Faulty sensing: Cellular energy sensor linked to the progression of chronic kidney disease
Credit: Department of Nephrology,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Chronic kidney disease (CKD), an affliction characterized by progressive loss of kidney function, ...
Month: December 2018
Vitamin C may reduce harm to infants' lungs caused by smoking during pregnancy
Helping mothers quit smoking should still be primary goalCredit: ATS Dec. 7, 2018--Vitamin C may reduce the harm done to ...
New book from CSHLPress: RNA Worlds: New Tools for Deep Exploration
Credit: © Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) today announced ...
Fog computing: like cloud computing, but closer to you
University of Arizona-led research into 5G networks allows for remote surgery, autonomous vehicles and ever-faster processing speedsCredit: University of Arizona ...
WSU researchers create 3D-printed glucose biosensors
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - A 3D-printed glucose biosensor for use in wearable monitors has been created by Washington State ...
Visualizing vitals through video
Researchers receive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to capture vital signs via videoCredit: Penn State As biometric ...
Yin and yang: Opposites in nature, fluoride and lithium, compete for higher energy batteries
Credit: Purdue University image/Brett Savoie WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The chemical element that makes up most of today's batteries, lithium, ...
VCU researchers test effectiveness of anti-opioid vaccine
Credit: VCU Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are testing a vaccine against opioid abuse developed by the Scripps Research Institute in ...
Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury suitable for transplant
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Organ procurement teams are sometimes leery of accepting kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury ...
Parrot genome analysis reveals insights into longevity, cognition
Genome of blue-fronted Amazon parrot compared with 30 other long-lived birdsCredit: Glaucia Seixas PITTSBURGH--Parrots are famously talkative, and a blue-fronted ...
Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds all around the world
Credit: Photo by David Grémillet. Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds like penguins and terns by competing for the same prey ...
Could algae that are 'poor-providers' help corals come back after bleaching?
How much of the ability of a coral reef to withstand stressful conditions is influenced by the type of algae ...
Parrot genome analysis reveals mutations favoring longevity and cognition
Credit: Glaucia Seixas, https://bluefrontedamazonproject.wordpress.com A genome analysis of traits in parrots and 26 other bird species revealed that parrots and ...
UA receives $1.2 million NIH grant to use AI to restore movement in paralyzed limbs
Credit: UA College of Medicine - Tucson Scientists now know that the brain controls movement in people by signaling groups ...
UK consortium to combat serious threat to plant health
Credit: Dr. Steven White (CEH) https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/steven-white The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Right Honourable Lord Henley, has announced funding for a ...
An ancient strain of plague may have led to the decline of Neolithic Europeans
Credit: Karl-Göran Sjögren / University of Gothenburg A team of researchers from France, Sweden, and Denmark have identified a new ...
Putting the brakes on tumor stealth
Credit: Monash University New research undertaken at Monash University has shed new light on how some cancers are able to ...
Why Antarctic fish don't freeze to death (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2018 -- The notothenioid fishes that inhabit the Antarctic Ocean have evolved ...
Profiling a killer in warm blood
Israeli scientists and physicians develop a new technology for profiling the unique genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells that will ...
Scientists to produce anti-cancer drugs in yeast
New UN rules avert the production of therapeutic drugs formulated on naturally occurring plant molecules. A new research project will ...
