Biogerontology Research Foundation calls for a task force to classify ageing as a disease
IMAGE: The increase in maximum lifespan in the laboratory was obtained in 5 animal species, both without any interventions, and ...
Month: February 2018
Senate health reform proposal jeopardizes care for us all as we age, AGS experts
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). ...
Timing is everything, to our genes
Credit: Institute for Primate Research LA JOLLA — (Feb. 8, 2018) To everything there is a season. This saying applies ...
Biochar could replace unsustainable peat moss in greenhouse industry
Credit: Andrew Margenot URBANA, Ill. – Plant lovers are familiar with peat moss as the major component of potting mix, ...
UTA civil engineer patents integrated sensor and algorithm to monitor…
Credit: UTA Anand Puppala, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington ...
Observing brain diseases in real time
For rent: 32 individual rooms for a combined surface area of 4cm2, heating and food included! Biologists and microfluidics specialists ...
Scientists pave the way for enhanced detection and treatment of vascular graft infections
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, January 11, 2017 – A rising prevalence of cardiovascular disease has generated ...
Biochar could replace unsustainable peat moss in greenhouse industry
Credit: Andrew Margenot URBANA, Ill. – Plant lovers are familiar with peat moss as the major component of potting mix, ...
Quantum dots illuminate transport within the cell
Credit: Anna Vinokurova The quantum dots used by the researchers are particles of semi-conducting material just a few nanometres wide, ...
Newly identified cell explosions involved in bacterial secretion and adherence
Tsukuba, Japan — Researchers have been unclear on how bacteria form and release certain extracellular components involved in cell adhesion ...
Biochar could replace unsustainable peat moss in greenhouse industry
Credit: Andrew Margenot URBANA, Ill. – Plant lovers are familiar with peat moss as the major component of potting mix, ...
Stem cell research provides hope for tasmanian devils with a deadly, transmissible cancer
Credit: Andrew S. Flies Morris Animal Foundation-funded researcher Dr. Deanne Whitworth, and her colleagues at the University of Queensland, have ...
Study finds amoeba ‘grazing,’ killing bacteria usually…
Credit: David Tenenbaum, University Communications MADISON -Bacteria have developed an uncountable number of chemistries, lifestyles, attacks and defenses through 2.5 ...
Boron nitride foam soaks up carbon dioxide
Credit: Ajayan Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON – (Aug. 16, 2017) – Rice University materials scientists have created a light foam ...
HawkWatch international partners with the University of Utah to study raptors in Africa
Credit: Evan Buechley HawkWatch International and the University of Utah are partnering on two studies in the Horn of Africa: ...
Epigenetics between the generations
Credit: MPI of Immunobiology a. Epigenetics/ F. Zenk We are more than the sum of our genes. Epigenetic mechanisms modulated ...
Caribbean praying mantises have ancient African origin
Credit: Gavin Svenson, Ph.D. Three seemingly unrelated praying mantis groups inhabiting Cuba and the rest of the Greater Antilles actually ...
Creative Use of Noise Brings Bio-Inspired Electronic Improvement
Credit: Megumi Akai-Kasaya WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 25, 2017 — In conventional electronics, a great deal of effort is devoted to ...
What causes gene transfer to trigger T cell activation and exhaustion?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 27, 2017–Researchers are beginning to gain a clearer understanding of ...
Choose Omega-3s from fish over flax for cancer prevention, study finds
Credit: University of Guelph Omega-3s from fish pack a stronger punch than flaxseed and other oils when it comes to ...
