‘Flying syringes’ could detect emerging infectious…
Credit: Franck Prugnolle Blood-sucking flies can act as 'flying syringes' to detect emerging infectious diseases in wild animals before they ...
Month: February 2018
New species discovered in Antarctica
Credit: Photo provided by the National Institute of Polar Research A team of Japanese scientists has discovered a new species ...
MaxQ And Lighthouse Labs ready to ‘hack’ Toronto’s transportation…
TORONTO, CANADA – September 13, 2016: Toronto will be represented in the Climate-KIC Climathon, a global 24-hour climate change challenge ...
Dopaminergic neurons derived from iPSCs in non-human primate model
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 8, 2017-Researchers have demonstrated the ability to generate dopaminergic neurons ...
Nagoya medical researchers propose new disease category of skin disorders
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan – Dry scaly skin, blistering, rashes. Many people will experience some kind of skin problem ...
Have flowers devised the ultimate weapon of distraction?
Credit: Professor Scott Armbruster Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect ...
U-M, international research team explore genetic architecture of type…
ANN ARBOR–New research from a large international team of scientists offers a more complete picture of the genes responsible for ...
Future brain therapies for Parkinson’s possible with stem cell bioengineering…
Scientists at Rutgers and Stanford universities have created a new technology that could someday help treat Parkinson's disease and other ...
Using urban pigeons to monitor lead pollution
Credit: David Slipher, UC Davis College of Biological Sciences Tom Lehrer sang about poisoning them, but those pigeons in the ...
Mind-controlled device helps stroke patients retrain brains to move…
Credit: Leuthardt lab Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a device fitted over their ...
UTA researchers focus on pain management in older adults
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are focusing their attention on pain management in older adults, ...
Bee Time wins 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for…
Simon Fraser University professor Mark Winston's prolific book on his lifetime as a world-leading bee expert–Bee Time: Lessons From the ...
Pollutants in the Arctic environment are threatening polar bear health
Credit: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry A new analysis has found that although the risk of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in ...
FOXI3 gene is involved in dental cusp formation
Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Hairless dog breeds differ from other dogs not only by lacking a coat, but also ...
PostDoc Project Plan invites collaborators to study how plant lice…
While Climate change steadily takes its toll, promising to raise temperatures around the world by at least 1.5 °C within ...
How cells move
Credit: Pontus Nordenfelt It's a known fact that cells can move around the body, but how they do it has ...
Scientists approve the similarity between reprogrammed and embryonic stem cells
Stem cells are specialized undifferentiated cells that can divide and have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell ...
Mini-intestine grown in a test tube for nutritional research
This news release is available in German. Research efforts on the intestine have increased in recent years. Owing to its ...
Without prescription coverage, some cancer patients do without even…
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment shows that breast cancer ...
Distant brain regions selectively recruit stem cells
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum Stem cells persist in the adult mammalian brain and generate new neurons throughout life. A ...
