are just as successful as ...
Study shows need for adaptive powered knee prosthesis to assist…
Credit: Marc Hall, NC State University New North Carolina State University research into wearable robotics shows how amputees wearing these ...
Two Baylor College of Medicine faculty members named to National…
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Malcolm Brenner, founding director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor ...
The pizza slice that comes at a price
A recent study has shown that emissions in major cities caused by restaurants such as pizzerias and steakhouses using wood ...
Study suggests gut bacteria can aid recovery from spinal cord injury
Credit: Kigerl et al., 2016 Researchers from The Ohio State University have discovered that spinal cord injury alters the type ...
Big trash pickup
Everyone would rather cook than take out the garbage. Perhaps that's why biochemists learned how cells make proteins 70 years ...
Vorinostat renders dormant HIV infection vulnerable to clearance
Credit: David Kinton, UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC – The ability for HIV to hide in the body ...
