Excellence funding for Inequality and Collective Behaviour cluster initiatives in Konstanz
Fantastic news for the University of Konstanz: Two of its three cluster initiatives will receive funding through the German Excellence ...
Month: September 2018
Scientists propose a new model for the specialization of cells
Mathematicians at the Higher School of Economics have developed a model that explains how cell specialization arises in the context ...
One hundred percent success
Credit: Photo: Jürgen Gocke It is a major boost to cutting-edge research in Freiburg: in the current Excellence Strategy competition, ...
Jena’s research cluster ‘Balance of the Microverse’ to be funded in the Excellence Strategy
Credit: (Source: Sandor Nietzsche, Susanne Linde/EMZ Jena; photo edited by: Mario Kapitan) Jena (27 September 2018) The Friedrich Schiller University ...
DNA vaccine targets family of tumor antigens & shows promise for cancer immunotherapy
PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 27, 2018) -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute have implemented a novel structurally designed synthetic DNA vaccine ...
Leading coral scientists to convene in a coordinated effort to save coral reefs
From December 9 - 14, 2018, dozens of the world's top coral reef experts will convene in Florida in an ...
Did key building blocks for life come from deep space?
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM All living beings need cells and energy to replicate. Without these fundamental building blocks, living organisms on Earth ...
Silver fox study reveals genetic clues to social behavior
Credit: Darya Shepeleva ITHACA, N.Y. - In 1959, Russian scientists began an experiment to breed a population of silver foxes, ...
A protein prevents plants from premature flowering
Credit: ©UNIGE / Marc Heijde The induction of flowering is of major importance from an ecological and agronomic point of ...
Viruses discern, destroy E. coli in drinking water
Credit: Sam Nugen/Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - To rapidly detect the presence of E. coli in drinking water, Cornell University ...
A simple measurement of abdominal obesity
In obesity research, the body mass index (BMI) has been traditionally used to determine if an individual is normal weight, ...
Method to determine oxidative age could show how aging affects nanomaterial’s properties
Credit: Lara Bogart WASHINGTON, D.C., September 27, 2018 -- Iron oxide nanoparticles are used in sentinel node detection, iron replacement ...
In the battle of cats vs. rats, the rats are winning
The first study to document interactions between feral cats and a wild rat colony finds that contrary to popular opinion, ...
Scientists show polar ‘polynya’ supported marine life during last Ice Age
Credit: Matthias Forwick However, there was a small ice-free 'polynya' between the frozen continents and the open ocean where microscopic ...
Despite restaurant pledges, most kids receive unhealthy items with fast-food kids’ meals
Credit: Bill Kelly, Kelly Design Company Hartford, Conn. - A new study of parents' fast-food restaurant purchases for their children ...
Big increase in economic costs if cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are delayed
Stronger efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases should be undertaken if global warming of more than 1.5 Celsius degrees ...
Child Mind Institute researchers, colleagues release non-human primate brain imaging data
NEW YORK, NY (September 27, 2018) -An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Child Mind Institute has ...
Join us for the AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience
Join us in Atlanta, GA for the AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, October 7-10, 2018. Thousands of ear, ...
As Alzheimer’s numbers grow among Latinos, need for research grows too, say experts
Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded scientists at University of California San Diego ...
Center for BrainHealth gets $225K NIH grant to study cannabis use impact on motor learning
Credit: Center for BrainHealth The research lab at the Center for BrainHealth® led by Dr. Francesca M. Filbey, the Bert ...
